November2016
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Beckles Asks SCOTUS To Strike Down Sentencing Guideline For Vagueness
Nov 29, 2016(Comments: 1)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.... -
Sorry Kids, But No Campus Is A Sanctuary
Nov 28, 2016(Comments: 8)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... -
Epic Fails: Noel Edition
Nov 28, 2016(Comments: 6)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:... -
Ending Private Prisons: You Believed The Government, You Rube?
Nov 28, 2016(Comments: 4)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... -
Judge Kane On “Lawyers of the Left” & Rule 8.4(g) Prohibiting Discrimination
Nov 28, 2016(Comments: 3)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... -
All Evidence Points to Favors Between Judge Richman And His Pal, Det. Lillienfeld
Nov 28, 2016(Comments: 2)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... -
Less Violent Raids, For Their Sake If Not Yours
Nov 28, 2016(Comments: 0)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... -
Tyrone Henry, Officer Jarrod Foust, & The Real Root of Revolving Door Justice
Nov 23, 2016(Comments: 0)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... -
From The POV Of CDLs, Who Are The Best, Worst & Most Likely On Trump’s List For SCOTUS?
Nov 23, 2016(Comments: 13)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... -
Virginia Court of Appeals: 1st Amendment Does Not Protect Noosed Dummy
Nov 23, 2016(Comments: 6)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...