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Well, this would certainly be a welcome turnabout.  For many federal white collar defense practitioners, the Almendarez-Torres decision constituted an aberration from the wonders of Apprendi in the area of determinations of sentencing.  Apprendi properly placed the burden for any sentencing enhancements onto the shoulders of a jury. &nbsp

http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/449638/alito,_thomas_ This time, atop Justices Thomas and Scalia, you can add Samuel Alito to the roster of Supreme Court Justices engaged in rabidly partisan politics.  Members of the judiciary are, traditionally, to keep at arm’s length of political entanglements.  Yet, these three appa

I know … I know ….  In the midst of this blog, I post something intended to lecture attorneys on the dangers of social media. Nonetheless, despite the irony …. The attorney initially referenced, Sean Conway, was a classmate of mine at FSU Law back in the early 1990s.  His sanctioning was tragic (and, in my professiona

Again, another decision that I must appreciate from the Supremes.  Trust me, I rarely offer praise to a decidedly right-wing (5 Justices) Court — especially with our one-year anniversary of the tragedy that is Citizens United. However, the Ortiz v. Jordan opinion is another rational, and well-conceived decision, penned by Justice Gi

I am pleased to announce that the Firm has now purchased www.myconstitutionallawyer.com.  I know … the domain name is a little ‘wordy.’  However, it certainly expresses the point of the new site.  Initially, the plan is simply to divert users here; eventually, it is intended to become self-sustaining, and dedicated