“How ‘Amexit’ sent shockwaves through the financial markets”; Short Circuit: A roundup of recent federal court decisions; Password-sharing case divides Ninth Circuit in Nosal II; Fact-checking PolitiFact’s fact-check of Trump’s ‘crime is rising’ claim; Man arrested for Facebook picture that shows him burning an American flag;
 
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“How ‘Amexit’ sent shockwaves through the financial markets”
A very amusing (but, I assume, historically accurate) chart from the Economist.
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Short Circuit: A roundup of recent federal court decisions
Entrapment, dusky gopher frogs, and go-go funk.
Password-sharing case divides Ninth Circuit in Nosal II
If a company says you can't access its computer but an employee with access rights says you can, are you accessing the computer "without authorization" if you rely on the employee's permission? The Ninth Circuit holds 2-1 that you are. The case now sets the stage for an important related ruling in Facebook v. Power Ventures.
Fact-checking PolitiFact’s fact-check of Trump’s ‘crime is rising’ claim
PolitiFact says Trump's pants are on fire. But the actual facts seem to be that violent crime did increase in 2015 and likely in the first quarter of 2016 (though the broader 1990 to 2014 trend has been a sharp decrease in crime).
 
Man arrested for Facebook picture that shows him burning an American flag
Fortunately, the prosecutor has refused to prosecute, since the Illinois flag desecration statute clearly violates the First Amendment, and any "disorderly conduct" prosecution would likewise be unconstitutional.
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