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Tag: Law and Justice

Crime and Justice

‘Drowning’ in meth and heroin, a Wisconsin county takes a stand for public defenders

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 1, 2018, 9:50 AM Nov 1, 2018
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Over in Hayward, Wis., a judge has had just about enough of a justice system that is based on extending constitutional rights depending on the income of people. And that’s what the crisis in the public defender system creates. Read more →

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Ducks, Dixie Chicks, racist mascots and the First Amendment

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 20, 2013, 10:54 AM Dec 20, 2013
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Many Americans, this week’s news stories confirm, don’t have a clue what the First Amendment says or what it means.
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Court rethinking case of the ‘irresistible employee’

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 26, 2013, 2:22 PM Jun 26, 2013
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Remember that case I told you about in December when the Iowa Supreme Court said it was OK to fire a woman who worked in a dentist’s office because the dentist’s wife was jealous that he found the worker irresistible? Never mind. The court had ruled 7-0 for the Fort Dodge doctor, employing an odd Read more →

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