WELL THAT WAS QUICK

 After months of blustering POTUS imposed a 200 million percent tariff on Mexico and Canada and then backed down a few hours later. Sort of like the parent who takes away TV privileges from their child but then lets them watch You Tube and Tik Tok videos. What lesson does the kid learn? The parent (POTUS) is a wimp. 

We were being served our pancake breakfast when news of the tariffs hit. Managment quickly snatched away the syrup saying it was now 40 bucks a shot, only to return it a few minutes later with their apologies. 

Well it is February and if you followed Rumpole's advice you avoided trials in January but now, like us, have a full trial schedule. Important practice tip: Lawyers from Miami should try and avoid cases being set for trial in Minnesota in early February. Are you kidding us? The coffee from Starbucks froze when we walked outside. 

So Justice Building Irregulars - who are your new favourite robe wearers  from the batch of newly minted judges (certain in their own mind their ascension was preordained by the Lord) and which ones are exhibiting that well known condition of robeitis - having never tried anything other than a bench trial in private practice they spout nonsense like this : 

"Counsel your motion to continue is denied. You've already had one in this capital murder case and should have gotten all your depositions done in the two months since arraignment. Plus if you read our practice order we require motions to continue to be fully briefed with the rules of criminal procedure and judicial administration to be cited with appropriate case law and a certification that you and opposing counsel have conferred in person for not less than one hour to narrow the issues before the court. Having done none of this, jury selection will start tomorrow so you can finish your depositions today...."

There are just some judges who are certain that their appointment/election means Circuit Court-District Court-Supreme Court- and the more delusional of them (and you've seen them) -POTUS. 

Do your best. Report their ridiculous behavior to their more experienced and grounded colleagues, and of course the blog. 

Coming Soon ( as soon we get a minute to breathe) Ominous Parallels. 

Oh yeah- if you don't like how quickly we post comments then go to Mr. Markus's blog. We are doing the best we can until we get some more blog interns. 

Speaking of which, Mr. Markus (the second best legal blogger in the country)  is on fire 🔥with some great posts including a federal Judicial DEI seminar that may now be illegal;  a US Attorney's Office whose moral is as low as the Miami-Dade SAO, or a Democrat in Congress,  and a Judge Rudy Ruiz order for a new trial that is not to be missed for its fairness and insightful analysis. Sometimes we get it right when we appoint judges. 

Check it all out here. 

DEI will be the New McCarthyism:  "Are you now or have you ever been a member of a group that supported diversity or equity or inclusion? Will the witness please remember that they are under oath and answer whether or not they attended a meeting in Miami Florida in which certain members of the Federal Judiciary celebrated (against the public policy of the United States) Black History Month with a symposium entitled (add your own version of a nasty sneer) "Layered Lives: The Intersection of Identity And Experience". 

If you attend, and you should, you might want to wear a burka as there is certain to be agents of DOGE recording people entering the event.  

Attending DEI events will be this generation's version of sitting in at Woolworth lunch counters in the South that refused to serve African Americans. You will be attacked and ridiculed (albeit mostly likely on X and IG). But it is the right thing to do. So do it.