Excessive Fines Clause? It probably applies more cleanly to charging inmates for necessities, but I could see reforming pay-to-stay as a logical outgrowth if courts do expand its use.

Pretty much a California/New York phenomenon, although some jails nationwide do actually charge inmate fees. And it’s constitutional-ish!

MSU has a $3bn endowment, seems like a good place to start!

Each claim is a little different. The negligent hiring ones, for example, allege that the employer is responsible for *all* of the damages done by their employee because they failed in some legal duty. That would include medical expenses, pain and suffering, loss of income, etc. in the past and future. Some of her…

Unless we’re secretly at war with ET and friends, a potential breach of a security clearance is definitely not treason.

Mark Davis will be calling for a new rule to allow the ref to determine the outcome of close measurements using one of those paper fortune-tellers everyone made in middle-school.

Amen. Thank god we’ve had owners like Jerry to guard against players with tattoos, piercings, and long braids! Keeping the NFL image squeaky clean.

Clearly Denny’s point-of-sale system has become sentient and taken control. Should be getting a lot more press, our nation’s Grand Slam reserves may be at risk.

So what are the chances Burfict said something about Shazier’s injury to JuJu Smith-Schuster? Like 90%? Just a brutal, disturbing game all around.

“ Lots of people are saying the failing NFL should ask a football Expert (Me) to review all On-Field calls. The flag on Gronk was Fake News! ”

Ah yes, Talib’s going with the rare “No Officer, I wasn’t defending a friend, just got into a fight” defense. The appeal should be great!

IMO, you need to show that the NFL is intertwined with the state to a degree that makes the league’s actions state actions. Ludtke v. Kuhn is sort of useful, i think there’s a theoretical argument that the NFL’s anti-trust exemption, stadium financing deals, or its previous tax status might work, but i don’t really…