tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-190399432024-03-18T22:54:27.046-04:00THE BLOGWhen you see something that is not right, not fair, find a way to get in the way and cause trouble.
Congressman John Lewis
Rumpolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08380575650255695462noreply@blogger.comBlogger4931125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-16583517301385255902024-03-18T11:01:00.002-04:002024-03-18T11:02:58.529-04:00HAPPY GIDEON DAY <p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #313131; font-size: 14pt;">In the summer of 1961, Clarence Earl Gideon faced a criminal
trial in a state court in Florida, on charges that he broke into a poolroom and
stole coins from a cigarette machine. He asserted his innocence and requested a
lawyer. That request was denied because, at the time, there was no right to a
court-appointed lawyer barring certain special circumstances. Gideon cross- examined
the state’s witnesses himself, without knowing the complexities of the criminal
procedure law. He was basically a lifelong drifter at the age of 51, with an
eighth-grade education. He was found guilty and sentenced to five years in
prison.</span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #313131; font-size: 14pt;">Writing from his prison cell in Florida, he sent a handwritten
petition to the United States Supreme Court arguing that the Constitution does
not allow poor people to be convicted and sent to prison without legal
representation. The time was finally right for this argument.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #313131; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #313131;">On
March 18, 1963, Justice Hugo Black, writing for a unanimous Court, stated: </span><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">“….reason
and reflection require us to recognize that in our adversary system of criminal
justice, any person haled into court, who is too poor to hire a lawyer, cannot
be assured a fair trial unless counsel is provided for him. This seems to us an
obvious truth….” and this right “may not be deemed fundamental and essential to
fair trials in some countries, but it is in ours.”</span></i></span><div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="color: red;">It is time for <i>Gideon</i> to be overruled.</span> The words of Justice Black clearly indicate that the court applied "reason and reflection" and not the original text of the constitution. In re-reading the constitution we can find NO MENTION of public defenders, much less regional counsel and court appointed lawyers. If states want criminal defendants to have free counsel that should be left to state legislatures to enact such laws if their citizens want them. And we are sure the public will rally around paying taxes for free lawyers for criminals. Gideon is nothing more than activist judges imposing their will on what they think is good for society and that is an anathema to the right. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">So let's hear all of our DeSantis judges make a speech today against <i>Gideon v. Wainwright</i> and decry the public defender system. Show your true colors. In for a penny in for a pound. As much as <i>Roe </i>was poorly written, the same analysis can be applied to <i>Gideon-</i> so DeSantis judges, time to stand up and show your true Federalist colors. Don't make any PD or RC3 appointments today. Write an order, and the next seat on the Supreme Court may be yours, as will a prime spot on Fox TV. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="<$BlogSiteFeedUrl$>" title="Atom feed">Site Feed</a></div>Rumpolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08380575650255695462noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-12923381048425110362024-03-15T16:16:00.003-04:002024-03-15T16:16:21.674-04:00REVENGE OF THE JEDI ii<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> FACDL </span>entered the MVZ/ SAO/ KFR/ LSMFT affray. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Do you think ...</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">1) The SAO has a <span style="color: red;">culture </span>that not just tolerated the underhanded actions of MVZ and his minions, but encouraged and applauded them? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">2) That the State Attorney <span style="color: #2b00fe;">wants real change</span> or just to <span style="color: red;">sweep </span>this under the rug. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">3) Do you think ALL of the cases that MVZ and his gang prosecuted and obtained convictions on should be reviewed? <span style="color: red;">And if so, by whom?</span> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">4) Who do you think the <span style="color: #ffa400;">D</span><span style="color: #01ffff;">olphi</span><span style="color: #ffa400;">ns</span> should draft in the first round? We like the center from Oregon Jackson Powers-Johnson (JPJ) but he might be available in the second round. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>
