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Good Cause and Gun Permits

Good Cause and Gun Permits

California AG cancels the requirement there for good cause in order to get a conceal carry permit which is a good thing.


U.S. Supreme Court Adds Greater Protection for Doctors Prescribing Medication

U.S. Supreme Court Adds Greater Protection for Doctors Prescribing Medication

While other cases are making the news, this is a pretty big deal regarding the right of the doctor to determine the care of his client and not the government.


Financial Incentives Create Perversions of Justice

Financial Incentives Create Perversions of Justice

The ability to levy fines against ordinary citizens provides an incentive to both find wrongdoing (whether it exists or not) and to create more laws to enforce penalties.�? It is the “profit motive” of some law enforcement.�?


Customs and the Use of Social Media Surveillance

Customs and the Use of Social Media Surveillance

Once again, be careful what you put on social media. Big Brother and Sister are watching.


Confidentiality and Alexa

Confidentiality and Alexa

The California State Bar has come out and said that Alexa should be disabled when an attorney is working from home. Yet another warning about the level of passive surveillance that people allow into their homes for convenience.


It Depends on How Your Define It

It Depends on How Your Define It

Crime supposedly went down last year And personally there appeared to be way less charges of driving under the influence (which makes sense if everyone is home and the bars are closed) but far more allegations of domestic violence.�?


More on Civil Asset Forfeiture and Its Many

More on Civil Asset Forfeiture and Its Many

Via The Crime Report: Since 2000, authorities have accumulated $69 billion in forfeiture revenue, according to an Institute for Justice report.


Civil Asset Forfeiture in the USA Today

Civil Asset Forfeiture in the USA Today

Asa things have progressed many of the States have been making it more difficult to forfeit property without proving an actual crime occurred. Montana requires a charge be filed within 45 days in order to pursue an asset forfeiture.


Supreme Court Denies Challenge to the Draft

Supreme Court Denies Challenge to the Draft

From a philosophical and moral perspective the draft should be abolished.�? If you believe in the moral justification for war, then by definition you shouldn’t need to force people to engage in it.


The War on Pain Pills

The War on Pain Pills

And the consequences haven’t been good for people suffering from pain, or from stopping people from using them.