By David Oscar Markus21 years old!We can drink now, woohooo! I started the blog on July 4 weekend in 2005, calling for the President to appoint a Floridian to the Court (we now have one!). Since then we’ve had 12,850,251views and over
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NY Times v. Sullivan Lives to Fight Another Day
By John R. ByrneWe’ve blogged several times about Alan Dershowitz’s lawsuit against CNN. Judge Singhal granted summary judgment to CNN and the 11th Circuit affirmed. But in their opinions, both Judge Singhal and Judge Lagoa questioned the continuing vitality…
NOT GUILTY
By Anonymous Court Watcher
Florida AG and Governor Call for Judge De La O's Impeachment
The 4th Amendment is dead. God save the 4th Amendment.
It’s very rare for the Supreme Court to take a 4th Amendment case because the law has been so gutted over the past 30 years. So folks were a little nervous when the Court took the geo-fence case, Chatrie. But…
GUEST POST — The Evolving Architecture of Second Amendment Doctrine After Hemani and Wolford
The Evolving Architecture of Second Amendment
Doctrine After Hemani and Wolford
Judge Matthewman on AI
Chief Magistrate Judge William Matthewman has written an article on AI for the UF Journal of Technology Law and Policy: The Coming Use and Misue of Artificial Intelligence in the Courtroom: A Judicial Perspective and Proposal. AI is everywhere…
Judge Roettger had it right all along
By David Oscar MarkusRemember Judge Roettger? The handle bar mustache. The gun on his ankle. The tough time understanding his rulings from the bench…He also *hated* appellate waivers. He would not accept them.He asked AUSAs whether they worked for the…
Naturalization Ceremony this Friday
By John R. ByrneFor many federal judges, presiding over naturalization ceremonies is the best (or one of the best) parts of the job. Nobody goes home unhappy. The Court is putting on a supersized one as part of the…
Judge Kidd rightly criticizes criminal discovery
By David Oscar MarkusThe Eleventh Circuit affirmed a life sentence and a
no-hearing suppression denial this week in United States v. Spearman, No.
24-10300, a dark-web child-exploitation case out of West Palm Beach (Judge
Cannon below). The panel…