<p style="-x-system-font: none; display: block; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 12px auto 6px;"> <a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/713672547/FACDL-Miami-s-Demand-for-Reform#from_embed" style="text-decoration: underline;" title="View FACDL-Miami's Demand for Reform on Scribd">FACDL-Miami's Demand for Reform</a> by <a href="https://www.scribd.com/user/20087962/Anonymous-PbHV4H#from_embed" style="text-decoration: underline;" title="View Anonymous PbHV4H's profile on Scribd">Anonymous PbHV4H</a> on Scribd</p><iframe class="scribd_iframe_embed" data-aspect-ratio="0.7729220222793488" data-auto-height="false" frameborder="0" height="600" id="doc_63888" scrolling="no" src="https://www.scribd.com/embeds/713672547/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&access_key=key-EnL9DakcW2PYIkEj7Ms0" title="FACDL-Miami's Demand for Reform" width="100%"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="<$BlogSiteFeedUrl$>" title="Atom feed">Site Feed</a></div>Rumpolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08380575650255695462noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-19004806740467429882024-03-06T20:37:00.007-05:002024-03-08T18:46:28.940-05:00LYING LIARS<p><span style="color: red; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">UPDATE: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (SORT OF)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">In certain cultures they call this a <i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">mea culpa</span></i>: </span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXbo8KodshiDeh2BruyxZ_jyTseNchgz6JaEmSVpizftmRgqT-1Wdte4bN1suMYJ1DDVVQYNUvwz_dpbf_bV5JsQ01q3y_UC9BICooP9Tyx38-Z6otKUAbu0qgl5BvJFET9eL07Vbr2Gc7EBufFAwmsS4NefdOhe5jkTM_DygFMg7cBKGf_ebzNA/s1280/sao%20mvz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="718" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXbo8KodshiDeh2BruyxZ_jyTseNchgz6JaEmSVpizftmRgqT-1Wdte4bN1suMYJ1DDVVQYNUvwz_dpbf_bV5JsQ01q3y_UC9BICooP9Tyx38-Z6otKUAbu0qgl5BvJFET9eL07Vbr2Gc7EBufFAwmsS4NefdOhe5jkTM_DygFMg7cBKGf_ebzNA/w360-h640/sao%20mvz.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b><br /></b></p><p><b>UPDATE MVZ RESIGNED TODAY Color us as : TOO LITTLE TOO LATE </b></p><p><b> A BOMBSHELL order </b>rocked the REGJB Wednesday as Judge Wolfson found that the Dade County State Attorney's Office and ASA's Michael Von Zamft and Stephen Mitchell engaged in what we are calling a perversion of justice, witness tampering, disingenuous arguments to the Court, and general skullduggery that may warrant significant Bar sanctions in a death penalty case. </p><p>What outraged Judge Wolfson- rightfully so- was the attempted coverup as the prosecutors continually argued that the defense was NOT entitled to an evidentiary hearing on the allegations- allegations that were proven well beyond a reasonable doubt. For example Mr. Von Zamft, recorded on a jail call, telling a witness that if another witness did not want to testify as he wanted, he would "arrange" for her to be unavailable and just read her prior testimony. This stuff may well be criminal. </p><p>Word to our robed readers- when will you stop agreeing with prosecutors that defense motions do not need an evidentiary hearing? <span style="color: #2b00fe;">When will you start wondering what they are hiding? </span></p><p>Add to the wrongdoing detailed in the order, add to the obstruction of justice as to witnesses testifying additional evidence of prosecutors getting witnesses to meet at the City of Miami Police Department to review their discovery and coordinate their testimony- along with certain "favors" the police provided (use your imagination- it's worse than you can conjure up) and what we have is a bombshell of an order and conduct that shocks the conscience of the blog. And we are not easily shocked </p><p><span style="color: red;">And after you read it, think about this</span>- If Mssrs. Mitchell and Von Zamft did this in this case- in which they were caught<span style="color: red;"> red handed- </span> <span style="color: red;">what have they done in OTHER CASES in which they got away with their perversion of the criminal justice system? </span></p><p>Maybe just maybe this will open some judges' minds if not their eyes. </p>
<p style="-x-system-font: none; display: block; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 12px auto 6px;"> <a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/711268869/Bombshell-Order#from_embed" style="text-decoration: underline;" title="View Bombshell Order on Scribd">Bombshell Order</a> by <a href="https://www.scribd.com/user/20087962/Anonymous-PbHV4H#from_embed" style="text-decoration: underline;" title="View Anonymous PbHV4H's profile on Scribd">Anonymous PbHV4H</a> on Scribd</p><iframe class="scribd_iframe_embed" data-aspect-ratio="0.7727272727272727" data-auto-height="false" frameborder="0" height="600" id="doc_26287" scrolling="no" src="https://www.scribd.com/embeds/711268869/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&access_key=key-gD2k0IgD8SW4T6AC8Go6" title="Bombshell Order" width="100%"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="<$BlogSiteFeedUrl$>" title="Atom feed">Site Feed</a></div>Rumpolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08380575650255695462noreply@blogger.com158tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-90398202669717878252024-03-05T13:43:00.001-05:002024-03-05T13:43:05.102-05:00ORIGINAL INTENT <p><span style="font-size: medium;"> A thought occurred to us worthy of discussion. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The authors of the Fourteenth Amendment, those holy men whose intent must be devised and divined from the historical clues they left us, wrote Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment to make ineligible from holding office anyone who engaged in insurrection against the United States. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The current group of five of six conservative justices on the Supreme Court [hereinafter <i>Gang of 5 to 6</i>] wrote that article three cannot be applied until Congress enacts laws to explain how section three should be applied. In other words, section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment was meaningless when written, and will continue to be meaningless until Congress enacts additional legislation. The section is not self-executing and cannot be used until Congress does more. