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Isn’t Revenge Porn Constitutionally Protected?

| February 9, 2013

Dylan Love at Busi­ness Insider (the arti­cle con­tains lots of bad legal advice) writes: There is a seedy under­belly of the inter­net where peo­ple post nude or oth­er­wise com­pro­mis­ing pho­tos of their ex-girlfriends or boyfriends for any­one to see, some­times to get back at a lover who jilted them. These so-called “revenge porn” sites bring up a […]

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Behind the Jury-Selection Curtain: Challenges for Cause

| February 9, 2013

A com­menter on this post asks: I do have a few ques­tions on chal­lenges for cause. Mostly, how are they resolved? Is it entirely about nego­ti­a­tion to con­sen­sus and good faith, or does the judge have com­plete dis­cre­tion? Also, what hap­pens if you don’t have a large enough panel remain­ing for a strike zone of […]

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