Jan 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
A president’s ability to build a legacy by shaping the makeup of the Supreme Court is an important consideration in this election year. On inauguration day 2017, Justices Antonin Scalia and Anthony Kennedy will soon join Ruth Bader Ginsburg in their 80s, and Stephen...
Jan 14, 2016 | Family Law, Uncategorized
“Every now and then a man’s mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation and never shrinks back to its former dimensions.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. The Magnificent Yankee is a 1950 American film that examines the life of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. ...
Jan 7, 2016 | Florida Law, Uncategorized
There is currently pending in both houses of the legislature a bill that would impose term limits on Florida’s appellate judges. In response, Florida’s appellate judges have hired a lobbyist. The lobbyist who they hired is a controversial figure, former appellate...
Dec 30, 2015 | Uncategorized
. . .But yield who will to their separation, My object in living is to unite My avocation and my vocation As my two eyes make one in sight. . .1 Sir Winston Churchill was a British statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940-1945 and...
Dec 24, 2015 | Uncategorized
Hillsborough Circuit Judge Gregory Holder, a veteran, approved an agreement between prosecutors and a defendant’s attorney that spared the defendant a three-year mandatory sentence. Instead, the defendant, Clay Allred, received house arrest. Judge Holder’s...
Dec 10, 2015 | Uncategorized
A bronze statue of Edward Douglas White is a local landmark in the French quarter of New Orleans. The statue was dedicated on April 8, 1926. At that time, Confederate veterans still wearing their gray uniforms, stood about the scaffolding according to the Times...
