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Just a few days after Hurricane Harvey swept the state of Texas, a magnitude 8.2 earthquake ravaged southern Mexico and now Hurricane Irma! This aggressive Atlantic storm which has devastated parts of the Caribbean is bearing down on Florida. We pray that God keeps you out of harm’s way; and for all who are suffering the effects of the disasters, we pray for positivity, strength and courage to carry on.
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Someone shared this video showing the mayor of a city in Italy refusing to shake the hand of a black student. Watch closely. Did I hear you say what an imbecile? Yes, that was my reaction too.
What a FREAKING unconventional way of demonstrating the unwavering and insurmountable hatred certain folks still harbor in their warped minds against people who don’t look like them. This one really got me fuming! Still in this day and ...
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I was asked by a user whether someone could recover monetary damages against you for a post they find offensive on Facebook. My answer was obviously in the affirmative. “If you bully or harass other members, Facebook may just deactivate your account and possibly inform the law enforcement in extreme cases, but if you defame them or invade their reasonable expectation of privacy, you can be sued for monetary damages”, I told him. When prompted to explain, I promised the ...
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Immigration reform has always sparked some controversy and has been a subject for political debate for decades in US. In recent years, legislations on comprehensive reform have stalled a few times. When President Obama took office in 2009, he leaned towards bipartisan effort to tackle a comprehensive immigration reform. Despite the failure of that effort, the president seemed poised to act, with or without the help of Congress. He stated that comprehensive reform is such an urgent national need that ...
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There’s hardly any case where a court has found parents negligent for failing to supervise their kids’ computer use. Not withstanding, on October 10, a Georgia Court of Appeals ruled that the parents of a seventh-grade student may be negligent for failing to get their son to delete a fake Facebook profile that allegedly defamed a female classmate. This case is of particular interest because, according to the appeals court opinion, the page stayed up for the next 11 months ...
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The same-sex marriage movement has had a lengthy string of victories recently. In many states, same-sex marriage has been approved either through legislation, court rulings or voter referenda. Recently the 4th, 7th, 9th and the 10th U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals ruled that ban of same-sex marriage violates the U.S. Constitution’s guarantee of equal protection under the law for everyone. However, on November 6th, the United States 6th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the right of four states to ban ...
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November is upon us and Fall leaves are beginning to change colors here in California. Stores are also being decorated in typical Christmas colors of red and green with wreaths, lights and ribbons. Whoa….It all seems so sudden. The festivities are around the corner again. Like most of us, you may still be working on your end of the year goal. Rest assured you are not alone. Do a little more each day than you think you possibly cannot, but ...
Read More »Appears like involuntary confinement (false arrest). However when faced with abundance of caution dynamics such as this, we have to draw a line, in my opinion a very fine one here, between respect for constitutionally protected rights and public health and safety interests. Of course there has to be some humane considerations to it too.
Read More »California’s DUI penalties may not be one of the harshest in the country; nonetheless, a DUI arrest may grossly affect anybody’s life. Some of the effects may include driver’s license suspension, attorney fees, court fees and fines, increased insurance premiums, court-mandated community service, participation in drunk driving education programs, and even jail time. The long term consequence may even be more devastating. It may come by way of driver’s license revocation, loss of job, the stigma that remains in your ...
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A parent is not usually held liable for a criminal act of the child due to the difficulty for prosecutors to prove intent. In other words, the government must be able to prove that the parent knowingly engaged in a “bad act” for the parent to be held responsible. If the prosecutor can prove this, it invariably makes the parent a participant or party to the crime. The parent’s liability then is not said to derive from the child’s act. ...
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