Jerri Cook

The FOX News Hypocrisy-Judge Napolitano Joins Glenn Beck

JerriCook — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:56:42 +0000

Remember when NPR canned Juan Williams for admitting that when he gets on a plane and sees someone in full Arab garb it makes him a little apprehensive? The talking heads over at FOX News were spinning with glee. What an untenable over-step of Juan Williams’ basic liberties. NPR was Constitutional enemy number one. How dare they fire someone because of their political views? Well,… Continue Reading

Practice Essay for Constitutional Law

JerriCook — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:10:10 +0000

This fact pattern is based on the Zinniker case. Feel free to respond with your answers. We can compare notes. I’ll post mine as soon as I’m done working on it. Frieda Farmer owns a small homestead in the State of West Consin. On her homestead, she has three milk-producing cows. Each day, she collects approximately 40 lbs of milk from each cow. Frieda has… Continue Reading

Why Bad Legal Writing Makes Me Happy

JerriCook — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:32:21 +0000

The Germans have a name for what I felt when I first laid eyes on THE DECISION AND ORDER ON ZINNIKER PLAINTIFF’S CLARIFICATION MOTION. Schadenfreude. It means taking pleasure in another’s misfortunes. In my case, I’m not taking pleasure in Judge Fielder’s denial of the Plaintiff’s motion. But after reading just how poorly the pleadings were written and the issues were argued, I figure if… Continue Reading

Two and a Half Men and the Giant Meat Balloon in the Room

JerriCook — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:26:32 +0000

If Chuck Lorre and his pals over at CBS think they’re ‘winning’ with god-child Ashton Kutcher as the new co-lead on Two and a Half Men, they’re more delusional than a Vatican assassin warlock. Not only is Kutcher more eye-candy than actor, the plot has thinned to the point of being drivel. It doesn’t work. Is there a writer in the house? While poor Charlie… Continue Reading

What the Declaration of Independence Says About the Unborn’s Right to Life

JerriCook — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:26:53 +0000

You can’t legislate morality. This is a proven fact. You can’t tell anyone what they can and can’t do to their own bodies. Certainly lawmakers and meddling do-gooders of every stripe have tried, but to no avail. When it was illegal to consume alcohol, people still consumed it. Where people demand others eat ‘healthier,’ the ‘unhealthy’ among us continue to feast, especially on this Super… Continue Reading

Wisconsin Recall Destroys Democrat Call for Card Check

JerriCook — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:47:29 +0000

[UPDATE: The GAB has decided to release the recall petitions to the public. View them here. If you find a problem, report it!] If there’s one good thing about the recall hysteria in Wisconsin, it’s that it will be the death knell for big union’s push to implement a policy known as card check. In short, unions want to do away with the secret ballot… Continue Reading

Seven Tips To Help You Pass the California Baby Bar

JerriCook — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:59:21 +0000

If you’ve decided to take the path less traveled on your way to a Juris Doctor, you are no doubt familiar with the Baby Bar, otherwise known as First Year Law Student Examination (usually abbreviated as FYLSE or FYLSX). This is the test required by the State Bar of California for all first-year law students attending a non-ABA-approved law school. You pass the exam within… Continue Reading

United Wisconsin-The Bullies on the Block

JerriCook — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:13:19 +0000

Wisconsin has anti-bullying laws covering both school and workplace behavior. Of course, the laws are vague, and what is and what isn’t bullying is left to the machinations of civil procedure and judicial opinion. The latest proposed workplace bullying law is the Healthy Workplace Bill. It reads in part: This bill provides an exception to that exclusive remedy provision permitting an employee who alleges that… Continue Reading

When Race-Based Laws Collide Head-On

JerriCook — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:00:50 +0000

The dreaded head-on vehicular collision, nearly always fatal, and any survivors face a life-long certainty of gruesome physical and emotional wounds, neither of which ever seems to heal completely. And such is the case when race-based laws collide head-on. The consequences are brutal and hard to look at close up, and that’s the problem—neither the judiciary nor the legislature has to endure the consequences of… Continue Reading

Defending SOPA

JerriCook — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:15:04 +0000

Remember the fable about the boy who cried wolf? Well, both the boy and the wolf have been reincarnated in the latest made-for-the-internet tale, and what a tale it is. The government is coming! The government is coming! Or at least, that’s the claim by the socialist left. SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act ), will choke our First Amendment rights. It will nullify the Fourth… Continue Reading