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Is there any other part of the Constitution that was meaningless upon ratification without more from Congress? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The Gang of 5-6 decide nothing that is not consistent with original intent. Thus, the Gang of 5-6 are saying that those who wrote section 3, and the States that ratified it as an amendment to the Constitution, all agreed that they were enacting a meaningless section without further action. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Interesting that for the first and only time, the Supreme Court has devised and divined that the framers of a part of the Constitution wrote something that they did not intend to be effective without more. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Hmmmm......</span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="<$BlogSiteFeedUrl$>" title="Atom feed">Site Feed</a></div>Rumpolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08380575650255695462noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-23205355029272566422024-03-04T15:05:00.004-05:002024-03-04T15:05:55.956-05:00SUPREME COURT TO COLORADO " DROP DEAD" <p><span style="font-size: medium;"> The US Supreme Court (Motto "<i>Wait, there are <b>two </b>political parties?</i>??" ) reversed the Colorado Supreme Court today and held that only that bastion of efficiency and decency and political moderation admired by the rest of the world - The US Congress - can remove President Trump from the ballot for being an insurrectionist and trying to overthrow the Presidential election results that were jiggered by Venezuelan Hackers in 2020. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">So much for "States rights" and returning the power to the States. That's all well and good </span><span style="font-size: large;">unless your Republican rearend is gored by a Democratic Ox- then it's </span><i style="font-size: large;">"well just hoooold on a second there cowboy...the states don't have any idea how to run things. Y'all need Congressional oversight on these matters." </i></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Here's the opinion and the (not) funny part is how a Trump judge tries to tell everyone that all nine members of the Court agreed, and the three judges with a brain huddled in a corner for comfort replied that the decision was not as unanimous as it might first appear. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="-x-system-font: none; display: block; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 12px auto 6px;"> <a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/710553545/Trump#from_embed" style="text-decoration: underline;" title="View Trump on Scribd">Trump</a> by <a href="https://www.scribd.com/user/20087962/Anonymous-PbHV4H#from_embed" style="text-decoration: underline;" title="View Anonymous PbHV4H's profile on Scribd">Anonymous PbHV4H</a> on Scribd</p><iframe class="scribd_iframe_embed" data-aspect-ratio="0.7729220222793488" data-auto-height="false" frameborder="0" height="600" id="doc_31984" scrolling="no" src="https://www.scribd.com/embeds/710553545/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&access_key=key-Oq4l7sl0dWF79XhkbGtM" title="Trump" width="100%"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="<$BlogSiteFeedUrl$>" title="Atom feed">Site Feed</a></div>Rumpolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08380575650255695462noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-34687258812746303592024-03-02T17:33:00.001-05:002024-03-02T17:33:18.777-05:00THE STORY OF RAY DAVIS <p><span style="font-size: medium;"> If you want an inspiring and uplifting story then click the link and read about Ray Davis, a remarkable young man who is about to get drafted into the NFL. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Both parents in prison, he missed school to care for his younger siblings. He never stopped believing in himself and eventually, with a little help from some angels in his life, he's on the verge of being drafted into the NFL. If it was up to us- based on character- he would be selected number one. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Even someone as grouchy as we are teared up at the court hearing that is reported in the story. We are not going to spoil it- it's a small part of a remarkable story. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Sometimes, the good-guys win. The story is in the Athletic, which is what took over for the NY Times when they disbanded their sports department. We didn't think it would work, but actually the Athletic does a fine job. </span></p><p><a href="https://theathletic.com/5293529/2024/02/29/ray-davis-nfl-draft-kentucky-vanderbilt/?source=user_shared_article"><span style="font-size: medium;">Click on the link and enjoy: Ray Davis. </span></a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="<$BlogSiteFeedUrl$>" title="Atom feed">Site Feed</a></div>Rumpolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08380575650255695462noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-1712769709557765482024-02-27T10:27:00.003-05:002024-02-27T11:21:41.561-05:00JUDGE HENDON HAS PASSED AWAY <p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> This is breaking news that we learned of this morning (Tuesday). We will update as we receive more information. This is both unexpected and terribly sad. Judge Hendon was amongst the best we in Miami-Dade had for the bench. His most recent appointment was the Third DCA. