Dude, just because a contract says something doesn't mean you are bound by it. I could sign a contract that says "You have the right to kill me", but that wouldn't make it legal to do so. Chances are laws in your state say that a rental manager must give you warning before removing your property from the premises. I agree with your points, and rental agreements are little more that intimidation tactics to keep you in line, not legal documents in the real sense. A few years ago apartment owners were ordering residents to take down satellite dishes or the dishes would be confiscated - these provisions were written in the lease. The FCC ruled recently that such restrictions are illegal, but apartment owners still include such clauses in their leases to make people "think" they can't do it.
I have never heard of a case of criminal libel - I've heard of famous people bringing civil cases against print media for slander/libel, but I never thought someone could actually go to jail for saying something. This whole thing smacks of "go 'ol buddyism". The local law enforcement leaders are probably good friends of the faculty/admin people who got slammed or friends of the parents of stundents who were called "sluts". Small town fascist shit like this makes me sick. The judge who let this go forward should be disbarred (and believe me, it took a judge to get a search/seizure warrant for the computer).
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Dude, just because a contract says something doesn't mean you are bound by it. I could sign a contract that says "You have the right to kill me", but that wouldn't make it legal to do so. Chances are laws in your state say that a rental manager must give you warning before removing your property from the premises. I agree with your points, and rental agreements are little more that intimidation tactics to keep you in line, not legal documents in the real sense. A few years ago apartment owners were ordering residents to take down satellite dishes or the dishes would be confiscated - these provisions were written in the lease. The FCC ruled recently that such restrictions are illegal, but apartment owners still include such clauses in their leases to make people "think" they can't do it.
I have never heard of a case of criminal libel - I've heard of famous people bringing civil cases against print media for slander/libel, but I never thought someone could actually go to jail for saying something. This whole thing smacks of "go 'ol buddyism". The local law enforcement leaders are probably good friends of the faculty/admin people who got slammed or friends of the parents of stundents who were called "sluts". Small town fascist shit like this makes me sick. The judge who let this go forward should be disbarred (and believe me, it took a judge to get a search/seizure warrant for the computer).