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Case: Herring v. United States Hearing Date: Oct. 7 Background: Bennie Dean Herring was arrested in Coffee County, Alabama after trying to pick up his impounded car from his local police station. While he was at the station, the county investigator asked for a check for warrants in Herring's name. While none were found in Coffee County, the warrant clerk learned that there was a warrant on Herring in a neighboring town. He was subsequently arrested and faced additional charges for drugs and a gun possession. Minutes after his arrest, though, Coffee County police learned that the warrant...
...American allies such as Japan and South Korea. Needless to say, it is also likely that the recent thaw in cross-strait relations between Taiwan and China would be adversely affected as well. This is not to say, however, that the United States government should give Beijing a blank check to conduct its affairs as it wishes. We are extremely concerned about several issues where further Sino-American cooperation and reform from Beijing can help to ease international tensions and improve the lives of millions of people. We acknowledge, as Washington’s critics often point out, that American...
Hurricanes have a neat way of reminding Americans of their privilege. Louisiana State Representative John LaBruzzo experienced a reality check when he visited New Orleans residents seeking relief from Hurricane Gustav late last month. It is unfortunate that it takes a natural disaster for politicians, the media, and the rest of America’s elite to remember the existence of our nation’s poorest districts. It is even more unfortunate that when confronted with this reality, these eminently privileged and powerful individuals can do little more than blame and further punish the victims of a system...
...sports stars, made its debut. Sites like the Hollywood Stock Exchange have offered a similar market for actors and movies, and now the concept is trying to take root in the sports world. And while your cash isn't actually funding King James - don't expect a dividend check from his highness - the profits or losses are very real. "You've got a little skin in the game," says Michael Sroka, a 27-year-old ex-former hedge fund manager who is OneSeason's founder...
...18th century, many of the framers of the fledgling United States-the first major modern democracy-also put stock in the idea. Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were among those who considered term limits an important way to check individual power. In a 1787 letter to James Madison, Jefferson counted "the perpetual eligibility" of elected officials, and especially a chief executive, as one of two key elements of the proposed Constitution that he didn't like (the other being the absence of a Bill of Rights). But while the Articles of Confederation limited delegates to three-year terms...