tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9615048.post5848729081231360820..comments2024-03-27T14:54:46.050-04:00Comments on Southern District of Florida Blog: Justice Scalia issues dissent for a DUI criminal defendantDavid Oscar Markushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18386723948607633980noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9615048.post-64064658512737501342014-04-27T10:34:02.431-04:002014-04-27T10:34:02.431-04:00I practice DUI law in Illinois. One of my colleagu...I practice DUI law in Illinois. One of my colleagues in the Chicago area represented Justice Scalia's daughter on a ticket that started out based upon an anonymous tip. That may explain his otherwise uncharacteristic dissent. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563232146769858013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9615048.post-67164445206437427682014-04-23T14:01:31.999-04:002014-04-23T14:01:31.999-04:00The Death Penalty should be abolished because:
1) ...The Death Penalty should be abolished because:<br />1) it is wrong<br />2) it is not what a civilized society does<br />3) it is applied in a racially discriminatory manner<br />4) it is applied mostly to the poor<br />5) it does not deter crime <br />6) it is a waste of money<br />7) our judicial system is not precise enough for such an irrevocable punishment<br /><br />But I have no idea what the heck MC Waste is rambling on about [democratization of the JD degree???]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9615048.post-71999010960030262022014-04-23T09:43:44.526-04:002014-04-23T09:43:44.526-04:00http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/04/alcoho...http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/04/alcoholic-lawyer-botched-robert-wayne-holsey-death-penalty-trial <br /><br /><br />Once a conviction is handed down, the judicial system, the judiciary, everyone else involved, stands together to defend the verdict. Time then shows why the results should have be different and nobody wants to care. The democratization of the JD degree, the lowering of morals in our society, the lowering of the ideals we claim to believe in, render us incapable of justifying the continued use of the death penalty. We are not honest enough about the failings of the judicial system and we therefore should abolish the death penalty. MC Waste Services, Inchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12266514603926403047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9615048.post-17868472780763317392014-04-23T09:34:02.501-04:002014-04-23T09:34:02.501-04:00The other decision from yesterday was very devasta...The other decision from yesterday was very devastating. The rumbling you heard was Thurgood Marshall turning over in his grave. <br />"None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps. We got here becasue somebody -- a parent, a teacher, an ivy League crony or a few nuns -- bent down and helped us pick up our boots."<br />- Thurgood MarshallAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9615048.post-53143765559509576002014-04-23T09:28:45.414-04:002014-04-23T09:28:45.414-04:00Good to see Scalia getting in touch with his femin...Good to see Scalia getting in touch with his feminine side -- very disappointed with Breyer. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9615048.post-90050928437578897042014-04-23T07:35:52.645-04:002014-04-23T07:35:52.645-04:00http://news.yahoo.com/9-indicted-kidnapping-nc-pro...http://news.yahoo.com/9-indicted-kidnapping-nc-prosecutors-father-082458231.html see who the first target was intended to be, street style 3.850 motionMC Waste Services, Inchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12266514603926403047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9615048.post-13837874846330131252014-04-23T07:08:51.904-04:002014-04-23T07:08:51.904-04:00http://www.elnuevoherald.com/2014/04/23/1732194/ab...http://www.elnuevoherald.com/2014/04/23/1732194/abogado-asegura-que-declaraciones.html i hope b.s. federal charge of lying to federal agent via unrecorded method leads to a full not guilty verdict. this system/method needs to have its ass handed to it already. MC Waste Services, Inchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12266514603926403047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9615048.post-25361186198211156042014-04-22T20:01:23.426-04:002014-04-22T20:01:23.426-04:00http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/04/22/4074310/form...http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/04/22/4074310/former-defense-attorney-and-prosecutor.html how does this happen? seems like a toofer for the defense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9615048.post-30374587325090608372014-04-22T16:38:57.357-04:002014-04-22T16:38:57.357-04:00Haven't read the opinion yet, but what does th...Haven't read the opinion yet, but what does this opinion do to Florida v. J.L.? J.L. and this case seem to be at odds, unless you somehow say that the act of watching someone commit a (minor) crime adds reliability to an anonymous tip. But I don't see why that would be so.Literatinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9615048.post-3686389747367963102014-04-22T14:31:01.652-04:002014-04-22T14:31:01.652-04:00"To prevent and detect murder we do notallow ..."To prevent and detect murder we do notallow searches without probable cause or targeted Terry stops without reasonable suspicion. We should not do so for drunken driving either."<br /><br />- That language is surely going to be cited in any case against the NSA's surveillance programs. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9615048.post-29721369930701884732014-04-22T13:53:52.738-04:002014-04-22T13:53:52.738-04:00Truth - "Drunken driving is a serious matter,...Truth - "Drunken driving is a serious matter, but so is the loss of our freedom to come and go as we please without police interference." <br /><br />Reality check: A cop can concoct a bogus traffic stop anytime on his/her false claim of observing the motorist crossing the median, or otherwise weaving or swerving. Happened to me in Tampa late one night, a pretext stop so the cop could detain me while police brought a witness in another matter to the scene to ID me. The witness said I was not the perpetrator, and I was released.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com