North Carolina Court of Appeals Rejects Constitutional Challenge to Alienation of Affections and Criminal Conversation Causes of Action

From the Washington Post : A jilted husband’s lawsuit against a doctor accused of stealing his wife’s love can proceed after a North Carolin...

Ninth Circuit: Double Negatives Don't Matter

In an opinion sure to shock the conscience of grammar enthusiasts around the nation, the Ninth Circuit ruled that a defendant's statemen...

Voisine and the Significance of Second Amendment Silence

The Supreme Court released an opinion today in Voisine v. United States (full opinion here ), a case described by Rory Little of SCOTUSblog...

Oklahoma State Legislators! Please Make These Changes to Your State's Laws

My Facebook and Twitter accounts were abuzz yesterday with reports of this recent opinion by the Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma in w...

In Washington, Your Trash is Private, But Not Your Abandoned DNA

So reports the Seattle Times: Seattle’s ordinance allowing garbage collectors to look through people’s trash — to make sure food scraps are...

Chemerinsky on "The Return of the Jedi"

The title of this post refers to the title of Erwin Chemerinsky's article in the most recent issue of The Green Bag.  There, Chemerinsky...

Varriale v. State: DNA Submitted Without Express Limitation on Consent Can be Used to Investigate Other Crimes

So holds Maryland's Court of Appeals (the state's court of last resort), in Varriale v. State . The opinion can be found here . Here...

The Supreme Court's "Superspecial" Kimble Opinion

Today, the Supreme Court released several opinions, including Kimble v. Marvel Entertainment . Kimble involves the question of whether a par...

It is Legal to be Intoxicated on the Front Steps of a Private Residence in Iowa

So ruled the Iowa Supreme Court last week, holding that Iowa Code section 123.46(2) , which prohibits a person from being "intoxicated ...

Supreme Court Narrowly Decides Online Threats Case, Elonis v. U.S.

At long last, the Supreme Court has issued an opinion in Elonis v. United States . I blogged about the opinion back when the Court granted c...