Legal Lenses

They say that when you start law school, you start seeing legal issues everywhere. I wonder if that ever goes away, or if the rest of my life will be seen through the eyes of laws.

When I read about Stephen Colbert running for President in South Carolina, I think about the first amendment and campaign finance implications of his tv show. (Slate actually has a great article on this issue).

And yesterday, when Alex and I were walking through the dormitory he works in, I got really excited when a police officer said that he saw students' alcohol in plain view. We had just gone over plain view in criminal procedure, and the privacy rights of students in higher education law. It took all my self control to not blurt out to the officer that he could go in and bust the students.

And there is tax (the fourth class I am taking this semester). Maybe I like tax so much because it is everywhere; seemingly more pervasive than any other subject I have studied. My friends and I actually once had a conversation about the tax consequences about Britney Spears' divorce.

I am really glad I am not dating a lawyer or law student. Alex can slap sense into me when I "issue spot" everything.