Recent content by Westwind

It was a copy and paste that came over with giant spaces between the lines and weird formatting. I messed it up deleting out the spaces. All I can comment on is the current system and my understanding of how it works. I don’t know about the rest of that stuff.

“Reasonable” is a legal standard that peppers courts analysis of fourth amendment questions and use of force by police and the public. Stolen from the net: “Reasonable” or “Reasonableness” is a legal standard used throughout many areas of law. It commonly appears as the “reasonable person”...

Kind of a fun video. Guy I worked with was doing this with a herd of goats that he moved around with temp fencing.

Couple pics of my Vitalize planting so far. Buckwheat (I think) jumped out of the ground.

I gotta go get something done. I’’l leave this to all of you to figure it out and I expect that to be done when I get back to my computer, lol!

Yes. The standard for “reasonableness” will vary depending on the jurisdiction.

The simple answer is yes. Governmental intrusion is permitted if it is reasonable. Happens when the interests of the government outweigh the interests of the individual. Your rights end where my nose starts and all that. “Reasonable” is something the courts decide. Eventually the U.S...

^^^ Good post. It IS complicated. Where do we citizens have “an expectation of privacy”? I think thats different in the middle of my timber than it is in my living room or even my patio. And maybe different than my patio that is fenced in. If it isn’t reasonable for law enforcement to drive...

“Is the government conduct/intrusion reasonable” is the question. And thats going to be different in every case. Thats why I hate legal discussions on stuff like this in forums. Even the lawyers disagree

Yep- my post was poorly worded. State constitutions can restrict government conduct more than the U.S. constitution. Apologies. It’s terrible. Not really a constitutional issue though. Yep. Poorly worded on my part. In this case I think it’s interesting that in order to analyze it you...

Gotta remember every jurisdiction is different. I hate seeing discussions like this, everyone can give a different answer and be right in their area. Little things matter in the law, and states have constitutions. States can’t give you less rights than the U.S. Constitution but they can give...

NVDA $142 in premarket. I think Trump will announce ending restrictions on export of H20 chips to China at some point. Wish I would have had cash on sidelines to buy more when it was down.

I don’t see this warden being anything but inconvenienced unless he lied on the warrant application and someone can prove it. “Checkmate.” What a goober.

What is the reference to “The chemical DEET” about? Feel like I’m not understanding something there.

Sorry about your wife. Hope she is doing better soon. This has been ongoing. Now isn’t the time though.