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The SDFLA Blog is dedicated to providing news and notes regarding federal practice in the Southern District of Florida. The New Times calls the blog "the definitive source on South Florida's federal court system." All tips on court happenings are welcome and will remain anonymous. Please email David Markus at dmarkus@markuslaw.com

Sunday, March 30, 2025

News & Notes

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1. Justice Sotomayor speaks out. Via NY Times : “Judicial independence is critical to everyone’s freedom, because arbitrary power is just t...
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Friday, March 28, 2025

FBA Goes to Washington

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 By John R. Byrne Yesterday, members of our local chapter of the Federal Bar Association—myself included—hit Capitol Hill in D.C. to encoura...
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Wednesday, March 26, 2025

"Blindfolded Juries, Coerced Convictions: Why Prosecutors Often Win Before Trials Even Begin"

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 That's the title of this new Clark Neily article , which is worth a read and starts this way: The Bill of Rights dedicates more words t...
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Monday, March 24, 2025

Bet the law-firm time

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You all know the story. Trump has issued executive orders against Perkins Coie and Paul Weiss. Perkins has decided to fight. Paul Weiss h...
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Friday, March 21, 2025

Chief Judge Pryor Issues Order on Misconduct Complaint

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By John R. Byrne There’s been a trend in multidistrict and class action litigation of federal district judges expressly seeking diversity in...
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Thursday, March 20, 2025

CA9 Judge Lawrence VanDyke dissents in an 18-minute YouTube video

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 Here's the video dissent , after a 147 pages of en banc opinions "This is the first video like this I've ever made." -- J...
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Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Chief Justice Roberts tries to lower the temperature

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President Trump and a number of his surrogates have called for impeachment of Judge James Boasberg, one of our great judges.  Boasberg is sm...
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Monday, March 17, 2025

Big Opinion on Firearms

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 By John R. Byrne The Eleventh Circuit just dropped another major opinion on constitutional law, this time upholding Florida’s ban on firear...
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