May2016
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Should Public Health Trump IP? The Tobacco Plain Packaging Perspective
May 31, 2016(Comments: 0)May 31, 2016 (Mimesis Law) – I’m a non-smoker and I always have been. Smoking has never appealed to me. To be more exact, I’ve never smoked a cigarette in my life. That said, I have... -
Protecting the Free Speech of Milo Yiannopoulos & NJ Weedman
May 31, 2016(Comments: 6)May 31, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — Milo Yiannopoulos, a Breitbart reporter, self-proclaimed “Dangerous Faggot” and internet supervillian, is continuing to cause a stir on his campus tour, this time at DePaul University: DePaul University Black Lives... -
Teen-Punching Cop Has Instagram That Shows Him Stabbing an Elf in the Face
May 31, 2016(Comments: 5)May 31, 2016 (Mimesis Law) – NYPD cop Risel Martinez had a pretty bad day. According to the New York Times, it all started at 6:40 pm on May 19. Officer Martinez and his partner were... -
Revenge Porn Law To The Rescue! Of A Cop
May 31, 2016(Comments: 2)May 31, 2016 (Mimesis) — Sorry, police officers. Sometimes, people say mean things about you. We get miffed when you shoot family pets. We get aggravated at the apparent hypocrisy of putting tens of thousands of... -
Political Parties Unite To Snoop Through Your E-Mails
May 31, 2016(Comments: 0)May 31, 2016 (Mimesis Law) – There is an unprecedented level of political disagreement these days. In fact, that may be too polite. People are just jackasses. Opposing political parties don’t trigger debate, they trigger hate.... -
Police Equipment: Then, Now and It’s Impact on Police Culture
May 31, 2016(Comments: 10)May 31, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — At my first police department, I was issued all the equipment I would need to be a cop in the housing projects of a major city. I was issued a... -
Car Seat Health Crisis? Make It A Felony
May 27, 2016(Comments: 11)May 27, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — We have a full fledged “public health crisis” on our hands, according to the Center for Auto Safety in Washington, DC. Car seats, the bastion of automotive child safety, are... -
Fault Lines Friday Fail
May 27, 2016(Comments: 3)May 27, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — Welcome to the (almost) weekend, and another edition of the Fault Lines Friday Fail. Our contributors have done all the work, and now it’s time for you, our valued readers,... -
When The Prostitute Is A Child, It’s Not Victimless
May 27, 2016(Comments: 7)May 27, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — Former Lieutenant Colonel Raymond Valas, III was a New Hampshire Army National Guard officer with a promising future. In 2013, he had come to San Antonio for an after-action review,... -
Is There Qualified Immunity For Child Molesters?
May 27, 2016(Comments: 0)May 27, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — Let’s not bury the lede. Trey Sims is suing Prince William County for its attempt to use a search warrant to allow a child molester to film him while he...