We enjoy a complex love-hate relationship with the law: While we expect it to protect our interests, we don’t want to see ourselves held accountable to it. We therefore cheer the wrongdoers who put one over on the legal system, while lamenting the real crooks who slip away.
13 August 2018 - The Supreme Court's 1943 ruling applied to school board officials and other government entities, not private sector enterprises such as the NFL.
26 April 2018 - It's probably best not to get your legal advice from social media.
27 February 2018 - Reports about a 2011 change to Iowa's gun licensing rules in Iowa went viral after a mass school shooting in 2018.
23 January 2018 - A "sovereign citizen" conspiracy theory about the licensing of lawyers is riddled with bad logic and historical inaccuracies.
The department cited a judge's December 2016 ruling that does not extend patient protections to cover gender identity.
28 December 2017 - Although some states still have anti-sodomy laws on the books, they are unenforceable because of a 2003 Supreme Court ruling.
The former NBA superstar won a hefty award in 2015 after filing suit against the Dominick's grocery chain for using his name in an advertisement without his permission.
1 February 2002 - No federal law actually prohibits U.S. citizens from having contact with extraterrestrial beings.
2 June 2017 - A popular social media item wrongly claims that consumers are not obligated to pay back debt that creditors have written off and sold to debt collectors.
23 May 2017 - An experienced attorney's blog post has caused widespread concern.
8 November 2017 - Desiree Fairooz, a member of the protest group Code Pink, was charged with disorderly conduct after laughing during the introduction of Attorney General nominee Jeff Sessions.
18 April 2017 - Various news sites overemphasized one aspect of a case involving repeated injuries to two children.
