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Bike Riders in New York Win $965,000 in Settlement - NYTimes.com
The city agreed on Monday to pay nearly $1 million to participants in the monthly Critical Mass bicycle rides who claimed they had been wrongly detained and arrested by police officers.
news  nyc  bike  law 
october 2010 by fakeisthenewreal
We All Pay for Leona Helmsley’s Bequest to Dogs - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com
Pleasant little op-ed about limiting tax-deductions for charitable bequests. This is the best part:
"Ray D. Madoff, a professor at Boston College Law School, is writing a book on immortality and the law."
news  writing  law  money  policy 
july 2008 by fakeisthenewreal
H. R. 1858 // THOMAS (Library of Congress)
"To provide for the retrocession of the District of Columbia to the State of Maryland" Return most of DC to MD.
dc  maryland  law 
june 2008 by fakeisthenewreal
City Of Cambridge - PROPERTY DETAILS
Laurence Tribe owns Philip Johnson's 1943 GSD senior thesis, a single family house in Cambridge
architecture  cambridge  law  i'm_not_looking_for_a_new_england  random 
may 2008 by fakeisthenewreal
Analysis and Interpretation of the Constitution - Legal Research
us constitution with relevant case law. note: do not trust the internet
usa  law 
december 2007 by fakeisthenewreal
An Act authorizing the city of boston to convey MADISON PARK
The city of Boston may convey to the BRA, for urban renewal, [the parcel bounded by] Sterling, Marble, Warwick and Westminster streets and commonly known as Madison park. Approved August 22, 1966.
boston  history  law  urban  planning 
october 2007 by fakeisthenewreal
Judge strikes down Iowa's same-sex marriage law [chicagotribune]
Great news, but which candidates does it help/hurt? [Romney/Giuliani, probably]
iowa  law  news  marriage 
august 2007 by fakeisthenewreal
Ancient lights - Wikipedia
"the owner of a building with windows that have received natural daylight for 20 years or more is entitled to forbid any construction or other obstruction that would deprive him of that illumination."
wikipedia  law  urban  hidden_patterns  awesome 
april 2007 by fakeisthenewreal
The Village Voice: Runnin' Scared
Kenneth Jackson is part of the 5BBC lawsuit against the new NYPD parade rules!
bike  nyc  monopoly_on_violence  law  news 
march 2007 by fakeisthenewreal
Geographic Boundaries of the US Courts of Appeals and US District Courts (pdf)
93 US Attorneys serve in the 94 US District Courts (Guam & the N. Marianas share).
map  usa  law  arbitrary 
march 2007 by fakeisthenewreal
The Agreement of the People, as presented to the Council of the Army (1647)
Revolutionary puritan constitution, written in 1st-person plural. Biennial parliamentary elections, no drafts, no compulsary religion, equal protection.
law  history  uk 
march 2007 by fakeisthenewreal
Victor H. Kramer Obituary
"Victor H. 'Vic' Kramer, 93, an antitrust attorney who turned his back on a notable career with a Washington law firm to devote himself to public interest law and education"
dc  law  known  [notreally]  obituary  news 
january 2007 by fakeisthenewreal
California, Florida Suspend Executions | Chicago Tribune
"As a result of the chemicals going [directly] into Diaz's arms [rather than a vein], he had an 12-inch chemical burn on his right arm and an 11-inch chemical burn on his left arm"
end_of_rome  goddamn_fucking_christ  law  usa  florida  california  news 
december 2006 by fakeisthenewreal
Terra nullius - Wikipedia
no-man's land (or no-European's land, more strictly). Still, useful concept.
law  history  world  wikipedia 
december 2006 by fakeisthenewreal
The Montana Sedition Project: Photo Gallery
"Tthe most dangerous place was Custer Cty. A total of 13 persons were tried for sedition in Miles City, the county seat" (my grandfather was born there). [via slavin_fpo]
war  social_control  history  law  politics  montana  a_gray_veil  viaslavin 
may 2006 by fakeisthenewreal
John Brown's Provisional Constitution
John Brown prepares for a total overthrow of the union.
law  history  usa 
march 2006 by fakeisthenewreal
Treaty of Peace and Friendship, Signed at Tripoli November 4, 1796
"the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion"
law  usa  religion  history  algeria 
november 2005 by fakeisthenewreal
Whales: Their Emerging Right to Life (with Sudhir K
Whales evolved their large brains 30 million years ago--25 million years before humans appeared on the scene and 29 million years before the present brain size of humans developed.
law  environment  whales  international 
august 2005 by fakeisthenewreal

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