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  • The suspect told police ‘give me a lawyer dog.’ The court says he wasn’t asking for a lawyer.

    11/03/2017 8:13:07 AM PDT · by Blue House Sue · 67 replies
    Wasington Post ^ | 11/2/17 | Tom Jackman
    When a friend says, “I’ll hit you up later dog,” he is stating that he will call again sometime. He is not calling the person a “later dog.” But that’s not how the courts in Louisiana see it. And when a suspect in an interrogation told detectives to “just give me a lawyer dog,” the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled that the suspect was, in fact, asking for a “lawyer dog,” and not invoking his constitutional right to counsel. It’s not clear how many lawyer dogs there are in Louisiana, and whether any would have been available to represent the human...
  • Group asks La. court to block amendment (Gay Marriage)

    NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The Louisiana Supreme Court has been asked to take up legal challenges aimed at keeping a proposed constitutional ban on gay marriages and civil unions off the Sept. 18 ballot. On Thursday, a court clerk initially said it had refused to take the appeals, but later said that report was in error and no decision had been made. Three separate lawsuits were filed on behalf of a group called Forum for Equality, arguing that the "Defense of Marriage" amendment is unconstitutional because it would deprive unmarried couples — gay or straight — of the right to...