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Where’s Your Fault Lines Subscription?
In our move to the new FaultLines.us website, it appears that our newsletter, email and comment subscriptions didn’t migrate as well as we hoped. So please, sign up again for your subscription. Sorry for the hassle,... -
Meet the New Fault Lines! (Update: Comments Here Are Closed)
March 9, 2017 (Fault Lines) — We are thrilled to announce that Fault Lines has moved to its new home as a standalone online legal commentary magazine. It can be found at FaultLines.us. The new Fault... -
Does the Constitution End with a Bullet in Sergio Hernandez Guereca?
February 23, 2017 (Fault Lines) — The story of how 15-year-old Sergio Hernandez Guereca was killed in 2010 by Border Patrol Agent Jesus Mesa is awful, and presented at its most empathetic by Cristian Farias and Roque... -
Cross: Patrick Frey, Prosecutor By Day and Patterico Online
February 16, 2017 (Fault Lines) — Scott Greenfield and David Meyer-Lindenberg cross Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Patrick Frey, renowned online for Patterico’s Pontifications. Q. You spent your undergrad days in beautiful Ithaca, NY, learning... -
Probation Meets Penis: A Hard Condition To Take
February 14, 2017 (Fault Lines) — The “usual” conditions are routinely imposed, even though nobody, from judge to defendant, gives them much thought. For the defendant, he’s just happy that he’s able to sleep in his... -
Cross: Caleb Kruckenberg, Helping Others, No Matter Which Side He’s On
February 8, 2017 (Fault Lines) — Scott Greenfield and David Meyer-Lindenberg cross Fault Lines contributor and Senior Associate at Levin & Zeiger, LLP. Q. You went to the University of Kansas for undergrad. Kansas! What made... -
Cross: Tom Mesereau, Defending The Famous And Difficult
February 1, 2017 (Fault Lines) — Ed. Note: Scott Greenfield and David Meyer-Lindberg cross Los Angeles criminal defense lawyer, Thomas Mesereau, who successfully defense of Michael Jackson and won four federal jury trials in a row.... -
Cross: Liliana Segura, Putting The Human Face on Injustice
January 25, 2017 (Fault Lines) — Ed. Note: Scott Greenfield and David Meyer-Lindenberg cross investigative criminal law and civil rights journalist at The Intercept, Liliana Segura. Q. You went to Barnard College, where you studied English... -
The Collateral Damage That Accompanies The Just-Comply-With-Police Fallacy
January 20, 2017 (Fault Lines) — “If he’d just have complied with police officer’s commands…” I’m sick of hearing these excuses about incidents of ugly police force. They come from cops. From prosecutors. From law enforcement... -
Cross: Josh Blackman, A Fearless Constitutional Contrarian
January 18, 2017 (Fault Lines) — Ed. Note: Scott Greenfield and David Meyer-Lindenberg cross prolific blogger and South Texas College of Law associate professor Joshua M. Blackman. Q. You went to college at Penn State, where...