Arlington Law and Politics Examiner

Virginia's Internet Solicitation Law: Mandatory sentences target virtual more than live predators

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:16:42 -0700

Dateline NBC's To Catch a Predator captured a huge national audience with its sting operations that lured dozens of would-be predators underneath the bright camera lights to be skillfully lambasted by Chris Hansen. There was a ...

Voluntary Committee of Lawyers seeks to change drug laws through respectful debate

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:06:21 -0700

The Voluntary Committee of Lawyers, founded in Seattle Washington, is a group of attorneys and judges who agreed to add their names as signatories to a letter requesting that American leaders seriously reevaluate American drug policy. Attorneys can j...

Actual text of McDonnell's 15 suggestions from '89 thesis

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:56:10 -0700

Page 65 through McDonnell’s 15 specific proposals for Republican Party (1989 Thesis - The Republican Party's Vision for the Family):(For entire thesis - click here:http://www.scribd.com/doc/19247833/Regent-University-Thesis-Of-Bob-M...

McDonnell has clearly matured as a politician, but will this matter after the election?

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:36:40 -0700

A mature politician keeps his controversial views to himself. Even so, there are two reasons Bob McDonnell’s 1989 Regent University Law School[1] thesis, entitled “The Republican Party’s Vision for the Family: The Compell...

Political Book Review: The Last Best Hope by Joe Scarborough

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:37:57 -0700

The Last Best Hope, by Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough, is not only a good history of recent congressional and electoral politics, but an important reminder to conservatives about what the term even means. Scarborough reminds conservatives of ...

Political Book Review: Glenn Beck's Common Sense

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:32:08 -0700

Glenn Beck’s Common Sense: The Case Against an Out of Control Government, Inspired by Thomas Paine, despite its lofty title which likens the cause for economic reform to the famous call for independence by Thomas Paine, is just a...

Melendez-Diaz: Another budgetary reason for Virginia to make possession of marijuana a civil offense

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:01:15 -0700

The recent United States Supreme Court case of Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts[1] and its effect on the administration of criminal justice, has been ...

These soccer fans are something special

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:20:04 -0700

Below youtube video establishes that US soccer fans need to step up the game. (Courtesy of American soccer fans...

Hail to the Redskins - photo of the day

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:36:06 -0700

Who are the Champions of the Drug War?

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:57:47 -0700

In 1924, the great social critic H.L. Mencken wrote of prohibition:Five years of Prohibition have had, at least, this one benign effect: they have completely d...

U.S. Soccer team dominates, but US fans can't outmatch Honduras at RFK

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:35:47 -0700

In 1961, the Washington Redskins played their first game at D.C. Stadium, as it was called at that time. It was against the New York Giants, and was witn...

Obscure but important traffic law needs more publicity

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:05:13 -0700

On May 17, 2009 at 8:50 in the morning, Peter Johnson of Fairfax County and his wife drove north on Interstate 95. It was a Sunday morning. As they approached the exit for route 123 in Woodbridge, Peter noticed State Police cars on the ri...

Congress' definition of terrorism excludes most state sponsored violence against civilians

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:32:02 -0700

The violent attack at the United States Holocaust Museum by white supremacist James W. von Brunn and the murder of abortion doctor George Tiller have renewed discussion in the press about the various forms of terrorism – not just internat...

Public opinion and Roe v. Wade: Do Americans still believe in jail time for abortions?

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:06:44 -0700

The murder of Dr. George Tiller by an anti-abortion activist, the recent Supreme Court vacancy, and President Obama's remarks at Notre Dame have combined to rejuvenate the abortion debate only months after a Presidential election...

Not in my backyard! - we have nothing to fear but courage itself

Mon, 25 May 2009 15:12:37 -0700

As both Democratic and and Republican Senators seem intent on stopping the shut down of the Guantanamo Detention facility, the primary argument of those who formerly praised Obama’s plan seems to come down that classic self-interested scr...

Our Founding Fathers predicted Dick Cheney

Fri, 22 May 2009 14:43:28 -0700

When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation – Alexander HamiltonIt [appears] that however certain forms of government are better calculated than others to protect individuals in the free exercise of their n...

Highest New York Court says GPS tracking requires a warrant, but many courts disagree

Wed, 13 May 2009 10:48:15 -0700

Police across the country increasingly use GPS (Global Positioning Systems) devices to track unknowing suspects without judicial authorization, yet there is no national consenses on whether such tracking violates the Constitution. Yesterday, ho...

Book Review: Picking Cotton, a plea not to blindly trust the system

Sun, 10 May 2009 12:24:48 -0700

The victim of the crime’s heart raced on adrenaline. She assumed they must have had a suspect. Why would they want her to drive all that way if the didn’t? All...

Legalized on-line gambling? Not a harmless vice but why not?

Fri, 08 May 2009 15:35:12 -0700

“Gaming is the mother of lies and perjuries.” - John Salisbury, Bishop of Chartres (1175)“I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores” – Moliere. &...

Supreme Court considers scope of Eighth Amendment, not the damage caused by unwise leaders

Wed, 06 May 2009 08:55:12 -0700

The United States Supreme Court’s decision to hear the case of Joe Harris Sullivan v. Florida will cause the Court to consider whether a life without parole sentence for a...