Word: legality
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...precisely because of things like this that we have a jury of a defendant's peers," says TIME legal correspondent Alain Sanders. "While there are merits to creative lawyering - it often produces previously unrealized rights - ours is a system that allows common sense to prevail," he says, noting that since most jurors have likely used the Internet without the urge to post threatening e-mails, they could judge the defense to be flimsy. Yet the case is sure to raise some interesting, even lofty issues, such as whether today's kids have become so desensitized by the proliferation of infotainment...
...technology wonderful? If there's one thing the Internet has done for us, it's create a brave new legal frontier. Mix high expectations, intellectual property, untested technologies, about 500 million people and lots and lots of money, and you're going to get some very interesting lawsuits. Here's a quick roundup of what's pending in the Internet's legal docket...
...Most legal experts believe the family court had no jurisdiction in this case, and many were surprised that Judge Rodriguez claimed jurisdiction," says TIME correspondent Viveca Novak. Adds TIME correspondent Adam Cohen, "There's a feeling that sometimes state courts are more beholden to the political system, and we've seen that in this case with questions over the judge's ties to people allied with the boy's family." It emerged Tuesday that a political activist who has acted as a spokesman for the boy's Miami relatives had also served as a political adviser to Judge Rodriguez during...
...Wednesday's decision that states aren't bound to a 1974 federal law against age discrimination in hiring. And the case at hand is even more local, pitting the states against parents. "In the end each Justice will probably just look at the equities in the issue," says TIME legal writer Adam Cohen. "And they'll probably be reluctant to have the courts impose major limitations on how parents raise their children...
...news Wednesday for anyone who's ever panicked at the sight of blue uniforms and flashing red lights. Led by Chief Justice Rehnquist, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that officers can legally stop and question anyone who runs away from a cop and exhibits "nervous, evasive behavior." The case prompting the decision involved a Chicago man who ran after seeing police in an area saturated with drug dealers. Police took off after him, claiming his flight helped to establish "reasonable suspicion" of his involvement in a recent or impending criminal act - and was therefore covered under the legal parameters...