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Monday, June 29, 2015

If, even as the price to be paid for a fifth vote, I ever joined an opinion for the Court that began: “The Constitution promises liberty to all within its reach, a liberty that includes certain specific rights that allow persons, within a lawful realm, to define and express their identity,” I would hide my head in a bag. The Supreme Court of the United States has descended from the disciplined legal reasoning of John Marshall and Joseph Story to the mystical aphorisms of the fortune cookie.

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Sick burn by Justice Scalia. He came out on the completely wrong side of this, but at least his writing is entertaining (and at least he wr...
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Thursday, June 25, 2015

Pointing a laser pointer at a plane... (TWO UPDATES)

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... got this dude 14 years.  14 YEARS!! Thankfully, the 9th Circuit vacated one of the convictions , so he'll get resentenced.  From ...
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Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Third Circuit issues incredible order:

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This doesn't involve our district or circuit, but I find this order by Third Circuit Judge Theodore McKee absolutely fascinating (h/t H...
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Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Reminder -- don't take a GoPro into Court

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This CNN intern learned the hard way yesterday at the Supreme Court: The Supreme Court of the United States briefly removed media interns...
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Monday, June 22, 2015

When reviewing sentences, Chief Judge Carnes and Judge Wilson agree on standards, but not always on results

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After being convicted for illegally reentering the United States, Jesus Rosales-Bruno appealed against his top-of-the-guidelines-range sent...
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Friday, June 19, 2015

Good Graphics?

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In recent months, the White House and DoJ have been using graphics and slides on social media and at press conferences to make their points....
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Thursday, June 18, 2015

Bueller? Bueller?

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Should be an interesting few days in mag court... About 80 people were arrested for Medicare fraud over the last few days, and the PDs and C...
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Tuesday, June 16, 2015

"Sometimes running a district court can be like a high-wire balancing act. But when it comes to ensuring the competence of defendants when they go to trial or plead guilty, the court takes on the role of a safety net."

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That was Judge Rosenbaum today for a unanimous 11th Circuit in United States v. Wingo .  The rest of the intro is also really well done: S...
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