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Monday, September 24, 2018

Will the Kavanaugh hearings go forward this Thursday and can they be fair?

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The news is happening so fast that it's hard to keep track. We have Ronan Farrow , Michael Avenatti , new accusers, 30 year old calend...
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Friday, September 21, 2018

"[W]e’re going to have to law the heck out of it."

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That's Judge Rosenbaum in this opinion , taking off on a reference to The Martian : There’s no easy way around it. We’re just going t...
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Thursday, September 20, 2018

My piece in The Hill on the differences between the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings and the criminal justice system

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Here's the introduction with the first two differences. Please click here to read the whole thing: Christine Blasey Ford has accused ...
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Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Ben Greenberg stays on as 1st Assistant

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Chief Judge Moore swore in Ariana Fajardo Orshan on Monday. In her remarks, she thanked Ben Greenberg and said he would be staying on as Fi...
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Saturday, September 15, 2018

Some interesting portions of the Manafort plea agreement

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Here is the entire agreement . Some interesting parts: 1. The Government believes that the sentencing guidelines yield a sentence of 2...
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Thursday, September 13, 2018

Pushups, dice, and Chinese restaurants on Christmas

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This isn't Page 6 material, but for SCOTUS gossip fans, it's fun stuff. First up is Notorious RBG who gave a speech yesterday.  Lo...
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Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Incoming U.S. Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan to start Monday

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It's official.  House Fajardo takes the throne on Monday.  If you could have one policy change at the USAO, what would it be?  Please ...
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Tuesday, September 11, 2018

Judge Newsom does not like the Establishment Clause jurisprudence in CA11 or SCOTUS

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He really doesn’t like it. Last week, a per curium panel (Newsom, Hull and visiting district judge Royal) of the 11th Circuit addressed an...
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