Weird stuff probably nobody but me cares about

According to the Wikipedia entry about The Nails their roadie Eric Boucher later became known as Jello Biafra.

(For the WTF crowd:
The Nails are probably best known for their song 88 Lines About 44 Women.
Jello Biafra is a radical leftist musician and poet, anarchist, and force behind the indie label Alternative Tentacles.
The Dead Kennedys are (were) a hardcore punk band who got a surprising amount of pop airplay for songs like "California Uber Alles" and "Holiday in Cambodia". They inspired a lot of bands my readers probably know better, such as They Might Be Giants.)

Weird stuff probably nobody but me cares about

According to the Wikipedia entry about The Nails their roadie Eric Boucher later became known as Jello Biafra.

(For the WTF crowd:
The Nails are probably best known for their song 88 Lines About 44 Women.
Jello Biafra is a radical leftist musician and poet, anarchist, and force behind the indie label Alternative Tentacles.
The Dead Kennedys are (were) a hardcore punk band who got a surprising amount of pop airplay for songs like "California Uber Alles" and "Holiday in Cambodia". They inspired a lot of bands my readers probably know better, such as They Might Be Giants.)

SCOTUS gets one right

In a unanimous decision, on a case called Fitzgerald v. Barnstable School Committee, the Court has ruled that students in schools who are sexually harrassed can sue under both Title IX, which specifically bans discrimination in entities like schools that get Federal funds, as well as under Section 1983, a more broad law banning discrimination as a violation of the Constitutions equal-protection clause.

Different laws have different interpretations, case precedents, and rules for who has standing to sue under them. By reversing, and permitting suits under both laws, SCOTUS has given victims of sexual harassment more opportunity to make their case in court. In addition, the laws in question here have different remedies available and including Section 1983 means that individuals may be sued as well as official entities.

Of course "making a case in court" is not a guarantee of a win, but it's a definite step in the right direction.

(Oh, and they refused cert for Mukasey v ACLU, which pretty well means that COPA is dead. Yay for that, too!)

SCOTUS gets one right

In a unanimous decision, on a case called Fitzgerald v. Barnstable School Committee, the Court has ruled that students in schools who are sexually harrassed can sue under both Title IX, which specifically bans discrimination in entities like schools that get Federal funds, as well as under Section 1983, a more broad law banning discrimination as a violation of the Constitutions equal-protection clause.

Different laws have different interpretations, case precedents, and rules for who has standing to sue under them. By reversing, and permitting suits under both laws, SCOTUS has given victims of sexual harassment more opportunity to make their case in court. In addition, the laws in question here have different remedies available and including Section 1983 means that individuals may be sued as well as official entities.

Of course "making a case in court" is not a guarantee of a win, but it's a definite step in the right direction.

(Oh, and they refused cert for Mukasey v ACLU, which pretty well means that COPA is dead. Yay for that, too!)