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfv0oIpj65RYxbleHX_c54MA5l5aFXnCkbILr9tMV1ferqi41iPZL6_yf64zqQk1gh-u3fOSgdxziJlVN63uIXylqAFLFxfwpk6Pdw4P1YVRIhHgcg6xVFXYOIuZBk5KkyuTOzq6yOQ3Ynboi42zESI6E2CWmISAuVeIuYelGNgsvh-KzvWHK-Rw/s350/39-Judge-Eric-Hendon.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="280" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfv0oIpj65RYxbleHX_c54MA5l5aFXnCkbILr9tMV1ferqi41iPZL6_yf64zqQk1gh-u3fOSgdxziJlVN63uIXylqAFLFxfwpk6Pdw4P1YVRIhHgcg6xVFXYOIuZBk5KkyuTOzq6yOQ3Ynboi42zESI6E2CWmISAuVeIuYelGNgsvh-KzvWHK-Rw/s320/39-Judge-Eric-Hendon.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br /><blockquote style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="im" style="color: #500050;"><div><div style="border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: 1pt solid rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0in 0in;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><b>From:</b> Judge Thomas Logue, Chief<br /><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 27, 2024 9:45 AM<br /><b>Subject:</b> Passing of the Honorable Eric William Hendon<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Dear Court Family:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">With a great sense of loss, I share with you that our colleague and brother, the Honorable Eric William Hendon, died last night at Baptist Hospital. He passed in comfort and love surrounded by his wife, Diane Kennedy Hendon, his son, Lt. Col. James Hendon, and his brother, Dr. Marvin Hendon.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Judge Hendon brought to this court decades of experience as a trial lawyer, appellate advocate, and trial judge, as well as kindness, humor, and good fellowship. He relished his work as an appellate judge and spoke with pride and appreciation of the talent and effort of all the members of the court family.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Judge Hendon lived a great life, overcoming much and achieving much. He was something of a child prodigy in music and education. He loved classical music, expensive cars, and traveling to virtually every corner of the world with his wife, Diane. His presence will be sorely missed. Please join me in keeping him and his family in your thoughts and prayers.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Sincerely,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Thomas Logue</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Chief Judge, Third District Court of Appeal of Florida,</span></p></div></div></blockquote><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="<$BlogSiteFeedUrl$>" title="Atom feed">Site Feed</a></div>Rumpolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08380575650255695462noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-59877082286598910202024-02-26T13:54:00.003-05:002024-02-26T13:54:39.744-05:00FLACO AND CONSTITUTIONAL LAW <p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4zPvIzqHS6yPRaWb36Ef1x3bRevvGDHUyyEojgVB22d3wNtBYvJrReJdO97s8XPghPQwnmtGUbji_pxoCaOCm1HfN35s4p76IDaL5QhJRAaXjbrGL1c5abeoCItcyzWgLqa_NaGvrkNRbTlFbr6J4Ze9GFpqxzL2F6bNRVKs2T7yP0RsereymUQ/s1024/flaco.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4zPvIzqHS6yPRaWb36Ef1x3bRevvGDHUyyEojgVB22d3wNtBYvJrReJdO97s8XPghPQwnmtGUbji_pxoCaOCm1HfN35s4p76IDaL5QhJRAaXjbrGL1c5abeoCItcyzWgLqa_NaGvrkNRbTlFbr6J4Ze9GFpqxzL2F6bNRVKs2T7yP0RsereymUQ/w400-h266/flaco.webp" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flaco The Owl. </td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Two topics to start off the week. The first is that Falco, a Eurasian Owl that had escaped the Central Park Zoo (as a law student we signed on to work on the case circa late 1970s to shut the old zoo down) died in NYC last week. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Like many New Yorkers, we were captivated by Flaco, who was born in captivity. He was freed last year by what the Zoo called an "<b><i>act of vandalism</i></b>" but about which we cheered. There were concerns that Flaco would starve but he soon proved to be an adept hunter of rats in Central Park. The Twitter (now X) feeds documenting Flaco are worth a look. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Like all New Yorkers, Flaco had wanderlust. He decamped to the Lower East Side last spring. The speculation was that he, like many of his fellow New Yorkers, was looking for love in the Village. He then returned to his favourite tree in Central Park, where he occasionally ventured into the Upper West Side, but like us, he apparently found it boring, and always returned home. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">We are going to say this one time</span>: <span style="color: red;">Animals belong in the wild and not in Zoos. Period. End of discussion. </span>You disagree? Go live in a cage for a year and let us know how you like it. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The second issue for the day </span>is the handwringing by Constitutional Law Professors over the teaching of Con Law now that the Court is populated by second level intellects of a certain political persuasion. <i>Oh what to do</i>? </span></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/26/opinion/constitutional-law-crisis-supreme-court.html"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The NY Times article is here. </span></a></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">When did you lose faith in the Court? </span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">For us we could say it was the opinion in <i>Wickard v. Filburn</i>, holding that a farmer could not consume the wheat he grew because of the greater good (altruistic collectivism in its most basic form). Or maybe it was <i>Buck v. Bell</i> upholding the forced sterilization of people with diminished mental capacity, which caused Justice Homes to write in 1927 that "<i><span style="color: red;">Three generations of idiots are enough</span></i>." Who said only the Nazis had a monopoly on eugenics?