Good Idea:  Serving duty as a juror—as required!  We have discussed this: Jury Duty: Served! and Jury Duty: Reprised. 

Bad Idea: Ignoring the Judge’s instructions while serving.  Yep, discussed this too: Juror Twittering Did Not Affect Jury Verdict and Tech Interference with Juries.

Even Worse: Asking the Defendant Doctor for medical advice—during the trial!    

Good Idea:  Loving your spouse.

Bad Idea:    Lying to authorities when you're an assistant dean at a public law school about your spouse's counterfeit prescription drug scheme.

Good Idea: Exercising your First Amendment right to express your opinion on the actions of elected officials.

Bad Idea: Using online social media to call for the assassination of the President of the United States (@really?!whatwereyouthinking?!!)

I’ve avoided linking to full text of the twitter feed that one particularly foul-mouthed twit[erer] managed to post, suffice to say that his ill-advised threatening outburst wasn’t an isolated incident. It was more like four back-to-back, profanity-laced, not at all isolated incidents.

Good Idea:  Using Snooki and The Situation to increase the value of your real estate. 

Bad Idea:  Hoping Jon and Kate will do the same.