A recent StarTribune article discusses the "problem" of easily accessible "fake pot" and the fact that some of the side effects seem to be more intense than actual pot. So the 'obvious' solution is to make this stuff illegal as well?  Here's a...

Here is a follow up to our previous post of the interactions between WATCH and the judiciary.  Some of the more notable comments from the StarTribune are below: [In 1997] WATCH successfully lobbied to get Nordby removed from the felony arraignment calendar...

“If you’ve got the right lawyer with you, we’ve got the best legal system in the world.”— Robert Trott, “Justice,” Fox, August 30, 2006, episode 1.1

"[T]he Constitution guarantees criminal defendants 'a meaningful opportunity to present a complete defense.'"—Crane v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 683, 690 (1986) (quoting California v. Trombetta, 467 U.S. 479, 485 (1984)).

So here's an interesting story that popped up in the news today.  Judge Nordby (Hennepin County) is accused of violating ethics rules for his courtroom condemnation of a court monitoring group and their intimidating red clipboards. I have spent some time in...

"The right to offer the testimony of witnesses, and to compel their attendance, if necessary, is in plain terms the right to present a defense, the right to present the defendant's version of the facts as well as the prosecution's to the jury so it may decide where...