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">By the time the Court decided <i>Bush v. Gore</i> and stopped the counting of votes for President we were done, at least in the belief that the reasons behind the decisions were purely legal. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">And we predict it will even get worse. Our Governor selects Judges recommended by a conservative society who has lost its roots. Our wanna be judges fall all over themselves to ignore morality, common sense, and reason, and only employ a careful parsing of what idiot lawmakers in Tallahassee wrote (Unless its a pesky death penalty precedent, and then it's <i>"<b>Out with the old and in with the Right"</b></i> ). </span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Sorry but the death of Flaco just has us totally bummed. </span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="<$BlogSiteFeedUrl$>" title="Atom feed">Site Feed</a></div>Rumpolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08380575650255695462noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-71628368503308070632024-02-21T17:36:00.000-05:002024-02-21T17:36:01.384-05:00NEW JUDGES <p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Fresh off the campaign trail where he couldn't beat a rapist and accused felon, Governor DeSantis reluctantly turned his attention to Florida business and appointed four judges for Miami. In a surprising development only two of four were prosecutors. In a development that surprised nobody, none of them had any experience representing people accused of a crime. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">So more Desantis judges. More books being banned. More motions seeking to enforce rights under the constitution denied. Yawn...another day and more judges who have faithfully sworn to do nothing more than call balls and strikes. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">County Court Judge Carlos Gamez was appointed to the circuit court. He takes over the prestigious "<i>Aponte Division"</i>. Things are looking "Rosy" for Judge Gomez. </span></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Christine Hernandez was a state attorney and US Attorney and now she is a circuit judge. </span></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: georgia, times, serif; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"> </span><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-family: times; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Jennifer Hochstadt was appointed to the County Bench. She was an Assistant County Attorney. </span></span></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;"> </span><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-family: times; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Jason Reding Quiñones was appointed to the County Court. He is a former Fed... and so it goes. </span></span></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">As you can see, we are just soooo excited by all of this. </span></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="<$BlogSiteFeedUrl$>" title="Atom feed">Site Feed</a></div>Rumpolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08380575650255695462noreply@blogger.com37tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-84743300133466921842024-02-16T10:51:00.000-05:002024-02-16T10:51:18.780-05:00MYSTERY SOLVED <p><span style="font-size: medium;"> Ever wonder what that person wearing a robe sitting a few feet above everyone else is doing during court or during a trial? They stare intently at a CRT screen, frown a bit, and are fully engrossed in their endeavors. Surely they are putting the finishing touches on a groundbreaking law review article on the Fourth Amendment and Inevitable Discovery ("<i>How To Deny Every Motion To Dismiss With Confidence And Get That Appointment To The Appellate Court</i>") ; or maybe they are examining the dissent to an Alaskan Supreme Court case on an obscure point of law a lawyer just raised- legal scholars they. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">True Story;</span> During a rather admittedly boring and long pre-trial detention motion, the magistrate called us up side bar and we got there quicker than they were expecting and glimpsed their computer screen. After the government earnestly argued their objection and we responded and were royally dismissed with a wave, we stopped, turned and said "Black ten on red jack" and then kept walking. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Well, we know what Oklahoma Judge (now former judge) Traci Soderstram was doing during a murder trial- <span style="color: red;">texting her bailiff and making snarky and sexually suggestive comments about various participants in the trial. </span> <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/oklahoma-judge-resigns-after-accused-of-sending-hundreds-of-texts-during-murder-trial-204027973679">Here is one news report.</a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Traci is our first nominee for Judge of the year, 2024 edition. We are sure there will be others. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Lesson: during a boring trial or pre-trial detention hearing, play solitaire like the rest of the judges and don't text while on camera. DUH. