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I have written on this topic before, but, because it is a source of a lot of misunderstanding among the general public, it needs more attention. Police shows for decades have shown people being arrested and read the Miranda warning, 'their rights', you have the right...
Free speech is a cornerstone of our society, for good reasons. A democracy depends on people being able to express their opinions about anybody, and anything. Even the richest and most powerful in society can be criticized by any citizen in a free society. Like all...
I watch very little TV, but the shows that I have seen about the legal system vary in how accurate they are, some are almost completely fantasy, others were clearly put together by people who have worked in the legal system and are pretty accurate. Almost all of the...
Many people think that appealing a decision means that you get a fresh start, a different judge to look at all of the evidence and make a different decision. That is not what happens in appeals. With very few exceptions, a higher court in Minnesota, the Court of...
When I started practicing law many years ago, my kids would say just about back when dinosaurs roamed the earth, I had more faith in the criminal justice system and believed that it just about always worked. As I have gained experience, I have learned that,...
It is one of the most frequent questions that people ask lawyers, when can the police stop my vehicle? For most of us, our primary interaction with law enforcement is on the road. There are literally hundreds of traffic laws, very few drivers follow them all of the...
Today celebrates the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King. While we know of him as a civil rights leader, he was more than that. Dr. King, and many others who worked with him to lead the transformation of this country towards a place where the words 'and liberty and...
What the court system sees as an emergency and what my clients see as an emergency are very often two different things. Issues with the other side not paying bills, not cooperating with parenting time schedules, not doing what they are supposed to do is very...
Sometimes knowing a little can be worse than knowing nothing, that is absolutely true for the legal world. There are many tools available for us to find out a little about a lot of things, how to wire your house, medicine, and the law. In the legal world one can find...
Our courts are called an adversary system for a reason, disagreements are resolved by legal battles between sides in front of a judge or sometimes a jury, who makes the decision. When there is a fundamental disagreement and the other side will not compromise, it is...