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They are given lightly. For example, a woman in Santa Fe got a restraining order after a "breakup" with David Letterman. He was ordered to stop communicating with her via code words on his show. Kelsey Grammar was also involved somehow.

http://www.volokh.com/files/lettermanapp.pdf

http://www.volokh.com/files/lettermantro.pdf

(It was later overturned on the grounds that the Santa Fe court didn't have jurisdiction over mind control transmitted from NY.)




They are also not given when they should be.

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/alissa-blanton-stalker-kills-flori...

EDIT: She was actually looking for an order of protection, my mistake


These kind of things enhance faith in the judicial system... Seriously? Through code words ????


Wow. Thanks for sharing those links. How bizarre.




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