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAEE9w8zt4jnXf8aABuiMzPZEagqnuO0YupuIlovzuggQKHcEG9bUDprBboppakw4K3B3wdhxIaOc_z-HMjTSavLlMfkoBvwLk4wIHxm98Ix-UGQbEZiqHmlQ3D0D-ZfLI1bfLd0QxK6SwyG1PWHMMhPsN4oolvNudn_s_lGEzberMrE6fKzVebg/s2388/Oklahoma%20judge%20resigns%20after%20accused%20of%20sending%20hundreds%20of%20texts%20during%20murder%20trial.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2388" data-original-width="1668" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAEE9w8zt4jnXf8aABuiMzPZEagqnuO0YupuIlovzuggQKHcEG9bUDprBboppakw4K3B3wdhxIaOc_z-HMjTSavLlMfkoBvwLk4wIHxm98Ix-UGQbEZiqHmlQ3D0D-ZfLI1bfLd0QxK6SwyG1PWHMMhPsN4oolvNudn_s_lGEzberMrE6fKzVebg/w280-h400/Oklahoma%20judge%20resigns%20after%20accused%20of%20sending%20hundreds%20of%20texts%20during%20murder%20trial.jpeg" width="280" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="<$BlogSiteFeedUrl$>" title="Atom feed">Site Feed</a></div>Rumpolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08380575650255695462noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-68542952976836626092024-02-14T14:33:00.001-05:002024-02-14T14:33:24.697-05:00HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY <p><span style="font-size: large;"><i> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro, Garamond, Baskerville, "Baskerville Old Face", "Hoefler Text", "Times New Roman", serif; text-indent: -1em;">She walks in beauty, like the night</span></i></span></p><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro, Garamond, Baskerville, "Baskerville Old Face", "Hoefler Text", "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Of cloudless climes and starry skies;<br /></i></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro, Garamond, Baskerville, "Baskerville Old Face", "Hoefler Text", "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>And all that’s best of dark and bright<br /></i></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro, Garamond, Baskerville, "Baskerville Old Face", "Hoefler Text", "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Meet in her aspect and her eyes;<br /></i></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro, Garamond, Baskerville, "Baskerville Old Face", "Hoefler Text", "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Thus mellowed to that tender light<br /></i></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro, Garamond, Baskerville, "Baskerville Old Face", "Hoefler Text", "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Which heaven to gaudy day denies.</i></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro, Garamond, Baskerville, "Baskerville Old Face", "Hoefler Text", "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro, Garamond, Baskerville, "Baskerville Old Face", "Hoefler Text", "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43844/she-walks-in-beauty">Lord Byron. </a></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro, Garamond, Baskerville, "Baskerville Old Face", "Hoefler Text", "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro, Garamond, Baskerville, "Baskerville Old Face", "Hoefler Text", "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">(it's not lyrics from you know who- rhymes with "drift"- we prefer the classics. And, oh yeah, we did not forget the apostrophe). </span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro, Garamond, Baskerville, "Baskerville Old Face", "Hoefler Text", "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; text-indent: -1em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="<$BlogSiteFeedUrl$>" title="Atom feed">Site Feed</a></div>Rumpolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08380575650255695462noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-75794162450327118552024-02-11T10:12:00.007-05:002024-02-11T20:42:30.290-05:00SUPER BOWL SUNDAY 2024<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;">Half time thoughts. </span><span>First, perhaps the worst half time show in the history of the super bowl. His mic didn't work, and that was the best part of a yawn fest. Whatever happened to<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_with_People_at_the_Super_Bowl"> Up With People? </a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Second, the under is looking very good. SF Defense is controlling the game, Mahomes doesn't have any one open to throw to. Hopefully Shanahan manages a lead better than his last two Super Bowl misadventures when as OC and Head Coach he blew half time leads. </span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;">Update: </span>Check out our SB trivia below. <span> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Welcome to Super Bowl Sunday, a bittersweet day. It has been a great 2023 Football season. The advent of online betting apps made the season so much fun. We had exciting games and playoff races and glimpsed a future where the Dolphins are relevant in end of season discussions. After today it's the NBA, college B Ball and Hockey until pitchers and catchers report. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Some Swiftie news</span>- her foreign fans visiting Japan for her concerts are as raucous as Grateful Dead roadies,<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/09/world/asia/taylor-swift-tokyo-japan.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare"> and the Japanese - notorious rule followers- <span style="color: red;"><i>your seat is your seat and you sit in it</i>-</span> are not happy. </a>Not like Springsteen in Jersey, where -<i>forgettaboutit-</i> everyone is up and dancing and having a good time. (The link is to a NY Times article and you need a subscription to read it- if you do not have one, maybe you should get on with your life and stop reading our blog). </span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;">On to the Superbowl!!!