Every Federal Reserve note claims, “This note is legal tender for all debts, public and private.” But who are you going to believe, a blend of cotton and linen, or the Louisiana House of Representatives?

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The Times Picayune recently reported on a battle that pits the Public Defender’s Office in New Orleans against the private criminal bar. At the root of the dispute is what […]

Is it legal to blink your headlights to warn oncoming motorists of a speed trap? Courts are sorting out the issue. Photo by Quinet via Flickr

Erich Campbell flashed his headlights to warn an […]

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UPDATE 9/30/11: OnStar backtracks on GPS tracking: Late breaking news is that OnStar has reversed its policy! Too much bad press this week, it seems. That’s the power of social media! […]

On Saturday, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu told an audience of nearly 2,000 activists, students, officials and relatives of murdered children that over a six month period last year, “a student at John McDonogh was […]