Resources

What to Do if You are Arrested?

What should you do if you are arrested? You should immediately start preparing your case for trial and not do anything that could...

Welcome to Amerika: Now Can We See Your Papers Please!

"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall...

Good Faith Exception: Government Screws-Up; But You Lose

In February of 2012, detectives from the Alliance Police Department obtained a search warrant for a business suspected of engaging in...

Arrested for Breaking a Non-Existent Law: Not a Problem for the Supreme Court

Lady Liberty was dealt another terrible blow this past week. Like a battered spouse, she was bruised and bloodied at the hands of those...

Nietzsche as a Defense in a Criminal Trial: Part II

As the sensational trial of Leopold and Loeb was about to begin, Clarence Darrow made a surprising move. Darrow pled his clients guilty...

Nietzsche as a Defense in a Criminal Trial: Part I

As a criminal defense attorney with a passion for philosophy — especially the teachings of Friedrich Nietzsche — I was fascinated to...

The Second Amendment: It’s Not About Hunting

We seem to forget that as Americans we are children of a revolution. Our proud founders, having had enough of the heavy yoke of an...

The State as a Criminal; Do as I say, not as I do.

John Adams proclaimed that we are a “nation of laws, not of men.” Theodore Roosevelt believed that “no man is above the law and no man is...

A Reasonable Expectation of Privacy to Your Own DNA? Not so Much.

DNA – the basic building blocks of your very existence. It is within every cell that is a part of your body. It contains the unique...

Supreme Court’s Decision on Cell Phones: Not Much Impact in the Real World

Recently, the United States Supreme Court decided the case of Riley v. California. It unanimously held that the police must have a search...