Loud music was a lawful reason for him to be pulled over an issued a citation. Alcohol on the breath could be part of a lawful reason to have a reasonable suspicion of impaired driving and conduct a sobriety test.

It’s not a local noise ordinance. It’s part of the California Vehicle Code. You can’t broadcast amplified sound that can be heard more than 50 feet from your vehicle except in emergencies.

This is California though, so if he actually had a reasonable suspicion of drunk driving, it would be a crime and entry into the garage would probably be lawful. But loud music is, at worst, an infraction. It’s not criminal. 

No, I think if you look at the ruling, there are a few things at issue here:

And you feel your behavior is ethical? Like, let’s say you ran a small business somewhere and people in the community didn’t the causes and politicians that you, as a private citizen, donated money to. Let’s say they bombarded your business with negative reviews online, showed up to scream at your employees, and tied…

I’m reminded of a quotation by Jean Sibelius: Pay no attention to what the critics say. A statue has never been erected in honor of a critic.

Other M was a pretty decent game overall. People just don’t like it because of the questionable script, but if you ignore that ( The Metroid series has never been big on scripted dialog anyway), it’s a pretty solid game, although not in the same league as most of the others.

Didn’t it sound like Twilight Princess music?

This story basically tells me nothing other than that someone who was convicted of a felony assault with a deadly weapon is possibly being deported, because, understandably, most countries deport non-citizens who commit serious crimes such as felonies. If she was acting in self-defense, why didn’t she defend herself…

Yes, that is what  I meant. My mistake. 

And the law does balance this. As a private individual, you generally have more of a right to privacy than a public figure, especially a public official.

It’s probably more the basic guarantees of freedom of expression under the state and federal constitutions that you have a problem with, rather than the law itself. The law was written specifically to try to avoid being overturned by the State and Federal courts as unconstitutional. It’s not the California…

California law requires proving, beyond a reasonable doubt:

I mean, this court ruling seems to suggest that he had a right under the Constitution to share them, since they were in the public interest. So she could sue him, but the same reasoning would probably apply. And she would additionally have to prove that they had an agreement or understanding not to share them at the…

California’s Constitution and laws are always going to put a heavy burden of proof on the defendant to prove their case if they’re trying to restrict someone’s right to freedom of expression. This is a good thing. The alternative would be living somewhere like the UK, where people can be sued into oblivion by powerful…

I honestly don’t think it’s a problem at all. Anti-SLAPP was written to stop powerful and wealthy people and individuals from abusing the courts by suing the media or individuals. If you try to silence someone through the California courts and you lose, you’re likely to have to pay their legal costs. Her lawyer would…

The courts have generally been very deferential to the first amendment in cases like these. I suspect that if you made, “publishing naked pictures of someone without their permission,” criminal, the law would almost certainly be overturned as violating the first amendment. The revenge porn laws have tried to be narrow…

The west coast is generally abysmal for bagels. LA had some decent bagels. Now, finally the Bay Area is getting some. In about 20-50 years, they should be available in Portland and Seattle.

Yeah, the problem with this is just that we really don’t know how good natural immunity or the vaccine is. For instance, the mRNA vaccines I believe use one specific antigen, which is going to trigger a specific immune response we know is effective at fighting current strains of COVID-19. A real infection has the real…

I mean, the level of antibodies doesn’t really matter for long-term immunity. Generally, vaccines can be tailored for maximum immunity based on data whereas with natural infections, you get what you get.