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Outsourcing Linda Greenhouse to Yale
March 8, 2017 (Fault Lines) — While working for the New York Times as the paper’s Supreme Court correspondent, Linda Greenhouse won the Pulitzer Prize and embarrassed the paper along the way as well. After leaving... -
Thoughts on Compassionate Release and the Week That Was
March 1, 2017 (Fault Lines) — I don’t particularly mind sending somebody to prison knowing that he or she may die within the walls. The following image captures my lizard brain as I pronounce such a... -
Death Ă la Carte
February 22, 2017Â (Fault Lines) — Since I handle death penalty habeas cases, I must be careful not to express opinions on the merits of pending or impending cases involving the death penalty. While I discuss... -
No Banana, The New Omaha Standard For A Guilty Plea?
February 15, 2017 (Fault Lines) — Sure, Omaha is flyover country, but it is no longer a hick town. It is bumping up against the one million mark (915,312). It has a law school, most of... -
Crime in Florida is Weird and Wonderful
February 8, 2017 (Fault Lines) — As Chris Seaton pointed out in his uproarious post last week on Fault Lines, crime in Florida is sui generis. As all lawyers know, “sui generis” is Latin for “laugh... -
Riding The Circuit To North Platte – A Travelogue
February 1, 2017 (Fault Lines) —Â If you are a judge on my Court of Appeals, you will travel to the seat of the court in St. Louis. You will hold court in a stunning 29-story building... -
The Word “Rape”
January 25, 2017 (Fault Lines) — I was sitting on my ever-expanding ass, minding my own business, when one of my law clerks came to me with a declaratory judgment complaint that had just been filed.... -
94 Sheriffs And Trump
January 18, 2017 (Fault Lines) — The Judiciary Act of 1789 established the original 13 federal judicial districts and called for appointment of a Marshal for each district. The Senate confirmed President Washington’s nomination of the first... -
Greenhouse Gas
January 11, 2017 (Fault Lines) — Scientists tell us that greenhouse gases (water vapor (H2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O)) are polluting our atmosphere. Today, I write about a different sort of... -
Mr. Bumble: The “Law Is A[n] Ass, A[n] Idiot”*
January 4, 2017 (Fault Lines) — Although I don’t see the legal significance, Professor Doug Berman featured United States v. Mateo-Medina, No. 15-2862 (3d Cir. Dec. 30, 2016) on his preeminent sentencing blog. See Third Circuit...