The right to marry an inmate, free speech at the Iowa State Fair, police abuse in Chicago, and a sarcastic public defender winds up in handcuffs.

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The right to marry: http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/rssExec.pl?Submit=Display&Path=Y2015/D08-14/C:14-2910:J:Ripple:aut:T:fnOp:N:1605102:S:0
Iowa State Fair: http://media.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/15/08/143039P.pdf
Chicago police abuse: http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/rssExec.pl?Submit=Display&Path=Y2015/D08-14/C:14-2862:J:Wood:aut:T:fnOp:N:1604994:S:0
Chicago police abuse district court ruling: https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=2413773905670108862&q=%22seneca+adams%22+v.+chicago&hl=en&as_sdt=4,112,127,332
Arrested public defender: http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2015/08/14/12-57197.pdf

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