California – California Lawmakers Would Have to Disclose Lobbyist Meetings Under Sweeping Ballot Proposal MSN – Christopher Cadelago and Melanie Mason (Politico) | Published: 8/2/2023 A ballot initiative likely to come before California voters next year would overhaul the state’s open records law, forcing unprecedented scrutiny into lobbying activities at the Capitol, and ensuring sexual harassment allegations against lawmakers are public. [read post]

In 2022, we often added conversion to the usual torts where multiple versions of the new giant skeleton were stolen, including one particularly ham-handed effort in Austin, Texas caught on video tape: ————————————————————– In Berea, Ohio, the promoters of the 7 Floors of Hell haunted house at the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds appreciate realism but one… [read post]

National/Federal ‘C’est Moi’: Mitt Romney admits to running secret Twitter account under the alias ‘Pierre Delecto’ MSN – Allyson Chiu (Washington Post) | Published: 10/21/2019 For years, Pierre Delecto’s presence on Twitter largely went unnoticed. [read post]

A Nova Scotia County Court held in 1929 that a 1752 treaty with the Micmacs was legally meaningless, basing this on a distinction between a “civilized nation” and “uncivilized people or savages. [read post]