Introduction

I'm starting this blog to take the advice of a friend. That being, to stop committing the atrocious social sin of posting political opinions on Facebook. Instead, I hope to use my background as an attorney to provide people with an outlet to help them understand the legal status of current social issues. The topics will vary; for example, several months ago, it was discovered that the prosecutors in the Casey Anthony case had done a poor job and not entered some rather critical evidence. There was a lot to due about re-trying her and whether or not double jeopardy would apply. American's being American's every Joe was a legal expert and sharing that expert opinion on how double jeopardy could be circumvented and Casey re-tried. Well they were pretty much all wrong. Another surprise came when my intelligent, educated co-worker supported the "assault weapon" ban because he didn't want automatic weapons on America's streets. Automatic weapons have been regulated and effectively banned since 1934 and he was supporting this policy based on ignorance. I basically got so fed up of people sharing their opinions and supporting policies on ignorance I am starting this blog!

I'm new to blogging, but anticipate to use the following format. First, There will probably be a rather dense legal brief type report covering the current legal status of the issue including case law, statute, and all the relevant references, which I will try to keep between 5-7 pages. I will also try to post a short video synopsis in layman terms. Lastly, will be the least relevant portion, and that is my opinion of law/issue and what the current and future social effects might be.

Looking forward to getting a few readers that wish to have a better understanding on the legal side of the issues that are so important to many of us.

Rory Foutz