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Police in Derbyshire, England, came up with an imaginative way to track down suspects who had evaded arrest: offer them free beer. Letters were sent to dozens of suspects, offering a case of beer for calling a "marketing company."  The calls went through to the police, who set up a date and time for delivery of the beer.  At that date and time, instead of getting free beer, the suspects were arrested. The would-be beer drinkers are suspected of crimes ranging from robbery to sexual assault.  Some had evaded arrest for months. News: BBC Time Hat tip: Legal Blog Watch

In case you missed it, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear argument on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. As SCOTUSblog has written, the court has allotted a whopping 5 1/2 hours for oral argument. CSPAN has sent a letter to the court requesting television cameras in the courtroom (unobtrusively). Given the court's past practice, this seems unlikely, though perhaps desirable .

HeinOnline is one of the many databases available to students at our law library databases page . Recently, Hein presented Top Ten Tricks for Using HeinOnline.  You can read them here or watch the two webinars (15 minutes each) here .

The National Archives recently released records of the Watergate Special Prosecution Force, including transcripts of President Nixon's grand jury testimony of June 23-24, 1975. The records are available at the GPO's FDsys site and the Our Archives Wiki . Nixon's testimony begins at Folder 9/16. For background information, see the National Archives' press release .

Earlier this week , we discussed the oral argument in the GPS tracking case at the Supreme Court. Although it is now possible to listen to Supreme Court oral arguments and/or read transcripts , some prefer to watch and listen in person...even if they have to wait all night. The Line to See Arguments in United States v. Jones Hat tip: The Volokh Conspiracy

Ohio's referendum on SB 5 gained international media attention. See the county-by-county vote breakdown on the Ohio Secretary of State website for Issue 2 and the other statewide issues. The "Map It" feature provides a geographical representation of the results. Thanks to C-M Law Library Blog for the assist.

Earlier this year , we talked about the case of long-term monitoring of a suspect via a GPS device attached to a car.  Today, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in United States v. Jones . News and commentary: SCOTUSblog The Volokh Conspiracy Forbes Huffington Post