Friday, April 28, 2017

News and Notes (UPDATED)

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1.  Congrats to the new Labor Secretary , Alex Acosta.  Great news.  Acosta got 60 votes, including Sen. Nelson. 2.  The Melgen jury is st...
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Thursday, April 27, 2017

Your government at oral argument

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Have you ever had a judge (or Justice) respond to an argument by saying, "Oh, come on." (via the NY Times ): Chief Justice John ...
Wednesday, April 26, 2017

En banc 11th Circuit decides U.S. v. Roy

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At long last, the en banc 11th Circuit today decided United States v. Roy .  The opinions span 287 pages.  Judge Carnes wrote the majority o...
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Mistakes or Fraud?

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The issue has been framed as "mistakes vs. fraud" in the Melgen trial, which is now with the jury.  From the PBP : A...
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Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Gotta love this story

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Justice Breyer's cell phone went off in Court today . Of course it's no big deal and things happen.  But can you imagine if that ha...
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Federalists and privacy

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The Federalist Society will be discussing cell tower data and privacy this Friday.  I will be debating the Florida Solicitor General, Amit A...
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Monday, April 24, 2017

How many innocent people are in federal prison?

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Ninth Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski told 60 Minute s that about 1% or over 20,000 innocent people are in federal prison.  "That's a ...
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Thursday, April 20, 2017

Dave Barry to speak at the District's Bench & Bar conference

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It looks like a good conference , with lots of our judges speaking and participating. It's Friday May 12 and there are interesting pane...
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