Annoyancetech Vigilante Torts and Policy

The twenty-first century has ushered in demand by some Americans for annoyancetech devices—novel electronic gadgets that secretly fend off, punish, or comment upon perceived antisocial and annoying behaviors of others. Manufacturers, marketers, and users of certain annoyancetech devices, however, face potential tort liability for personal and property damages suffered by the targets of this “revenge by gadget.” Federal, state, and local policymakers should start the process of coming to pragmatic terms with the troubling rise in the popularity of annoyancetech devices. This is an area of social policy that cries out for thoughtful and creative legislative solutions

Disagreement and Interpretation

The question of what weight--if any--courts should give to elected government resistance to court decisions is examined. A principle is sought that explains why courts should not consider local resistance when deliberating on constitutional questions

Emergence of Adult Hessian Flies (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) From Overwintered Puparia

(excerpt) The Hessian fly, Mayetiola destructor (Say), is a pest of wheat and more rarely barley and rye. The fly usually has two generations per year in Michigan, one in the spring and the other in the fall. The summer and winter are spent as small, hard, black puparia (called flax seeds ) in the culms of the host small grains and grasses. Farmers very early found that fly damage could be avoided by planting their winter grains late in the season. Studies made early in this century found that the earliest date for planting to avoid the fly (the fly-free dates ) could be predicted and these dates have become an accepted practice

The McCain-Feingold Coordination Rules: The Ongoing Program to Keep Politics Under Control

The article begins with a brief introduction to McCain-Feingold which restricts coordination and intends to enforce limits on contributions to candidates and parties. It then goes through a history of coordination. It then goes through some aspects of McCain-Feingold and concludes by stating the aftermath of McCain-Feingold and how its rules are meant to provide order to politics