Difficult & Absurd Legal Questions: Ban Leaf Blowing for Being Too Loud? Can Public Officials Block their Voters on Social Media? Should Mayors Be Allows to Serve As the Lone Judge & Jury? episode artwork

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Difficult & Absurd Legal Questions: Ban Leaf Blowing for Being Too Loud? Can Public Officials Block their Voters on Social Media? Should Mayors Be Allows to Serve As the Lone Judge & Jury?

from The Best Paragraph I've Read... · host Zac & Don

The Best Paragraph I've Read: This week we discuss laws, the people who decide the law, and whether those very people can have social media accounts. Here are the articles we read: "Leaf Blower Fight Roils Greenwhich, Conn., How to World's Most Perfect Lawns" Wall Street Journal. Author: Joseph De Avila "Can public officials block you on social media? It's up to the Supreme Court" NPR. Author: Nina Totenberg "This Louisiana Town Runs Largely on Traffic Fines. If You Fight Your Ticket, the Mayor is Your Judge" ProPublica. Authors: Samantha Sunne, Dannah Sauer, and Lee Zurik Zac and Don discuss all three articles as they debate which side of each legal questions are they.

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