A federal judge on Monday upheld $30,000 in fines against a Florida retiree who failed to cut his grass while attending to a dying relative out of state. As Carey Wedler reported for FEE in 2019, the defendant, Jim Ficken, was fined $500 a day over code violations on his Dunedin home. Ficken’s first “violation” … Continue reading Federal Court Rules Against Florida Man Fined $30k Over Tall Grass
Category: Justice
The Major Cities Chiefs Association (“MCCA”) is an organization of 79 police chiefs, commissioners, and sheriffs representing the largest cities in the United States and Canada. Last year, I wrote about how the MCCA put out a misleading “Law Enforcement Reform Policy Statement,” which said that the organization “opposes repealing or amending the qualified immunity statute” (even though, of course, there is no qualified … Continue reading Major Police Organization Comes Out in Support of Qualified Immunity Reform
B.L., a high school sophomore at a Pennsylvania public school, didn’t make the varsity cheerleading team. She took to Snapchat to voice her frustrations and posted a picture of herself and a friend holding up their middle fingers, adding a caption with some F‐bombs. When the picture was brought to the attention of the cheer coaches, B.L. was suspended from … Continue reading Public Schools Can’t Control Students’ Private Speech
In a case argued before the US Supreme Court on Wednesday, the Biden Administration, along with attorneys general from nine states, submitted arguments asking the justices to uphold warrantless home entry and gun confiscation by police. The case stems from a domestic dispute between an elderly married couple, Edward and Kim Caniglia. After an intense … Continue reading Biden Administration Argues for Warrantless Home Entry and Gun Seizures Before the Supreme Court a Year After Breonna Taylor’s Death
When the Trump administration decreed a nationwide eviction moratorium in September, I suggested in this space that the measure would face tough sledding in federal court. That’s not because the current state of constitutional law is as protective as it should be of property owners’ rights — in fact, it’s not nearly as protective as one would like. … Continue reading A Third Federal Court Rules Federal Eviction Moratorium Illegal
Honesty is always the best policy. That is, unless you work in a low-level federal job for the Biden administration—in that case, it might get you demoted or fired. Young White House Staffers ‘Sandbagged’ Over Past Marijuana Use “Dozens of young White House staffers have been suspended, asked to resign, or placed in a remote … Continue reading Why the Biden Administration Fired Staffers Over Smoking Pot But Let Kamala Harris Get Away With It
As President Joe Biden issued more than 40 executive actions with less than a month in office and Democrats took control of Congress, Republican attorneys general in the states appear poised to be the strongest check on overreach by the federal government.
No matter how much some judges may dislike jury nullification, letting them lie to juries to prevent the conscientious acquittal of a defendant is unconstitutional.
Research shows that marijuana legalization results in modest effects and has the potential to generate substantial revenue for states.
Will there be an effort to pass a domestic terrorism law that mirrors, or perhaps even goes beyond, the infamous PATRIOT Act?
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