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| Odd Couple: Westboro Baptist Church and ... the FBI? | Top |
| National Public Radio reported Wednesday on a truly bizarre partnership of sorts between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the infamous Westboro Baptist Church. For those of you who remain blissfully ignorant about the WBC, it is a Kansas church that "has sparked outrage around the country for its pickets, which feature profane and derogatory language warning people about the danger of Hell." The church reportedly preaches that God hates gay people, as well as Jews and Catholics, and is famous for picketing the funerals of dead soldiers. It won a free-speech battle over those funeral protests at the U.S. Supreme Court in March. You might think, then, that the WBC is not the most likely of candidates to be assisting the FBI with its counterterrorism training program. And yet not long ago, the FBI invited WBC leaders to its Quantico Marine base in Virginia to speak with FBI agents as part of that training program. As the NPR article discusses, there is a good bit of confusion as to what the purpose was for WBC's attendance, and still more confusion as to how an invitation was extended to them in the first place. A church leader named Timothy Phelps... | |
| 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'm a prosecutor in a marijuana-related case. We sent the marijuana out to a drug lab by FedEx and by the time it arrived at the lab the shipping box had been opened, all of the the marijuana removed and the box resealed. Now what!? Answer: It sounds like someone may be smoking your evidence somewhere and that your case is now "completely unprovable." (Associated Press, Marijuana In Long Island Drug Case Disappears During Transport) 2) Question: Can you ask Judge Carton if it is legit for a restaurant to charge extra for drinks with no ice? Answer: Judge Carton says it is not legit and that you should see his related and well-reasoned opinion in the "all-you-can-eat sushi case," where the restaurant wanted to charge the customer more if the customer insisted on eating only the fish and no rice. (Consumerist, Should Restaurants Charge Extra For Not Putting Ice In Your Soda?) 3) Question: A large group of disabled customers wants to eat in our restaurant tonight and bring six guide dogs along with them. Other customers may have allergies and I'm... | |
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