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Monday Morning Bites
A little while ago, we told you about Banksy’s great replacement of copies of Paris Hilton’s CD in various UK outlets. Well, Banksy is causing problems on this side of the pond now. In fact, the Los Angeles Animal Services Department has now said it will not issue permits for elephants to appear at art events anymore, thanks to Banksy - seems he spray-painted an elephant (with nontoxic paint) for the opening of an exhibit, and the agency ain’t too pleased about it.
A federal judge in Louisiana has made a rather interesting ruling. According to Judge James, you can’t go boating or fishing on the Mississippi River anymore. Or on any other navigable waters in the United States. Why, you ask? Because according to his interpretation of federal law, control of such waters belongs to riparian landowners (that is, the folks who own adjoining land). So fishers and boating enthusiasts are committing criminal trespass, according to this interpretation.
Who let the Dog out? The court did. Dog, the bounty hunter, has been released on bail, although he’s been tagged with a monitoring bracelet and he has to stay in Hawaii (tough break on that one).
The new Supreme Court term is almost upon us (it starts on October 2) and it’s going to be an interesting one, with several hot-button cases including ones about abortion and affirmative action. And now, those Supreme lovers out there will be able to find out more about what went on during oral arguments sooner, as transcripts will be made available online the same day of the argument (welcome to the modern age of technology guys!).
