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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

Wednesday, January 18, 2006

2 votes for dumping peremptory challenges

Yesterday the Supreme Court decided unanimously a habeas case, Rice v. Collins , which in the scheme of High Court rulings didn't shake ...

Tuesday, January 17, 2006

Blog coverage

Blawg Review #40 picks up our Padilla coverage here .

What is the future of federal sentencing?

That is the debate topic at Legal Affairs . The debate is between Doug Berman and Frank Bowman.

Friday, January 13, 2006

State of the blog and Poll update

I wanted to thank all of you for reading and for the nice comments and emails you have sent to me about the blog. 2006 has started off well ...

Padilla's Application to Join al Qaeda?

Did he apply or not apply - that is the question. Prosecutors made public for the first time at Padilla's detention hearing that they ha...

"As American as Apple Pie"

So says Judge Moreno about the old Flagler Bridge, adding that the U.S. policy differentiating the abandoned bridge (wet foot) and the usa...

Thursday, January 12, 2006

Jose Padilla's bond hearing

UPDATED I attended most of the bail hearing for Jose Padilla this morning in front of Magistrate Barry Garber. Although I didn't stay fo...

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Although some of you have asked me about my represenation of Gilberto Rodriguez-Orejuela and about today's DBR article, because the liti...

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