Courts and Sports (and the Jacksonville Suns): Weird Laws Episode 5 – Bird is the Word

Weird Laws Presented by the Law Offices of John M. Phillips: Bird is the Word

The Law John M. Phillips is serious about the cases we take. We handle personal injury (including auto accidents, falls, road rage and more), wrongful death, civil rights, as well as criminal defense (including DUI and traffic violations) and family law (including divorce and adoptions). However, we also like to have fun. John hosted a radio show for years called Courts & Sports and we have teamed with the Jacksonville Suns to bring a little of that back this year. You can give us a call at 904-444-4444 or check out our lawyers at http://floridajustice.com. ENJOY!

Courts and Sports (and the Jacksonville Suns): Weird Laws Episode 6 – Voting Under the Influence

Weird Laws Presented by the Law Offices of John M. Phillips: Voting Under the Influence

The Law John M. Phillips is serious about the cases we take. We handle personal injury (including auto accidents, falls, road rage and more), wrongful death, civil rights, as well as criminal defense (including DUI and traffic violations) and family law (including divorce and adoptions). However, we also like to have fun. John hosted a radio show for years called Courts & Sports and we have teamed with the Jacksonville Suns to bring a little of that back this year. You can give us a call at 904-444-4444 or check out our lawyers at http://floridajustice.com. ENJOY!

Courts and Sports (and the Jacksonville Suns): Weird Laws Episode 8 – Spit Fire

Weird Laws Presented by the Law Offices of John M. Phillips: Spit Fire

The Law John M. Phillips is serious about the cases we take. We handle personal injury (including auto accidents, falls, road rage and more), wrongful death, civil rights, as well as criminal defense (including DUI and traffic violations) and family law (including divorce and adoptions). However, we also like to have fun. John hosted a radio show for years called Courts & Sports and we have teamed with the Jacksonville Suns to bring a little of that back this year. You can give us a call at 904-444-4444 or check out our lawyers at http://floridajustice.com. ENJOY!

Courts and Sports (and the Jacksonville Suns): Weird Laws Episode 7 – Cat Shirt

Weird Laws Presented by the Law Offices of John M. Phillips: Cat Shirt

The Law John M. Phillips is serious about the cases we take. We handle personal injury (including auto accidents, falls, road rage and more), wrongful death, civil rights, as well as criminal defense (including DUI and traffic violations) and family law (including divorce and adoptions). However, we also like to have fun. John hosted a radio show for years called Courts & Sports and we have teamed with the Jacksonville Suns to bring a little of that back this year. You can give us a call at 904-444-4444 or check out our lawyers at http://floridajustice.com. ENJOY!

Jacksonville Jaguars QB Blake Bortles Crushes Tee Shot with Inverted Driver

At his first charity golf tournament, benefiting the Blake Bortles foundation, Blake Bortles, Chad Henne and our team had a little competition. Blake had already put his clubs away, so he used mine. One problem, Blake golfs lefty. My Callaways are righty. He proceeded to turn my driver upside down and drove it far and straight, about 220-230 yards, down the fairway. The reaction was priceless. Way to go Blake.

You can also listen to his CaddyShack interview with the Chive here- https://t.co/Jbd54YT2Ux.

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Boston Bombing Survivor Testifies in Court, Writes a Letter to the Boston Bomber on her Facebook Page.

Rebekah Gregory is a survivor of the Boston Marathon Bombing. Gregory, who lost most of her left leg that day, was standing just a few feet from the bomb when it detonated. This week, several Boston Marathon bombing victims will testify at the trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. The first of the victims to testify was Gregory. A few hours after testifying she published an inspirational letter, directed at Tsarnaev, to her Facebook page:

Dear Dzhokhar Tsarnaev,

My name is Rebekah Gregory. We don’t really know each other and never will. But over the last two years, I have seen your face not only in pictures, but in almost every one of my nightmares. Moments before the first blast, your stupid backpack even brushed up against my arm, but I doubt you remember because I am no one to you. A complete stranger. And although I was merely just a blip on your radar, (someone that happened to be standing 3 feet from your designated “good spot” for a bomb), you have been so much more to me. Because you have undoubtedly been my source of fear since April 15th, 2013. (After all, you are one of the men responsible for nearly taking my child, and for the permanent image embedded in my brain of watching someone die.) Up until now, I have been truly scared of you and because of this, fearful of everything else people might be capable of.

