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Is Student Debt Really Worth It? Bryce Covert – New Deal 2.0 Whether or not we’re in the midst of a higher education bubble, are grads really getting enough bang for their buck? This week’s credit check: Average student loan debt is $23,186. For each $10,000 in debt a student takes on, the likelihood of taking a job in a lower pay

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/24/unsecured-wifi-child-pornography-innocent_n_852996.html I have heard about such occurrences way too often.  A former investigator first advised me of the ability of others to hack into the unsecured Wi-Fi of innocent users.  Also, there have been several cases involved innocent Internet users at fi

A drug dog’s alert is not sufficient in itself for probable cause. The state carries the burden of proving the dog’s reliability, including training and false positives. Harris v. State, 2011 Fla. LEXIS 953 (Fla. April 21, 2011): When will a drug-detection dog’s alert to the exterior of a vehicle provide an officer with proba

Without necessarily attempting to overstate my personal relief over the reinstatement of the charges by the D.C. Circuit, I am turned on to the opinion more for its interpretation upon the precedent in Kastigar v. U.S. As I have used Kastigar and its principles to assist in the defense of police and firefighters who have been compelled to provide s

Well, it was — to say the least — an interesting occasion.  In all honesty, I had believed that there was going to be a deep, analytical discussion/debate regarding the Commerce Clause, especially in the context of the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) and its health care mandate. Instead, it developed into a much more genera