Court Says Chalking Tires for Law Enforcement Violates Constitution

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Is using chalk on tires for parking enforcement unconstitutional? A federal appeals court ruled Monday that, in fact, it is. It says “chalking” is a violation of the Fourth Amendment. Alison Taylor sued the city in 2017 after her car tires were chalked several times by a Saginaw, Michigan to keep track of how long
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10 Books Every Attorney Must Read

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The best inspirations come from books. Oftentimes, it is not the best books that bring us comfort and inspiration but those that we need at the moment – whether we are desperate, curious or lost. We read books because we want to get deeper into what happened to us or to understand something we have
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A Ford Issue With Exhaust Odors: What’s Going On

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There has been a talk of this for a while now. The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is upgrading and expanding a probe into 1.33 million Ford Explorer SUVs over reports of exhaust odors in vehicle compartments and exposure to carbon monoxide that may have something to do with crashes and injuries. Let’s go deeper
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What Happened to the Examiners of California Bar Exam

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Practicing law is not for everyone. And a bar examination helps determine whether a candidate is qualified to practice law in a given jurisdiction. And the bar exam passage rates have fallen across the nation for the past several years. Take a deeper look only to the California bar exam. Test-takers’ performance has been especially poor.
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