Know Your Rights? Question Authority . . .Do you know your rights? Do you know when you have firm footing to take and make a stand? Do you know when discretion is the better part...
Know your rights: The Eighth Amendment AMENDMENT VIII: "Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted." Many...
Don't bury your head in the sand: plan your estate!It's human nature: we don't like to look at unpleasant things. Correction: we don't like to look at our own unpleasant things - but...
Estate Planning: Are Your Ducks in a Row?Few people think, "Hey, I want to write my will today!" It's the ugly duckling of things you should have in order. I'd wager that estate...
Know Your Rights: Fair and Impartial TrialAMENDMENT VI: "In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the...
Know your rights: Speak no evil . . .AMENDMENT V: "No person . . . shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty,...
Know your rights: "Against unreasonable searches and seizures . . ."AMENDMENT IV: "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and...
Simple estate planning is a must.Do you have a will? A power of attorney? A durable medical power of attorney? A living will? These are all good things to have, like...
Know your rights: Don't tread on me . . .AMENDMENT III: (1791) "No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of...
Know your rights: The Second AmendmentAMENDMENT II (1791): A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear...