Ignorantia Juris

The Volokh Conspiracy is talking about secession and stupidity, and making some … interesting … arguments about secession being a viable option.

I agree that the constitutional/legal issue of secession has not been dealt with.  That being said, it is well nigh impossible to imagine circumstances in which the U.S. Government would allow a peaceable secession.  But the point that really interests me is this:
To avoid confusion, I should emphasize that I think that the federal government was right to suppress the Confederates’ efforts to secede. But not because secession is always illegal and impermissible. Rather, the Union was … Continue Reading

These two links go hand in hand, certain governments are examining the possibility of searching media players at customs for pirated video at the behest of major media companies, and an Arizona federal court has ruled that if the End User License Agreement of software says it is License, even if you think you bought it and it appears to an outside observer you bought it, then it is a license and you don’t own it.  The former leads directly to the latter; media companies believe that after you have paid them, they still control the … Continue Reading

I’m uncomfortable with mandatory binding arbitration as well as choice of law statutes, but this just takes the cake.  Blackwater is trying to get a wrongful death claim tried under Sharia law, and I’m sure this is just a coincidence:
If the judge agrees, it would essentially end the lawsuit over a botched flight supporting the U.S. military. Shari’a law does not hold a company responsible for the actions of employees performed within the course of their work.
via BoingBoing.

According to Ted Frank, something that happened in 1982 is proof, proof I say, that the exact same thing is happening now.  Even though no evidence exists to that effect.  Link.

I’m glad that Federal Rule of Evidence 404 and 405 are no longer applicable, those pesky buggers always got in the way.