Tuesday, January 30, 2007

11th Circuit reinstates charges against Padilla

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In a fifteen page opinion , the 11 th Circuit has ruled for the Government on its appeal of the order dismissing Count I of the Padilla ind...
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Cocaine Cowboys article

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Julie Kay (for Category 305, not the DBR) writes about the Cocaine Cowboys movie here . Fun article and fun stories.
Monday, January 29, 2007

Alito comes to the Southern District of Florida

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Seems like the Justices enjoy taking road trips to South Florida. Alito spoke at a luncheon for the Palm Beach County Bar Association last ...

"If we want to continue to attract the best and the brightest to the bench, we need to pay them more than second-year associates."

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That's Guy Lewis in yesterday's Miami Herald , commenting on the debate about whether federal judges should be paid more.
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Sunday, January 28, 2007

"Halliburton sued in alleged Iraq rape of a Florida woman"

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Vanessa Blum has the story here (and there are an awful lot of comments that follow from readers): "Keys for those units were kept in...
Thursday, January 25, 2007

“They have stolen the courthouse from the Superior Court of California, and I mean nothing short of that.”

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So said Mike Tein in front of Judge Altonaga yesterday. Robert Parks wasn't happy about it and the gloves came off. Julie Kay has the ...
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In this corner...

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I'm not sure you ever want to be a defendant when the plaintiffs are federal judges. Looks like we're closer to litigation over the ...
Wednesday, January 24, 2007

"The lash is about to fall on all"

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That was Judge Cooke today during the motion for a rule to show cause in the Jose Padilla case. Judge Cooke showed why she is such a great j...