Since the inception of this humble, yet widely read blog, we have entered the lexicon of South Florida Legal chat. "North of the Border" for example, is a phrase we invented and popularized; just last week on a zoom hearing a lawyer logged in from outside the Broweird courthouse and the judge said "oh I see you're north of the border...". While we did not invent Broweird, we expanded its use. "Robed Readers" is another phrase we brought into existence. And even our very existence has become a ubiquitous phrase, as in " you read the blog today?" "The Blog" means this blog in South Florida legal-speak, something we are rightfully proud of.
But nothing stands out as much as our use of the "royal we" in how we write. See our very first post here in which we discuss our use of the "royal we". It is unique in blogging. One might say it is a singular identifying characteristic that, in other unpleasant circumstances would allow the use of our writing style to be admitted at trial as 404(b) evidence, commonly known in Florida as "Williams Rule" evidence, against us.
It thus surprised us to read this wonderful order by US District Judge Roy Altman, blistering the government for, and there is no other conclusion after reading the order, of conspiring with federal agents to manufacture reports to save the case from being dismissed. Kudos to Judge Altman for calling out the evil empire for getting their fingers caught in the Maritime Enforcement Cookie Jar (another unique feature of this award-winning blog is that no one mixes metaphors as adroitly as we do).
Read On Macbeth, and let us know about what you think of the strange phraseology of the good Judge's order. Has he been....dare we say...."blog influenced?"
Order USA v. Asprilla, Et. Al. by Anonymous PbHV4H on Scribd
The erudite Altman has written this way since he was a child. More likely Rumpole, you take credit for this Order because of the May 14 comment you posted on DOM’s blog. Certainly because of that, the good judge immediately took pen to paper and over the next two days and wrote this Order. We all know you take credit for anything good.
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Yeah I don't see Trump judges running to help the defense bar. Well unless he's a defendant.
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I think your criticism of my flippant comment on the illustrious DOM's blog is well taken.
ReplyDeleteI think Judge Altman is as bright, hardworking, and as good a new judge as I have come across in a very long time. Trump got that pick right and even a broken clock is right twice a day.
And of cours I take credit for anything good happening in the south Florida legal community. I am an influencer non-pareil.
I think your criticism of my flippant comment on the illustrious DOM's blog is well taken.
ReplyDeleteI think Judge Altman is as bright, hardworking, and as good a new judge as I have come across in a very long time. Trump got that pick right and even a broken clock is right twice a day.
And of cours I take credit for anything good happening in the south Florida legal community. I am an influencer non-pareil.
Jeeze I left the typo of "of course" in twice and that's not nice
ReplyDeleteJudge Altman hardly called the government out. In fact he went so far as to say that he casts no blame on the government. Ridiculous. The government knew the case was kaput and attempted to salvage it by telling the Lieutenant, in so many words, what needed to be included in a supplemental report. As well, the AUSA handling the evidentiary hearings needs some remedial training in how to evaluate a case on the given facts and when to shut the f--- up and sit her ass down instead of asking ridiculous questions that bolsters the defense case. If that is representative of the talent level of the USAO for the Southern District of Florida, Mr. Lapointe needs to clean up what the last federalist regime left him.
ReplyDeleteJudge Altman hardly called the government out. In fact he went so far as to say that he casts no blame on the government. Ridiculous. The government knew the case was kaput and attempted to salvage it by telling the Lieutenant, in so many words, what needed to be included in a supplemental report. As well, the AUSA handling the evidentiary hearings needs some remedial training in how to evaluate a case on the given facts and when to shut the f--- up and sit her ass down instead of asking ridiculous questions that bolsters the defense case. If that is representative of the talent level of the USAO for the Southern District of Florida, Mr. Lapointe needs to clean up what the last federalist regime left him.
ReplyDeleteJudge Altman hardly called the government out. In fact he went so far as to say that he casts no blame on the government. Ridiculous. The government knew the case was kaput and attempted to salvage it by telling the Lieutenant, in so many words, what needed to be included in a supplemental report. As well, the AUSA handling the evidentiary hearings needs some remedial training in how to evaluate a case on the given facts and when to shut the f--- up and sit her ass down instead of asking ridiculous questions that bolsters the defense case. If that is representative of the talent level of the USAO for the Southern District of Florida, Mr. Lapointe needs to clean up what the last federalist regime left him.
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