civil rights

Can My Car Be Stopped Based On An Anonymous Tip?

August 24, 2010 20:43

 I am working on a case in which a private citizen reported to the police that his neighbor had been drinking, got in an argument and left in his car. The tipster reported that the neighbor was drunk and driving. He gave the likely direction of travel and type of car. Cops notified by dispatch...

In The Blink Of An Eye

Rick Horowitz
May 04, 2010 20:33

Defense attorneys — and on rare occasions even prosecutors or judges — frequently bemoan the fact that those meant to enforce our laws do not always play fair.  We complain about things like police states. We complain about things like the loss of civil liberties, including the right to ...

Why Is Apple's iPhone Prototype Entitled To More Justice Than Jessica Gonzales' Daughters?

April 27, 2010 12:04

Remember when Shepard Fairey was criminally investigated for a humdrum instance of perjury in a civil suit? Fairey committed the type of perjury that is routine in our courts and is never investigated or prosecuted. Yet, because the victim there was the Associates Press, they were entitled to more...

Supreme Court Says Extraordinary Children's Rights Lawyers Are Merely Ordinary

April 23, 2010 12:30

Marcia Lowry and Ira Lustbader are extraordinary lawyers. They are the public interest lawyers at Children's Rights who, with the assistance of Don Keenan (remember him?) and attorneys at Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, sued the State of Georgia: In June 2002, Children’s Rights filed a...

Supreme Court Short List Profiles: Judge Kim McLane Wardlaw of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals

April 19, 2010 20:34

As part of Appellate Strategist's ongoing evaluation of the “short list” of potential nominees to replace retiring Justice Stevens, we turn now to one of the nominees who was also on the short list to replace Justice Souter – Judge Kim McLane Wardlaw of the 9th Circuit Court of...