http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/17/us/trayvon-martin-case-shadowed-by-police-missteps.html?_r=1&emc=eta1 Honored by mention in today’s New York Times. Thanks to the reporter, Serge Kovaleski. The quote stemmed from my representation of a witness to the death of Trayvon Martin. Also, I will be making a speaking engagement this evening at the Jewish Community Center regarding the subject of “Religion in the Public Square.” [...]
http://ohevshalom.org/wp-content/uploads/Jewish-Lens-on-Current-Events-religion-in-public-square.pdf This is an upcoming event at a prominent local synagogue. The link provides the flyer and my mini-bio. Also, on Wednesday, April 25, I am honored to be a guest speaker at the University of Tampa, and discussing First Amendment/protest rights.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/doug-kendall/what-a-conservative-judic_b_1432795.html Be scared … be very scared …. Many of us worried when Janice Rogers Brown came up for nomination under GW Bush. Our fears are being realized. She sits on the second most powerful federal court (the Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit), and had a judicial record on the district court in [...]
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1204/06/acd.02.html http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1204/11/ijvm.01.html http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1204/12/ijvm.01.html Well, here are the transcripts for my recent appearances. Last evening proved interesting, as I was finally able to push my way through into proving some substance on issues that the public is — thus far — not really discussing on this case. Really, without regard to my status as a representative [...]
The first appearance was, well, interesting. I did hope to get in more input, as there was so much more to say, especially about the “Stand Your Ground” Immunity issue, pursuant to Fla. Stat. 776.032. I believe that this will have a major impact upon the case and whether it even goes to a trial. [...]
The topic will again be the Trayvon Martin murder — and the anticipated charges from the State Attorney’s Office against George Zimmerman, who is now without any legal counsel. Please … do not get me started on the “balagan” that has transpired over the past 24 hours involving Zimmerman and his now former attorneys. Geez [...]
Hi. I was fortunate enough this past Friday to be featured on Anderson Cooper 360. Ashleigh Banfield conducted the interview of both my client (an eyewitness to the Trayvon Martin murder) and me. Ms. Banfield and the staff at 360 proved exceedingly gracious. Further, this evening I am slated to appear on Nancy Grace’s program. [...]
First, please examine this link: http://prospect.org/article/nine-circles-aca?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews. Credit to the American Prospect, an excellent publication which I have long enjoyed, and the author of this succinct piece, Garrett Epps. So, what do we glean from Day 3 of the oral arguments over the constitutionality of the ACA? First, Justice Scalia is a scary guy: first, he [...]
Well, as of yesterday — Day 2 (of 3) — in the oral arguments before the SCOTUS on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, many commentators began raising dire warnings of this rather extremist, right-wing Court actually deeming the health care mandate unconstitutional. Some observations of my own: 1. Justice Kennedy was tough in [...]
I know that decisions later this Supreme Court Term will generate an altogether different reaction. However, on March 21, the Supreme Court did issue two, related rulings addressing the Sixth Amendment Right to Counsel during plea bargaining. In Lafler v. Cooper and Missouri v. Frye, the Court formally recognized the responsibility that defense counsel has [...]
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