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March 07, 2006
I'm turning into a lawyer
Totally. I was playing that damn Kitten Cannon game, when I saw an ad that says "Get a free iPod." It goes without saying that such an offer is clearly loaded with lots of hassles and other unsavory things, and this is no different. In order to get an iPod, it appears I have to sign up for several credit cards and a few other things, then wait two months for the promotion company to verify I did all that, and then wait another two months for the iPod. Meanwhile, I have to keep all the things I signed up for until that time, or risk cancellation of the agreement. Jeepers!
Of course, I thought it would be fun to read the terms of the agreement. Surprisingly, the terms are actually fairly well balanced.
My favorite is the forum selection clause, which states that in the event of a dispute, I agree to have the case heard in the District Court for the Northern District of California or a state court in that District, and be subject to the jurisdiction of that court. (Which I am quickly finding out is a very big deal in this day and age.) So, at least these people have some good lawyers, because if they didn't have that clause they could theoretically have gotten themselves sued anywhere from Alaska to Florida. I don't know what's more pitiful, that I went to look at the agreement, or that I actually thought something from Civil Procedure was cool.
In other law student related news, I totally called it when I read about the Supreme Court's latest decision, which said that Congress was allowed to withhold federal funds from law schools who try to keep military recruiters off campus. The Supreme Court says it is perfectly constitutional for Congress to attach conditions to the receipt of federal funds. In this case, Congress said schools have to allow military recruiters on campus. If they don't want to, they can't get federal funds, and that's their choice. Now, I always thought that was a shady way of getting somebody to comply, because although in a perfect world a university could tell Congress to shove the federal money up its ass, most places need that money to keep running and have little practical choice but to accept the conditions. In fact, that is the exact same method Congress used to get states to raise their minimum drinking age to 21.
Posted by oz115 at March 7, 2006 10:58 PM
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Talk nerdy to me, honey
Posted by: Christy Your Love! at March 8, 2006 07:26 PM