tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9615048.post738073838514044382..comments2024-03-27T14:54:46.050-04:00Comments on Southern District of Florida Blog: “I’m almost speechless. It’s a kinder, gentler day over there. It happens so infrequently.”David Oscar Markushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18386723948607633980noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9615048.post-45863548587263245542011-06-30T10:45:45.095-04:002011-06-30T10:45:45.095-04:00When I started in the W.D. Pa. USAO, having just m...When I started in the W.D. Pa. USAO, having just moved from the S.D. Fla., I was told that "PTD" might be appropriate in a small check fraud case I was handling. Every S.D. Fla. prosecutor and defense lawyer knows PTD to mean pretrial detention, so I was taken aback. "Really?" I said, "you want to detain him?" Blank stares. Of course, PTD means pretrial diversion in the W.D. Pa. -- something I had never even heard of in Miami. Glad to see PTD now means both things in the S.D. Fla.Stevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9615048.post-75448307464184281192011-06-30T00:16:56.261-04:002011-06-30T00:16:56.261-04:00W!W!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9615048.post-70869594975920383642011-06-29T14:19:14.380-04:002011-06-29T14:19:14.380-04:00Wow - the very conservative .S. Court of Appeals f...Wow - the very conservative .S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, based in Cincinnati, said the ``minimum coverage provision is a valid<br />exercise of legislative power by Congress under the Commerce<br />Clause'' of the U.S. Constitution and upheld Obamacare.<br /><br />http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/11a0168p-06.pdfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9615048.post-27708625447705157512011-06-29T14:15:35.912-04:002011-06-29T14:15:35.912-04:00Was the USAO complaining about the publicity? Isn&...Was the USAO complaining about the publicity? Isn't Jay Weaver on their payroll?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com