November2016

November 29, 2016 (Fault Lines) – Vagueness and ambiguity are evergreen drafting problems. After drafting a great many contracts, resolutions, and even briefs, everyone is forced to capitulate that vagueness and ambiguity lurk in most documents....

November 28, 2016 (Fault Lines) — If you’re not entirely inclined to lend your ear to us at Fault Lines when it comes to the Supremacy Clause, listen to Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Nushin Sayfie rule on...

Nov. 28, 2016 (Fault Lines) — There aren’t many tangible benefits to being a public defender. Generally, you’re overworked, underpaid, and get less respect than Rodney Dangerfield. On the plus side, the work is usually interesting:...

Nov. 28, 2016 (Fault Lines) – Well, that didn’t last long. Last week, CoreCivic (CCA), one of the country’s two largest prison operators, announced that the BOP had renewed its contract for two years to run...

November 28, 2016 (Fault Lines) —  District of Colorado Senior Judge John L. Kane was asked his thoughts about the efficacy of the newly passed ABA Model Rule of Professional Conduct 8.4(g), which provides: It is professional...

November 28, 2016 (Fault Lines) — It’s no secret that police officers have access to tremendous amounts of sensitive data. As investigators, their powers are almost limitless. The have access to interdepartmental reports, state and national...

November 28, 2016 (Fault Lines) — Imagine something practically invisible, so potent that a tiny trace of it could work its way through the skin on your hand, into your blood stream and into your brain...

November 23, 2016 (Fault Lines) — Some people just can’t quit breaking the law. Tyrone Henry is one of them: Tyrone Henry, a 35-year-old homeless man, was the most arrested and cited man in Denver, according...

November 23, 2016 (Fault Lines) — I am absolutely certain that the President-Elect wants to know what criminal defense lawyers think about his list of potential Supreme Court nominees.  So, I ask you, from the perspective of...

November 23, 2016 (Fault Lines) — Jack Eugene Turner is no one’s idea of the perfect neighbor. On the same day that nine black Americans were gunned down in a South Carolina church, he hung a black...