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Alright, this is just plain embarrassing.  As a First Amendment advocate, I cannot fathom how the Florida Bar is attempting to censor — yes, I will use the term “censor,” here — citizen journalists. Freedom of the press is not limited to the private, incorporated press.  Rather, the right extends to every single ci

This is what we need to fear from Citizens United.  The opinion has no actual legitimate basis in constitutional interpretation.  It is purely and simply a tragedy of extraordinary proportions.  The decision hearkens back to a dark period in our constitutional odyssey:  the Gilded Era, and its haunting, corporatist opinions &mda

I suppose this will be the first personal rant for this blog.  Wow!  Long, long thirty-six hours … going off ninety minutes of sleep. However, a nice looking Opposition to Motion to Dismiss in a federal civil rights matter is done, and ready for filing. Being a attorney doing civil rights/constitutional cases is not easy.  Oft

I started off a long way back — during law school — as a clerk at a capital post-conviction organization (Volunteer Lawyers’ Resource Center, aka, “VLRC”).  It was a fulfilling experience and certainly opened my eyes to the reality of capital (death penalty) cases — both in trial and on post-conviction. &nbs

Over the past several years, I have repeatedly confronted these issues involving the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA). Does this law still have ‘teeth?’  Arguably, “yes.”  However, the commentator, below, is correct in second-guess its effectiveness against new waves of technology, especially when wield