Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds

THAT’S DIFFERENT BECAUSE SHUT UP:

Except it’s not a daughter:

MAKE THEM PAY: Ted Frank’s turnaround: Driving a class action for motorists ‘imprisoned’ by a protest. “Frank and his team brought the case in 2024 on behalf of drivers stuck for ‌hours in a traffic jam while pro-Palestinian protesters blocked a highway near Chicago’s O’Hare airport. On its website, opens new tab, Hamilton Lincoln says they sued to hold the activists accountable and ‘prevent further politically-motivated attacks in the future.’ The filing made the novel argument that the motorists were falsely imprisoned in their cars and sought $36 million in damages for thousands of drivers.”

I approve. That said, beyond the intentional tort of false imprisonment, when you perform an illegal action, you should be responsible for the foreseeable consequences — missed flights, etc. It is not simply a “traffic jam” but deliberate infliction of harm on third parties for political reasons.

STACKING DOT COMMANDS ON LEXIS/NEXIS (IYKYK):

I HOPE HE SUFFERED:

21ST CENTURY WARFARE:

THE ENEMY WITHIN:

GOOD GUYS WITH A GUN:

OPEN THREAD; Have fun, kids!

SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE FIXED HERE:

SYPHILIS WASN’T BROUGHT BY COLUMBUS: A 5,500-Year-Old Skeleton Reveals the Deep Origins of Syphilis. Instead, the traditional belief that it was taken to Europe from the Americas seems correct: “A newly reconstructed genome from the bacterium responsible for syphilis, Treponema pallidum, is providing new clues about the long history of treponemal diseases in the Americas. The research is based on a 5,500-year-old specimen discovered in Colombia. The results indicate that the origins of syphilis were not tied to the rise of agriculture or the crowded living conditions that often accelerate the spread of infectious diseases. Instead, the pathogen appears to have emerged within the environmental and social settings typical of hunter-gatherer communities.”