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- The Bitch is Back: Michigan Reverses Course, Allows Sale of 'Raging Bitch' Beer
- The Day's Three Burning Legal Questions
| The Bitch is Back: Michigan Reverses Course, Allows Sale of 'Raging Bitch' Beer | Top |
| In March 2011 I wrote here about Frederick, Md.-based Flying Dog Brewery, whose license application to sell its best-selling beer in Michigan was rejected by the state's Liquor Control Commission. The application was rejected because the beer is called "Raging Bitch," and includes a label with some other choice words (see below). Flying Dog fought back with a federal lawsuit claiming the ban violated its rights under the First Amendment to free expression, and, on Tuesday, June 28, the Commission reversed its decision banning Raging Bitch. In short ... The Bitch is Back! On its website, Flying Dog states that the reversal came three weeks after the first hearing in the case, when the brewer sought a preliminary injunction against the ban. According to the Associated Press, a spokesperson for the Commission said the agency reversed itself to "follow[] a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that found states cannot engage in "content-based discrimination." Flying Dog stated that despite the Commission's reversal and approval of the sale of Raging Bitch in Michigan, "we have no interest in dropping the First Amendment lawsuit." The company still seeks to challenge the Commission's authority "to ban any beer label that they find offensive unconstitutional"... | |
| The Day's Three Burning Legal Questions | Top |
| Here are today's three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: I believe I can save tens of dollars if I take all of the coupons from all of the newspapers in the vending machine when I buy a single paper. Is this going to be a problem? It's not like I'm taking the actual newspapers. Answer: Yes, it will be a problem and you could be charged with the crime of "fraudulent destruction or removal or concealment of writing." (Consumerist, Extreme Couponer Arrested For Stealing Coupon Inserts) 2) Question: I was just pulled over by police and given a speeding ticket for going 182 mph on my motorcycle. Can you tell me (a) what is the fine for 182 mph and (b) is 182 mph a new record? Answer: It looks like the fine for going 182 mph is $375 and a court order to buy high-risk insurance. As for the record, we don't have good data on that here but I do know it exceeds the 102 mph by the woman who was late to her salon appointment and the 128 mph (on a 45 mph street) recorded by NASCAR Driver Kyle... | |
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