12 years, which means he's post 2nd term and we're unable to abort him.

You might be referring to the Good Samaritan Laws that shield those who act from liability if they cause further harm. As far as I know, there is no law anywhere making it a crime to fail to act during the commission of a crime. Doing that would create vigilantism.

Thankfully, there was postings on the internet, which gives Feds jurisdiction and allows them to investigate. These small town coverups happen all over the country. This should not happen anywhere regardless of population.

Knowledge is not enough to be an accessory for criminal sexual conduct. The person had to aid in the commission of the crime, i.e., video, hold down the victim, act as a lookout, etc. Citizens are not required by law to stop crimes from happening that they have knowledge of. Failure to do so only makes them…

85. Sheila Jackson Lee (D) TX Once compared the Tea Party to the KKK during a speech at the NAACP convention.

I'm with Shaq on this one sans for the aggression. Ladies don't realize the design of the urinal isn't so wonderful when it comes to urine retention. Walk into any public restaroom and look at the floor where the urinals are. Yellow. Pee. SPLASHBACK. I don't pee next to other people, because I don't want their…

Sheila Jackson Lee and Eddie Bernice Johnson. Texan ladies represent that 113th.

The married women are more likely to have health insurance as well as the thought of long-term stability. If that alone doesn't keep people from beating the crap out of each other and going all emo, I don't know what else does. This study is craptastic.

The difference between this instance and Florence is that when Florence was pulled over, Florence was arrested for an outstanding warrant. The SCOTUS opinion was premised on the arrest taking place before the strip search. Here, there was no arrest. There was merely a detainment pursuant to Terry. That being said,…

There's no hard and fast rule as to what to do if you're ever in a situation where the police officer is abusing his or her power and infringing on your constitutional rights. This will certainly be a 4th Amendment case and I hope the 5th Circuit doesn't fuck this one up. The trooper saw a cigarette butt fly out the…

Just like a congress(wo)man to justify the end with the means. No root cause analysis. No studies. No mental health screenings. Nothing.

Texas is a great place to live if you live in Dallas, Travis, or Bexar Counties (the only 3 democratic counties not bordering Mexico).

Thanks for the catch. I should probably stop reading and commenting while on simultaneous conference calls. Human error. Mitt Robotney, I am not.

Do you keep it in your windowless van?

"Fruit from the poisonous tree" involves 4th Amendment seizure. If the arrest was obtained without a warrant granted from legal probable cause then the arrest is tainted. From what I'm reading here, the contention involves information obtained post-arrest. If that was improperly obtained, the judge will just…

There seems to be a whole lot of new political analysts and constitutional scholars around this year.

Perhaps, it's just easier to now come out and publicly endorse it with less backlash since DOMA was recently struck down as unconstitutional.

This is insurance fraud. It happens with all different types of doctors for all different types of procedures.

I'm also a lawyer, but I know many very good PI lawyers and very bad lawyers in other areas of practice. I find that assholes are kind of evenly distributed across the professional board.