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Thursday, February 28, 2019

Return of Judge Jordan...

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... to the District Court. There's been a bunch of Judge Alaberto Jordan (CA11) sightings in the District Court over the past week, fi...
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Tuesday, February 26, 2019

“[F]ederal judges are appointed for life, not for eternity.”

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Just a friendly reminder from the Supreme Court that federal judges only get the gig for life. The reminder came from this per curiam opini...
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Saturday, February 23, 2019

"A small next step for criminal justice reform: Fix good time credit"

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That's the title of my piece this week in The Hill .  Please click through and let me know your thoughts.  Here's the intro: Both ...
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Thursday, February 21, 2019

El Chapo may get a new trial

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Vice News drops this bombshell of an interview with a juror who said that the jury followed the media even though they had instructions not...
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Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Judge Moreno terminates Pottinger agreement

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That's the famous agreement protecting the homeless in Miami entered over 20 years ago, named after the lead plaintiff Michael Pottinger...
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Monday, February 18, 2019

Jeff Sloman writes op-ed in support of Alex Acosta

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The Herald published it here . It starts this way: By now, you have probably formed some views on the Jeffrey Epstein case. You are, lik...
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Saturday, February 16, 2019

The trial tax and Paul Manafort

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I wrote an op-ed in The Hill this morning addressing the absurd trial penalty we have in our country.  Below is the introduction.  Please c...
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Thursday, February 14, 2019

(UPDATED) "About 20 years ago now, an insightful (and hilarious) lawyer friend of mine said to me—and because this is a family show, I’ll clean it up a bit—“Not everything that s[tink]s violates the Constitution.” If ever a case proved the truth of that little nugget, this is it."

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That's Judge Kevin Newsom in this concurring opinion .  I really like this new style of accessible (and fun) writing.  You see it with K...
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