Monday, October 12, 2020

Amy Coney Barrett's opening remarks

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The confirmation hearings start today. You can read Barrett's opening statement here . Here are some articles about the hearings: Barret...
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Friday, October 09, 2020

SDFLA Grand Juries to return sooner than planned

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 Chief Judge Moore previously ordered the suspension of grand juries until January 4.  But there has been an effort to get a grand jury up a...
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Tuesday, October 06, 2020

Rakontur's new doc coming out soon.

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 And it's going to be a doozy.  It's called 537 Votes and is about the 2000 presidential recount in Florida or what Billy Corben and...
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Sunday, October 04, 2020

First Monday in October

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 It's been an insane 2020.  The Supreme Court is no different, and we open the Term with 8 Justices.  A ninth may be on the way. And it ...
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Friday, October 02, 2020

CA11 affirms Judge Moreno's decision to terminate protections for homeless in Miami

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 Decision by Judge William Pryor here .  It starts like this: This appeal requires us to decide whether the district court abused its discre...
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Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Abuse of discretion to deny continuance motion leads to reversal

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In U.S. v. Schwarz , the 11th Circuit reversed a large white collar SDFLA case, where the defendant was not given sufficient time to prepare...
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Tuesday, September 29, 2020

It's debate night

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How about a debate night drinking game.  Take a drink every time the following term is mentioned.   For Joe Biden: $750 Starts a sentence wi...
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Sunday, September 27, 2020

It's Amy Coney Barrett

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 Many of us here in South Florida were rooting for Barbara Lagoa.  Even though she didn't ultimately get the nomination, what an honor a...
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