The Supreme Court decided Maryland v. King this morning. By a 5-4 vote, the Court held that when making an arrest supported by probable cause, the police may take a cheek swab of an arrestee’s DNA as part of the standard booking procedure. Justice Kennedy wrote for the Court, joined by the Chief Justice and Justices […]
Archive | June, 2013
EEOC Claims Trucking Company Must Accommodate Muslim Employee’s Religious Objections to Transporting Alcohol
That’s the argument made in EEOC v. Star Transport Co. (C.D. Ill. filed May 29, 2013), a lawsuit brought by the EEOC on behalf of two employees, Mahad Abass Mahamed and Abdikarim Hassan Bulshale. (Thanks to Prof. Howard Friedman (Religion Clause) for the pointer.) Pamela Geller (Atlas Shrugs) condemns this, writing, among other things, Islamic […]
Emmy award nomination–1912 Time Machine
For the sixth year in a row, Colorado Inside-Out’s annual Time Machine episode has been nominated for a Heartland Regional Emmy. (We’ve won three.) The category”Interview/Discussion – Program/Special.” In this episode (originally broadcast in July 2012), the Colorado Inside-Out political discussion program travels back to 1912. Former Rocky Mountain News reporter Kevin Flynn turns in […]
The Bourne Implausibility: Movie Inspires Blog Post, Which Inspires Video, Which Inspires Blog Post
By Nick Rosenkranz on June 1, 2013 1:12 pm in Constitutional Law, Fifth Amendment, National Security, Popular Culture, Targeted Killing
Three months ago, under the heading “The Bourne Implausibility,” I offered up the following (wry?) observation: I just caught the last few minutes of The Bourne Ultimatum. At the end (spoiler alert), Bourne successfully exposes everything, and we catch a glimpse of MSNBC, reporting on a secret CIA assassination program “which in several cases may […]
Wales Police Order Removal of “Obey Our Laws / Respect Our Beliefs / Or Get Out of Our Country” T-Shirt
So reports the South Wales Argus (thanks to Prof. Bill Poser for the link): A NEWPORT shopkeeper has been forced by police to remove a T-shirt from his shop window because they felt it “could be seen to be inciting racial hatred.” Matthew Taylor, 35, the owner of Taylor’s clothes store on Emlyn Walk in […]
The U.S. Attorney and Chief FBI Special Agent “Will Provide Input on How Civil Rights Can Be Violated by Those Who Post Inflammatory Documents Targeted at Muslims on Social Media”
So reports The Tullahoma News (Tennessee), in an article that has been heavily linked to and quoted in recent days: A special meeting has been scheduled [for June 4] for the stated purpose of increasing awareness and understanding that American Muslims are not the terrorists some have made them out to be in social media […]