But today, all that changed. Because this afternoon, I got to walk into a courtroom and take my place at the witness stand, just a few feet away from where you were sitting. (I was WALKING. Did you get that?) And today I explained all the horrific details, of how you changed my life, to the people that literally hold YOURS in their hands. That’s a little scary right? And this afternoon before going in, I’m not going to lie..my palms were sweaty. And sitting up there talking to the prosecution did make me cry. But today, do you know what else happened? TODAY…I looked at you right in the face….and realized I wasn’t afraid anymore. And today I realized that sitting across from you was somehow the crazy kind of step forward that I needed all along.

And I think that’s the ironic thing that happens when someone intends something for evil. Because somehow, some way, it always ends up good. But you are a coward. A little boy who wouldn’t even look me in the eyes to see that. Because you can’t handle the fact that what you tried to destroy, you only made stronger. And if your eyes would’ve met mine for just one second, you would’ve also seen that what you “blew up” really did BLOW UP. Because now you have given me (and the other survivors) a tremendous platform to help others, and essentially do our parts in changing the world for the better.

So yes…you did take a part of me. Congratulations you now have a leg up…literally. But in so many ways, you saved my life. Because now, I am so much more appreciative of every new day I am given. And now, I get to hug my son even tighter than before, blessed that he is THRIVING, despite everything that has happened.

So now…while you are sitting in solitary confinement, (awaiting the verdict on your life), I will be actually ENJOYING everything this beautiful world has to offer. And guess what else? I will do so without fear….of YOU. Because now to me you’re a nobody, and it is official that you have lost. So man that really sucks for you bro. I truly hope it was worth it.

Sincerely,

Someone you shouldn’t have messed with

‪#‎bostonstrong‬

Amount of guns owned in each U.S. state compared to the gun ownership of entire countries is alarming

If these numbers don’t make you question (at least for a second) your state’s gun control policies, than I don’t know what will. According to the Small Arms Survey, out of the 18.8 million Florida residents, 16.7 million guns are owned. To put that number in perspective, the entire population of all of Mexico owns only 15.5 millions guns. To further clarify, if all of the guns owned by Florida residents were evenly distributed, almost 90% of ALL Florida residents would have a gun. In the United States there are 89 guns owned for every 100 U.S. citizens. No matter what your stance is on gun control, you have to admit, these numbers are pretty incredible.

To hell in a hand basket? Multi-millionaire has PUN PAC #BabyGotPAC

Republican multimillionaire John Jordan was given a lucrative winery by his parents. He is Donald Trump without the wild hair. He’s the latest in people who are tired of collecting things- he is collecting people.

In 2013, he cre­ated his own su­per PAC (Americans for Progressive Action), hired his own cam­paign team, and poured more than $1.4 mil­lion of his own money to try and change a Senate race 3000 miles away. His candidate? Re­pub­lic­an Gab­ri­el Gomez, who was in a spe­cial elec­tion 3,000 miles away to fill John Kerry’s Sen­ate seat in Mas­sachu­setts. Reports were that Jordan had nev­er met or spoken to him. Gomez lost the elec­tion. He didn’t cry over his spilled Domaine de la Romanee-Conti Grand Cru. No, not at all.

He’s working on uncorking a new bottle. This time, he’s trying to collect a presidential candidate. Who? Marco Rubio. He’s also so thirsty…

…for a big break. And what better to quench his thirst than millions of dollars raised from wine. Jordan had previously raised money for Scott Walker’s presidential campaign, hosting the Wisconsin governor at his northern California winery. However, Scott was clearly corked and it is apparently time to try and collect another vintage.

Law and the Super PAC

According to PublicIntegrity.org, Super PACs were made possible due to the 2010 U.S. Supreme Court decision, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision, which hold that the PAC can accept unlimited donations from corporations, unions and individuals. They may use the funds to support or oppose candidates, but are prohibited from coordinating their spending with campaigns. However, the rules are confusing and both sides use super PACs to allow donors to contribute vast sums of money.

According to the Washington Post:

A set of FEC rules approved in 2010 prohibits a campaign from coordinating with an independent group on a paid communication. The agency laid out specific tests to determine whether a campaign has illegally shared internal strategy used to guide an independent group’s advertising.

About three dozen such super PACs collectively raised more than $266 million from January through June while the campaigns of 2016 presidential hopefuls collectively raised just half that much — about $130 million — according to a Center for Public Integrity review.

The Pun

Baby Got PAC is the latest PAC and is running ads for candidate Marco Rubio in tonight’s debate. Oh, my, God, Hilary, look at that PAC…

Yes, we went there. So did they.

Conclusion

Let’s summarize- you can now make butt jokes while pouring millions into a fund to win friends and influence politicians- sometimes when you never have even met them. Welcome to America.