Where was that guy when I was in high school?

The Smok­ing Gun has given out their Legal Doc­u­ment of the Year award for 2003. Know­ing the cre­ative lunacy of the amer­i­can legal pro­fes­sion, this might be pre­ma­ture, but I’d have to stand behind them on this one.

TSG has a 7 page brief detail­ing the his­tory of the “F” word filed by Deputy Col­orado Public Defender Eric Vanatta on behalf of his juve­nile defen­dant who was accused of dis­or­derly con­duct and “interfering with the staff, fac­ulty, or stu­dents of an edu­ca­tional institution” for curs­ing at his prin­ci­pal. I wish Eric could have gone to trial so that every kid who curses out his prin­ci­pal (which I believe is inevitable) could cite this case, but the defen­dant took a plea. Sigh.

August 17th, 2003 · Category: Free Speech · Tags: , , , , , , , , · Comments Off