Archive for June 10th, 2007

Greenback or Greenbag?

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This dollar bill analysis brought to you by an otherwise insignificant case: Patdown produced a lighter and the officer saw a straw protruding from the pocket. In the watch pocket was a folded dollar bill. Despite the fact the officer knew that dollar bills could be folded and contain drugs, the inherently legal nature of [...]

Its Gonna Be A Wild June

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The Court still has dozens of undecided cases left on its docket. Last year, the court issued the last opinion of the term on Thursday, June 29, 2006. With last year in mind, we can expect the next few weeks to be equally packed with cases. The Court released 25 cases in its last three [...]



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