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The <span style="color: red;">49ers</span> are the favourite because unemotionally they are the better team. The line of SF -2 or -1.5 is what it is because the Books' goal is to balance the bets on both sides. If a book takes a million on SF and a million on KC they get 10% from the loser and that's how they make money. In other words, the sports books you are gambling with do not like to gamble. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The line is so low that we suggest taking the money line for MVP for your fav team. Think SF is going to win? Take the MVP odds for McCaffrey or Purdy at +160 or so and skip the -115 for SF. Similar to KC- take Mahomes MVP at +150 rather than KC at even money. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Both teams have good defenses. <span style="color: #2b00fe;">Take the under 47.5. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Our analysis: </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;">SF</span> is the better team . Professional money is flowing on<span style="color: red;"> SF </span>and yet we like <span style="color: red;">KC</span> for reasons other than Mahomes. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Reason 1-</span> <span style="color: red;">KC</span> has the better defensive coordinator- Steve Spagnuolo. He has been a genius in the playoffs, stopping Ravens QB and season MVP Lamar Jackson and containing the Bills all world QB Josh Allen and giving his team a chance to win both games. As to the Super Bowl? <span style="color: red;">Can you say "blitz"?</span> Spags will pressure Purdy with extra linebackers and bring up safeties to stop the run until SF has an answer. By then it could be 21-10 and the game will be over. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Reason 2-</span><span style="color: red;"> SF's</span> kicker is ifffy at best. Jake Moody, a rookie third round pick, missed the game winning FG against the Browns during the season and has been shaky throughout the season. Harrison Butker, <span style="color: red;">KC'</span>s kicker has been money- making tricky kicks in -20 degree weather against the Fins in the playoffs, and on the frozen field in Buffalo during the AFC championship. If it is a close game ( and we think it will be) Butker, the more experienced and reliable kicker could be the difference. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Props-</span> now that we have betting apps, props have exploded, Here are some of our favourites</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;">SF</span> receiver Ayouk <span style="color: #2b00fe;">under 4.5 receptions</span>. He averages 4 receptions per game and KC will be locking him down with their best CB. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;">KC</span> or<span style="color: red;"> SF</span> (we bet both) turnover on the first drive, $100 pays $750 - have some fun. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Speaking of fun, <span style="color: #2b00fe;">Nick Bosa </span><span style="color: red;">(SF)</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> or Felix Anudike-Uzomah </span><span style="color: red;">(KC) </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">anytime TD- +15,000. </span>Yes you read that right- a defensive lineman sack-scoop-td pays $1,500 on a ten-dollar bet. We took each for a C-Note because we will not just be eating during the Super Bowl, but drinking our new fav Michelob hard seltzers. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Chiefs RB Isiah Pacheco <span style="color: #2b00fe;">over 67.5 yards running</span>. If you like the under as we do, then the Chiefs will be running the ball. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Check back later for updates. </span>As we said earlier in the week, the coin-toss in the Vegas desert is trick, the difference in temperature outside the stadium ( and it's been cold and rainy all week) versus inside the stadium, along with no wind, dry air, the person tossing the coin, have all thrown our simulations into uncharted territory. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Enjoy the super bowl with friends and family. It's a fun day and so long as you haven't cut and cord and<span style="color: red;"> lost your Hulu log in </span>(or in this case isn't Paramount Plus airing the game?) you should have a great time. Or maybe walk to the neighborhood bar and watch it there with a sad serving of chicken nuggets. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Our Super Bowl fare will include our <span style="color: red;">fav NYC Pizza restaurant- Joes! W</span>hich now has a <span style="color: #ffa400;">Miami outlet-</span> and they deliver!! We will post a picture of our pie during the game. What's your go to Super Bowl food? </span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">SUPER BOWL TRIVIA No Goggling just for fun. </span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">1) </span> One player was on the super bowl winning team on his birthday which was the age of the super bowl. For example if a player won super bowl 45 and turned 45 that day. Which player had a birthday to remember? </p><p>2) Four players have over 400 total yards (not passing so no QBs) in their super bowl career. Hint - two come from one team. </p><p>3) Which Super Bowl had what ended up being the most hall of famers play - meaning looking back after a player retired and was elected to the HOF at least 18 !! of them played in what was a Super