March 8, 2017 (Fault Lines)—The Supreme Court recently denied cert in one of those classic cases: good facts mixed with incomplete lawyering. But in a stirring dissent, Justice Thomas may have provided the roadmap to a...

March 3, 2017 (Fault Lines)– The First Circuit Court of Appeals recently vacated the dismissal of a case that poses the question: can a police department that does everything in its power to get you murdered...

Judge Lisa Richette was a sensitive soul. Reportedly, a pretty defense-friendly one too. Local lawyers would waive their right to a jury trial in front of her, hoping for a more favorable outcome. And this did...

February 24, 2017 (Fault Lines)– If Nicholas Glisson were a person society valued, there would be murder charges. Media at the gates. Perp-walks and boxes taken from the Indiana Department of Corrections to waiting FBI vans....

February 22, 2017 (Fault Lines) — Good prosecutors are guided by their conscience. And bad ones are guided by their pride, ambition, and the slight chance of professional consequences if they stray outside the lines. Like...

 February 15, 2017 (Fault Lines) — Americans believe strongly in two important principles: We have to protect our children from sexual predators. It’s morally acceptable to put children in an enclosed space with sexual predators. Unfortunately,...

February 10, 2017 (Fault Lines) — FDR, the quintessential progressive, had no problem with unions. But he made one exception: All Government employees should realize that the process of collective bargaining, as usually understood, cannot be...

February 8, 2017 (Fault Lines) — Progressives love recycling. Bottles, cans, paper, and now, the notion that some people’s ideas are so dangerous they can be met only with violence, rather than debate. All this is...

February 3, 2017 (Fault Lines) —  It really didn’t matter who Trump appointed. There was going to be some sort of knee-jerk opposition. And that opposition was going to be based more on how unfair it...

February 1, 2017 (Fault Lines) — It’s not often that anyone in the criminal defense community has something nice to say about Judge Pryor of the 11th Circuit. But, a recent opinion disallowing the use of...