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Friday, May 31, 2013

Update to yesterday's post on flooding in the Broward Federal Courthouse

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Acting Chief Judge Donald Graham sent the letter below on Wednesday to the GSA regarding the flooding.  You can read the whole back and fort...
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Thursday, May 30, 2013

It's time for a new federal courthouse in Broward...

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...because it's raining INTO the current courthouse.  Literally: SHOCKING! This is more than absurd; it's unsafe...
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Who has more power -- a King or a Federal District Judge?

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My money is on the district judge.  But Judge Scola had an entertaining exchange with Joel Steinger in the Mutual Benefits case yesterday.  ...
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Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Sample Size

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This weekend, the NY Times was discussing that the Supreme Court was issuing a record number of unanimous opinions : There has been a rem...
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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Should judges be a part of plea negotiations?

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While all of you were having Bachelorette viewing parties last night , old time blog friend Vanessa Blum was covering the debate about judge...
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Thursday, May 23, 2013

Justice Scalia's footnote draws criticism

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In City of Arlington v. FCC, Justice Scalia wrote the following footnote to introduce one of the parties, “CTIA-The Wireless Association,”:...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

One many saved and another to be executed

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1.  Big win for Alfredo Izaguirre, who got an acquittal on murder and kidnapping charges before Judge Moore yesterday.  From the Herald : ...
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Monday, May 20, 2013

Joint post by Justice Building, South Florida Lawyers, and Southern District of Florida Blogs

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You lose your rights, not with a bang, but with a whimper. One small encroachment after another. A bureaucrat pushes the edges here, a prose...
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