September 17, 2008
- Court Overturns Conviction of Spammer
The Virginia Supreme Court has overturned a state antispam law and the 2004 conviction of long-time spammer Jeremy Jaynes, saying the law is an overly broad prohibition on anonymous free speech.
The Supreme Court, in a decision released Friday, said the 2003 Virginia spam law didn't distinguish between commercial e-mails and those with political messages, and [...]
September 14, 2008
- Travis County Judge Tells Woman to Stop Having Kids
For me, this is life imitating law school. I was on the Moot Court Board in law school and I was on the team that created the hypothetical case for the final competition. We crafted a case where an alcoholic mother who had given birth to 2 children with fetal alcohol syndrome was given the [...]
April 1, 2008
- Constitutional Rights And Maslow's Hierarchy Of Needs
Pauline Go provides an interesting analysis of how Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs relates to the qualities that form the constitutional rights of an individual.
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs is a famous psychological theory published by Abraham Maslow, a well-known American psychologist. Also known as “The Theory of Human Motivation”, Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs details the basic [...]
