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Florida AG and Governor Call for Judge De La O's Impeachment
Florida Attorney General Uthmeier called for the impeachment of Judge Miguel de la O, seemingly as the result of Judge De la O finding a defendant not guilty by reason of insanity. The call for 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
SCOTUS Takes a Florida Six-Person Jury Case
By David Oscar Markus
In Florida state court, you try your non-capital felonies to six jurors. The Supreme Court blessed that setup in Williams v. Florida, 399 U.S. 78 (1970), and for fifty-six years that was the end of
Talk of the town
By David Oscar MarkusFor sure the talk of the town right now is in state court, not fed land. It’s the George Pino trial, who is being represented by Howard Srebnick. The State is represented by Laura Adams. It’s