While the restriction of freedoms or perceived government imposition may be motorcyclists' primary concern with such laws, these laws can also be used to abridge important Constitutional rights.
While it is generally accepted that a BAC of .40 is lethal for around 50 percent of the population, recent cases indicate a strong individual variance of people's ability to process and tolerate alcohol, bringing the proscribed definition of .08 as impaired into question.
An increasing amount of attention is being paid to teachers accused of romantic involvement with their students, resulting in cases which are tried in the court of public opinion prior to a fair and impartial jury trial.
On July 24, 2009, the State Supreme Court ruled that the Unauthorized Substances Tax, popularly known as the "crack tax," is in violation of Tennessee's constitution.
The Innocence Project is a group committed to exonerating those falsely accused and imprisoned. Founded in 1992 to assist prisoners who could be proven innocent through DNA testing, the Innocence Project has assisted with the exoneration of some 240 people in the United States.