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Arizona Cribs its Online-Impersonation Statute from Texas; Still Unconstitutional

| January 4, 2013

A pro­posal by Ari­zona leg­is­la­tor Michelle Ugenti to out­law online imper­son­ation has got­ten some press in the last cou­ple of days. Here’s Arizona’s pro­posed online-impersonation statute (PDF). It’s a near-copy of Texas’s online-impersonation statute, passed in 2011. There are some small styl­is­tic dif­fer­ences, but the meat is the same. Here’s the gist (with changes from the Texas […]

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Narcissists Who Need Narcissists…

| January 4, 2013

HOUSTON, TX — Criminal-defense lawyer Mark Ben­nett has recently announced his inten­tion to take on rep­re­sen­ta­tion of all rich peo­ple charged with crimes in the state of Texas, effec­tive imme­di­ately. Rec­og­niz­ing that the filthy rich often face an unfair bias in the court­room, Ben­nett, a Hous­ton, Texas lawyer, seeks to acquit any and all rich […]

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