Friday, March 10, 2017

Salomon Melgen trial starts

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The AP had a nice story about opening statements: A prominent Florida eye doctor tied to a U.S. senator's alleged corruption built m...
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Wednesday, March 08, 2017

"Although Otis Redding may have enjoyed wasting time by watching ships roll into the Dock of the Bay,* if he were sitting on Cumberland Island’s Brick-Kiln Dock, he truly would be wasting his time, waiting in vain for ships that would never come."

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That was how Judge Rosenbaum started this opinion with the following footnote: 1 STEVE CROPPER & OTIS REDDING, (Sittin’ On) The Dock...
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Tuesday, March 07, 2017

Baseball case moves to defense case

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The government has rested after 6 weeks.  Now it's to the defense.  From the AP : Two Texas Rangers executives testified Tuesday they ...
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Monday, March 06, 2017

Supreme Court affirms 11th Circuit in Beckles

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This was the vagueness challenge to the career offender guideline. Both the defendant and the government agreed that the guideline provision...
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Former Dolphin Will Allen going to prison for 6 years

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From the AP : Ex- NFL cornerback Will Allen and his business partner have been sentenced to prison for running a Ponzi scheme that took ...
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Friday, March 03, 2017

"No doubt the limitations imposed by the Tenth Amendment, like so many limitations imposed by the Constitution, are a source of frustration to those who dream of wielding power in unprecedented ways or to unprecedented degrees. But America was not made for those who dream of power. America was made for those with the power to dream."

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That was Judge Milton Hirsch finding that Mayor Gimenez violated the 10th Amendment by ordering people slated for deportation to be jailed (...
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Thursday, March 02, 2017

Ft. Pierce Magistrate position

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A tipster has informed me that the 4 finalists for Magistrate in Ft. Pierce are: Barbara Junge Lauren Louis Shaniek Maynard Corey Stein...
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Wednesday, March 01, 2017

Supreme Court during the Trump Address last night (UPDATED WITH WILLIE FERRER'S NEW JOB)

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UPDATE -- As expected, Willie Ferrer will be going to Holland & Knight. We are all Elena Kagan pic.twitter.com/BuoljihPVp — Josh Stern...
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