Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Free Brittney

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By Michael Caruso In 1972—50 years ago—President Nixon made his historic visit to China in February, The Grateful Dead conquered Europe in...
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Monday, June 27, 2022

SCOTUS reverses CA11 on two criminal cases

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1. The 11th Circuit was an outlier on the First Step Act, holding that courts could not consider intervening changes of law or fact in exerc...
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Sunday, June 26, 2022

Will Dobbs lead to the undoing of other rights?

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 We've all read Justice Thomas' concurrence in Dobbs by now and it's pretty frightening.  Not only is it way out of touch with...
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Friday, June 24, 2022

Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade

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By John R. Byrne This is a big one. Vote was 6-3. Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett joined Just...
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Wednesday, June 22, 2022

"Head of Miami FBI office Piro retires; Bid-rigging probe of Broward Sheriff Tony returns to Miami"

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  That's the title of an interesting article by Florida Bulldog .  The intro by Dan Christensen: Miami FBI Special Agent in Charge Georg...
Monday, June 20, 2022

En banc happenings

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On Tuesday morning, the 11th Circuit will hear three cases en banc .  Two criminal cases and one false claims case. Notably, the panel ruled...
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Varsity Blues cases show why our criminal justice system is broken

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The Varsity Blues prosecutions is a pretty good representative sample of how our criminal justice system operates. 57 defendants were indict...
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Thursday, June 16, 2022

Roy Black gets acquittal in Boston federal court in Varsity Blues case

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 Yes for the 3-0-5!  The only acquittal from the Varsity Blues case... this is why more cases need to go to trial.  Almost every single one ...
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