What constitutes "disorderly conduct," the charge leveled against African-American Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates last week? Blogger Eric Posner says it depends on where you live, and in Massachusetts, it is not illegal to yell at a police officer:

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UCLA School of Law Professor Adam Winkler, writing for the Huffington Post, agrees with Posner:

The law on the books for disorderly conduct is available online at mass.gov -- but what do you think? Does this change your notion of the case?