Category Archives: U.S. Supreme Court
Our Voice: Crack Cocaine Offenders Shouldn’t Slip Through The Cracks
On Tuesday, President Obama signed into law the Fair Sentencing Act, which lessened the difference in penalties between crack cocaine offenses and powder cocaine offenses. Previously and as discussed in an earlier blog, someone caught with 500 grams of powder … Continue reading
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Our Voice: Help For Injured Motorists
Back in 1995, the Michigan Legislature passed our current “No-Fault” law. We’ve had “no-fault” insurance in the state since 1973,The goal of the law was to reduce the number of law suits from car accidents. On the surface, it appeared … Continue reading
Filed under Auto Accidents, Our Voice - Op/Ed, U.S. Supreme Court
Follow Up: Texting and Privacy at Work
I found a follow up in the Detroit News today about the Supreme Court case I blogged about earlier this week. It sounds like the court will not be ruling in the employee’s favor. It will be interesting to see … Continue reading
Filed under Employee Rights, U.S. Supreme Court
Obama Considers Detroit Native for Supreme Court Justice
President Obama is considering 60 year old Detroit Native, Ann Clair Williams, as a possible replacement for Justice John Paul Stevens. Williams received her bachelor’s degree from Wayne State in 1970 and an M.A. from the University of Michigan in … Continue reading
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Should Your Boss Be Allowed To Read What You’ve Been Texting?
Yesterday the U.S. Supreme court began listening to arguments on Police Sgt. Jeff Quon’s text-messaging case. Quon used his city issued text-messaging pager to exchange hundreds of personal messages – some sexually suggestive. When Quon exceeded his texting limit several times, … Continue reading
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