Comments on: December 31 roundup https://www.overlawyered.com/2014/12/december-31-roundup-3/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Fri, 02 Jan 2015 05:45:17 +0000 hourly 1 By: The ten-bests continue - Overlawyered https://www.overlawyered.com/2014/12/december-31-roundup-3/comment-page-1/#comment-316351 Fri, 02 Jan 2015 05:45:17 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=50383#comment-316351 […] to our list of lists, a few more: John Steele’s top ten legal ethics stories of 2014, National Law Journal via […]

]]> By: Robert https://www.overlawyered.com/2014/12/december-31-roundup-3/comment-page-1/#comment-316267 Thu, 01 Jan 2015 01:24:07 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=50383#comment-316267 In the top list of Nanny State abuses, there’s the very disturbing case of the warrant to drug a 17-year-old so he gets an erection.

But charging minors with possession of Child Pornography when they photograph their own bodies makes some sense. Because there’s no defense against possession of it, if minors couldn’t be charged than some 14 year old could take a photograph of his erect penis, email it to all his teachers, and then call the FBI. And the FBI will have to arrest all the adults while the kid has a good laugh.

]]> By: Fox2! https://www.overlawyered.com/2014/12/december-31-roundup-3/comment-page-1/#comment-316266 Thu, 01 Jan 2015 01:22:25 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=50383#comment-316266 To misquote Douglas McArthur on his farewell speech to the USMA Corps of Cadets,

“The Narrative. The Narrative. The Narrative. Above all else, the Narrative.”

]]> By: Fox2! https://www.overlawyered.com/2014/12/december-31-roundup-3/comment-page-1/#comment-316265 Thu, 01 Jan 2015 01:19:30 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=50383#comment-316265 In answer to your cigarette tax question, “Yes.”

That requires access to things called “facts,” which do not always support the narrative. And it is narrative over all, even at the risk of cognitive dissonance.

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