Tuesday, November 16, 2021

"Why the Supreme Court needs an ethics code"

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That's the title of this interesting piece by Nicholas Rostow. The introduction: President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court reform commission...
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Friday, November 12, 2021

Our friend Fletcher Peacock

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By Michael Caruso  Our friend and colleague Fletcher Peacock has passed away. Sadly, we all have far too many reminders that life is fragile...
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News and notes

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1. The Rittenhouse trial.  Lots of talk about the defendant taking the stand and the tongue lashing that the state is getting throughout the...
Tuesday, November 09, 2021

What can stop the death penalty at the Supreme Court?

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 Not much as we have seen in recent years.  But now the ultra-conservative Court has a religious liberty challenge that has the Justices all...
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Sunday, November 07, 2021

Cert grant in another outlier 11th Circuit case

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 The 11th Circuit is way out there on criminal cases -- it is, by far, the most conservative court in the country.  It's no surprise tha...
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Thursday, November 04, 2021

Linda Lopez has her Senate Judiciary hearing

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Linda Lopez took the next step in becoming a district judge today with her judiciary hearing.  Hopefully she will get her floor vote by the...
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Tuesday, November 02, 2021

"Justice Department wrong to encourage prosecutions it's fearful of losing"

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That's the title of my latest piece in The Hill .  Below is the introduction.  Would love your feedback. The American Bar Association he...
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Sunday, October 31, 2021

There's a new guideline manual!

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  We haven't had a new one since the red 2018 version because we haven't had enough Sentencing Commissioners.  Now we have the blue ...
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