Prescription Drug Use Monitoring by Police?

by admin on September 9, 2010

Could your legal and legitimate private medical records, such as what prescriptions you take, be freely available to police? That is what one state’s law enforcement agency  is after, and the trend could spread. [click to continue…]

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DWI Laws in SD – Tough, not Adversarial

by admin on August 31, 2010

South Dakota has some of the toughest drunk driving laws in the country, particularly for multiple offenders. If you are convicted of a 2nd offense DWI, in addition to license loss and fines, you will be required to abstain from consuming any alcohol for a 3 month period.

The program is South Dakota’s 24/7 Sobriety Project, and according to news sources, it has helped keep the drunk driving recidivism rate at half of that of those in other states. [click to continue…]

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Privacy Rights Under Assault and Undefended

August 30, 2010

American students and citizens as a whole are being trained to not expect any privacy, and that the government has near complete authority to know where you are at what you are doing at all times. That’s the opinion of many privacy and civil liberties experts, and it is a chilling view. Our countries founding [...]

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Cops Can Secretly Track You With GPS

August 28, 2010

A U.S. Court of Appeals decision this week in the 9th District affirmed a previous ruling and stated that the police can track your vehicle with a GPS device and without a warrant. Yes, that’s right—they can come into your driveway at night, attach a GPS and track you–every day, wherever you go.

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States Take Varying Approaches on Prescription Drug Control

August 27, 2010

Although the abuse of prescriptions drugs has been climbing for the past several years, some states have yet to enact legislation to try and control it. However, many are doing what they can to keep these drugs from the people who don’t legitimately need them while maintaining ease of access for people who do. Strategies [...]

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Crime Victims Families and the Manhattan (Ground Zero) Mosque

August 26, 2010

The issue of a proposed Muslim community center in Manhattan has generating tremendous political controversy during the normally quiet month of August. Opponents to the construction of the so-called Ground Zero Mosque say that this location is hallowed ground, and building a Muslim community center so closed to the site where Islamic terrorists killed 3000 [...]

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Drunk Driving Campaigns – Public Safely or Hype?

August 25, 2010

As we head into another holiday weekend, there is an aggressive media campaign to prevent drunk driving and emphasize aggressive enforcement efforts. But do these efforts significantly reduce incidents of drunk driving? Are they an effective way to promote public safely?

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California Judge Strikes Down Red Light Cameras

August 19, 2010

A Superior Court judge in California ruled that evidence supplied by red light cameras to issue traffic citations is inadmissible as hearsay under the Constitution.

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Criminal Record Impacts in the News

August 13, 2010

There have been a lot of stories in the news this week about the impact of a criminal conviction on a person’s livelihood, ability to find a job, an apartment, and generally function in society. And most of it is not encouraging.  The fact remains that the best way to try to prevent the negative [...]

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Traffic Cameras Get Political

August 12, 2010

While some politicians are using things like taxes and bond issues to woo voters, traffic cameras are moving up in campaign issue popularity. Some liken them to hidden taxes for citizens, with their troubles outweighing their supposed benefits. Others state they are an invasion of privacy and a money maker that does little to increase [...]

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