http://m.newson6.com/default.aspx?pid=2586&wnfeedurl=http%3a%2f%2fwww.newson6.com%2fstory%2f17388250%2fokla-county-prosecutors-fired-for-misconduct%3fclienttype%3drssstory

All I can say is, if it’s a real trend it’s weirder than counterfeit Cabbage Patch Kids.

Its fun to hear the “weird” liberals here in the Portland area defend the law though, often bashing supporters of a repeal as being in the tank for evil corporations just wanting to up sales again. Its even better when you tell them they sound just like their hated republicans.

have fun:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dormant_Commerce_Clause

Don’t worry too much about it, tho — they don’t seem too hit this too hard on the Bar Exie. Too complicated and subjective.

That prosecutor needs to be thrown to the wolves in prison; with his cop buddies.

Perhaps Edwards is being prosecuted so vigorously because of a politically ambitious prosecutor. On the other hand, the Ted Stevens case has left me wondering what fraction of high profile political prosecutions are really some kind of behind the scenes power struggle or payback for misbehavior or something. Notably, merely having people murdered or tortured or spied on or bombed or wrongfully detained or falsely convicted pretty much *never* leads to anyone doing any jail time. Who gives a damn what happens to a bunch of nobody peasants?

I can see you actually *read* the article, as opposed to merely skimming it like I did. My compliments on your diligence (and patience). I stand (somewhat) corrected. I still stand by my main point, though: Edwards is [apparently] being prosecuted because some prosecutor/bureaucrat somewhere has interpreted the law/regs in a way as to suggest he broke that law/regulation.

Just like the EPA & DEA, et al, do to ordinary, law-abiding regular folks all the time. ALL the time. Hell, take a gander at the story above of the woman busted and sent through hell for ‘crossing state lines’ to buy freakin’ *Sudafed*. Take a look at your local newspapers ‘legal notices’ section in the classifieds. And the ones in USA Today. And the WSJ. Case after case after case of “[governmental agency] vs. $2, 611.49 in US currency”, for example. Cash, cars, guns, jewels, fancy watches….All “seized” at roadblocks, airports, traffic stops…..because “they might be” ill-gotten gains. (JUST what the Founding Fathers fought for, right?) It don’t really strike me as all that different from what Edwards is going through – and him [undoubtedly] voting for/approving of some of those very same precedents makes his legal troubles all the sweeter.

Now if they’d only get off their ass and go after Corzine….maybe closer to the election? Hopefully?

Yizmo, you can put anything in your pipe and smoke it. However, most people wait the 8-15 weeks for marijuana to mature/ripen, and for the maximum amount of THC and other compounds to be made available. Most of the drug busts you see in national forests and the like, where they pull plants from the ground, are usually mostly water weight and very very low in THC. In other words, not ready to smoke.

In my state, cops will weigh the entire plant, rootball, dirt, growing container and all, which will increase the overall weight of the bust. Then they convert to grams for fun.

The cops busted a black market “operation” a couple of miles from my house. It was in a shitty barber shop. They had stolen items all over the place, many in plain view. One of their big items was Tide.

http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/maryland/police-find-tide-shoes-counterfeit-jeans-at-barber-shop-032212

http://fourthamendment.com/blog/index.php?blog=1&title=ct_jumping_out_of_a_hotel_room_window_in&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1

Important new drug dog case I almost missed. The case itself doesn’t sound that promising, but it seems like it could lead to promising things. At least the dog’s actual real world performance (and not just the K9′s “certificate”) seems relevant. I mean, the case does come down to just the K9 having the appropriate certificate, but at least the dog has to perform to SOME threshold to get the certificate. That is big. It would seem to give grounds to challenge these certificates, at least to the extent they are based on real world tests (hopefully “dubl blind”) and the like.

The big SCOTUS case is coming out of FLA. Kind of glad the 9th is treading lightly here for now — as Prof. Kerr likes to point out, SCOTUS seems to really enjoy doing the opposite of what the 9th Cir. would have them do.

In re the federal prosecution of famous hair model John Edwards for [what seems to be] violation of campaign-finance laws; laws that changed and made actions & behavior that *used to be* legal now _illegal_…

Exactly how does that differ from the EPA or the DEA prosecuting Joe Sixpack for fundamentally the same reason? What do the LEO scum always chant like an evil totem? “Ignorance of the law is no excuse! Now off to prison with you, sucker!”

John Edwards of the Silky Tresses used to be one of the pompous, pious, assclown whores who wrote those ever-evolving, ever-more-draconian laws he’s now being prosecuted for “breaking”. Awww, TFB, good buddy. John Edwards can eat a shit sandwich. In prison, hopefully.

That the law does not recognize such is a serious flaw in the law.

On the legal side, couldn’t you make a case that having an informant tell you where to get something (and, in a position of some authority in the case of drugs, no less, implicitly claim that it is legal to do so) and then tell the police about it is entrapment?

Also, I would like to reference the recent links on “How to make hard-to-obtain pseuphedrine from readily available street meth”. Yeah, keep up the good work, drug warriors.

Never talk to the cops. About anything. Ever. It may seem like the most innocuous question in the world, but just don’t answer.

I strongly suspect that woman wishes she’d answered “What are you doing in Demopolis?” with “None of your fucking business, you fascist pig.”