The law and the jungle

Getting scarier all the time:

If the police arrest you, do they need a warrant to rifle through your cellphone? Courts have been split on the question. Last week the Obama administration asked the Supreme Court to resolve the issue and rule that the Fourth Amendment allows warrantless cellphone searches.

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Just plain toopid:

This is a bit of judicial overreach, don't you think?

Martin from Messiah, saying the religious name was earned by one person and "that one person is Jesus Christ."

It had to happen eventually -- I actually agree with Eric Holder on something:

Guess where the safest place to be in America is today:

Pro-gun advocates across the nation are planning to gather in Starbucks’ stores today to show their appreciation for the company’s decision to allow weapons inside its locations in states where it’s legal.

Hyper-caffeinated and packing heat. Awesome.

This guy is kind of unclear on the concept of acting as his own defense attorney, huh?

For the "well, duh" file:

When firearms sales in the Old Dominion rose by 16 percent from 2011 to 2012, gun crime dropped 5 percent, according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

A one-month suspension is being served by Fort Wayne Police Officer James Arnold, accused of using excessive force, and the case might result in a change in the way the department handles such cases:

Chief Rusty York says video from a squad car camera captured Arnold punching and delivering elbow strikes to the man, fracturing his jaw.

The man had to be hospitalized.

This seems like a pretty big deal, not because it sets a precedent or anything close to it, but because it leaves unresolved questions that might bring more such cases in the future:

The most outrageous "blame the victim" defense you're likely to hear all year:

At Thursday’s emotional, 4-hour sentencing hearing, Cleveland murderer, rapist, and kidnapper Ariel Castro said, “I am not a monster. I am sick.”  He denied he was a violent person and said he was a “happy person inside” but suffered from a porn addiction.

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