Monday, February 29, 2016

"Can you give me an area [of law] where a misdemeanor violation suspends a constitutional right."

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That was Justice Thomas' first question in over 10 years.  Apparently he asked a bunch of questions.  From the Huffington Post : Just...
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Sunday, February 28, 2016

"Senator Rubio is reviewing it and deciding how to proceed."

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That was Marco Rubio’s spokesman Alex Burgos about the nomination of Mary Barzee Flores to the federal bench.  But his statement makes no se...
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Friday, February 26, 2016

Trial happenings

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Most of the white collar bar was watching the criminal trial involving the BP oil spill case in New Orleans.  Yesterday the jury found the ...
Wednesday, February 24, 2016

President Obama, Guest Blogger on SCOTUSblog

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Wow, this is so cool. Check out the guest post by President Obama, titled "A Responsibility I Take Seriously": The Constituti...
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Tuesday, February 23, 2016

A bad day for Broward lawyers

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First is this report from Paula McMahon about a lawyer charged in a horrific child porn case: Broward lawyer, arrested on federal child p...
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Monday, February 22, 2016

Government asking for life sentence for convicted fraudster (Updated)

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Update-- Judge Martinez sentenced him to 40 years.  Original post: According to this Herald article: The former chief of the failed Clubs...
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Thursday, February 18, 2016

Big Federal Bar Shindig tonight

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It's the 35th annual judicial reception .  It's so big that you can win a free iPad Air!! FREE iPad Air GIVEAWAY!   We will be cond...
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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

"The bottom line is that President Obama’s nominee is not getting confirmed before the election."

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That's SCOTUSblog's Tom Goldstein in this post about who might get the nomination.  His latest thinking is Ketanji Brown Jackson, ...
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