If you carry too much cash the federal government can take it away from you. Yep, you read that right. If an agency, like the Transportation Safety Administration, the Drug Enforcement Administration or U.S. Customs and Border Protection finds someone carrying large amounts of cash they can confiscate it by simply declaring it to be “suspicious.” This is not a rare occurrence. … [Read more...]
Your Campaign Donation May Be Funding a Zombie
Are you among the countless Americans who feel so passionately about the upcoming presidential election that you wrote a check to your favorite candidate? But if your candidate dropped out of the race can you get your money back? At one time there were a whopping 29 democrats running for president . Now only twelve remain. Collectively those candidates amassed hundreds of millions of dollars in donations. Some from large contributors like … [Read more...]
Bail Reform: Proceed With Caution
Photo courtesy: Alpha Stock Images January 2020 ushered in a unique new law in New York State that abolished cash bail for defendants arrested for non-violent crimes. Activists in the bail reform movement called it landmark legislation that stops judges from locking up the poor while they await trial simply because they can’t afford bail. Others, many in law enforcement, are calling it “a disgrace” and say the politicians forgot to … [Read more...]
Universities Routinely Ignore and Violate Basic Civil Rights
This column might win me no fans on college campuses but there is something that must be said. Universities across the country are unconstitutionally punishing those accused of sex-based misconduct with no regard to the civil rights guarantee of due process. They say they are acting lawfully under the so-called Title IX law of 1972. But the meaning of that law has been twisted over the years by a tortured Victorian-era school of thought almost … [Read more...]
Getting Away With Murder
It has never been easier to be an undetected serial killer in the United States. That’s the opinion of two experts in the field of collecting murder data in America. And both men say that as you read this there are thousands of active serial killers roaming the U.S.. Some operate in big cities, others prefer the wide open spaces of rural America. … [Read more...]
Not Every Sexual Harassment Complaint is Legit
This will not start out as a good year for Professor Nick Flor of the University of New Mexico. Beginning January 1st he will be suspended from this tenured position at UNM, without pay, for a full year. He is not allowed to get another fulltime job and the multimillions of dollars in grants he has received will dry up, his ability to win new grants will be next to impossible. … [Read more...]
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