Following the approval of a nativity display in Florida’s State Capitol rotunda–an area designated as a ‘public forum’–Chaz Stevens obtained approval to display a Festivus Pole also on the grounds. Constructed of empty Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer Cans and PVC pipe, the minimalistic monument is a reference to the holiday “Festivus” in the popular ’90s
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The Tipping Point: Anonymous Tips Could Be Grounds for Police Intervention
On October 1, 2013, the Supreme Court of the United States heard a California case in which the police stopped a car—and ultimately arrested and charged its occupants for drug crimes—based on an anonymous tip of erratic driving called into dispatch. The California trial court found that the 911 call by a driver complaining of
Read on »Discrimination and Retaliation: Court Examines ‘Whistleblower’ Provision of Civil Rights Act
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination against employees on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. The Civil Rights Act also contains a “whistleblower” provision which prohibits employers from retaliation against employees who complain of Title VII violations. The United States Supreme Court recently agreed to hear a case involving the
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