http://overlawyered.com/2007/05/may-8-roundup/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:39:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://overlawyered.com/2007/05/may-8-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-7207 OBQuiet Tue, 08 May 2007 17:16:03 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4887#comment-7207 Someone else here read Larry Niven. See "Jigsaw Man" Someone else here read Larry Niven. See “Jigsaw Man”

]]> http://overlawyered.com/2007/05/may-8-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-7206 KDP Tue, 08 May 2007 14:46:28 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4887#comment-7206 About criminalizing everything: I see the day when jaywalking will draw the death penalty - the convicted will be used as organ donors. About criminalizing everything: I see the day when jaywalking will draw the death penalty – the convicted will be used as organ donors.

]]> http://overlawyered.com/2007/05/may-8-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-7205 nevins Tue, 08 May 2007 08:19:00 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4887#comment-7205 "In 2004, a bill that aimed to outlaw so-called low-rise jeans in Louisiana was rejected, as was a similar proposal in Virginia in 2005, which would have charged violators $50 for deliberately showing their underwear." Every action has unintended consequences. The result of this law is clear; the criminalization of underwear will result in people skipping the underwear. Workers beware, as they'll be legislating next against the 'plumbers crack'. “In 2004, a bill that aimed to outlaw so-called low-rise jeans in Louisiana was rejected, as was a similar proposal in Virginia in 2005, which would have charged violators $50 for deliberately showing their underwear.”
Every action has unintended consequences. The result of this law is clear; the criminalization of underwear will result in people skipping the underwear. Workers beware, as they’ll be legislating next against the ‘plumbers crack’.

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