Super Bowl game. Which super bowl or name the two teams. We think one had 11 and the other had 7. </p><p>4) If the running back scores a TD, he will be the second running back to score two Super Bowl TDs in their first two years in the league. Who was the first and only back to date to this? </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="<$BlogSiteFeedUrl$>" title="Atom feed">Site Feed</a></div>Rumpolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08380575650255695462noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-35673676044527891322024-02-08T12:48:00.003-05:002024-02-09T12:17:44.226-05:00SWIFT AND SURE <p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">SUPER BOWL BETTING TIP</span>: The Swifties cannot find a song equal to Tiny Dancer, so throughout the weekend we will be giving you some Super Bowl betting tips- this one from Matty Meatballs, a professional bettor who lives in Vegas. You can bet the Chiefs on the money line and get +105 or +110 meaning that without points a 100 bet returns 105 to 110. <span style="color: #2b00fe;">OR you can get Mahomes as the MVP for +130- </span> so if you like the Chiefs, play the Mahomes MVP and get better value.<span style="color: #2b00fe;"> Case in point,</span> Meatballs was part of a consortium that spread seven figures among a dozen books last year during the NBA finals on Nikola Jokic winning the MVP and not his Denver Nuggets winning the series. The bets paid off handsomely and generated about 25% more in odds than a bet on Denver. </p><p><br /></p><p>As promised, heading into Super Bowl weekend we renew our feud with the Swifties. </p><p>We start with Ms. Dunderhead's new album. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNaJAK3UkwtH5yc_ojaRw4nbDY5W8vRz4lFtAVSr2SYxDi7V40LnwV0x-RXNzV-0ihkEbnJYfkduvXPMep9CiV6qC0ZBKkYWulsrkhwKOHet8_0-baCX-JtRfok9c2KXcw0_rkw7dx_fhS2KuIK-ebv65LR_TYNEXf51vXoCyaY9xghpQ6KAq93A/s800/TheTorturedPoetsDepartmentStandardDigitalAlbum_800x.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNaJAK3UkwtH5yc_ojaRw4nbDY5W8vRz4lFtAVSr2SYxDi7V40LnwV0x-RXNzV-0ihkEbnJYfkduvXPMep9CiV6qC0ZBKkYWulsrkhwKOHet8_0-baCX-JtRfok9c2KXcw0_rkw7dx_fhS2KuIK-ebv65LR_TYNEXf51vXoCyaY9xghpQ6KAq93A/s320/TheTorturedPoetsDepartmentStandardDigitalAlbum_800x.webp" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;">Someone get this girl an editor!</span> It should be either "<span style="color: #2b00fe;">The Tortured Poet's Department</span>" if it's one poet, or the "<span style="color: #2b00fe;">Tortured Poets' Department"</span> if it's a bunch of tortured poets. And if these poets are listening to her insipid swill, we know why they are tortured. </span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">We promised a song off, and we will start. Without using the heavy artillery just yet, we submit for you this song, bubble-gummy in nature, which is miles better than anything she squeals, be it in Tokyo where she is this weekend, or in a Super Bowl box where she will be Sunday. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Al8UHnjusq0?si=t78o3g0x1KG6k6gC" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="<$BlogSiteFeedUrl$>" title="Atom feed">Site Feed</a></div>Rumpolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08380575650255695462noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-53212718384276141472024-02-06T01:30:00.002-05:002024-02-06T09:28:17.210-05:00BITE ME <p><span style="font-size: medium;"> This is what you say to the arrogant prosecutor who tells you their lab report and scientists have determined that your client is guilty. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Remind them that their office was one of the first to use the new, exciting, and now shown to be a totally fraudulent "science" of bite mark identification. Then ask them if they know how many defendants their office convicted on bite mark ID? Then, if you want to be really cruel, ask them if they know the office that sent Neil and Slappy to the Florida Supreme Court? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Then you can use the crude pejorative, send them this link, and go investigate their science.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The real point is, as one great and now departed criminal defense attorney told us when we were in law school, the only thing you waive (wave) in trial is the <span style="color: red;">American </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Flag</span>. Remember that it is our job as criminal defense attorneys to question everything- no matter how<span style="color: red;"> red </span>in the face your judge gets for wasting their time, and no matter how much the prosecution and even sometimes the judge threatens your client with a trial tax. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Rumpole tip-</span> when a prosecutor threatens an increased sentence after trial, ask them to put it in writing. They won't. They know it is a violation of their ethical duties, and yet they do it all the time and the outrage from the criminal defense community is far far less than we believe it should be. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Anyway, read the article and get inspired to fight. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/bite-mark-analysis-no-basis-science-people-prison-rcna133870">Bite Mark Analysis is Junk Science. </a></span></p><p><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="<$BlogSiteFeedUrl$>" title="Atom feed">Site Feed</a></div>Rumpolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08380575650255695462noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-70639482612414335072024-02-03T11:14:00.002-05:002024-02-03T11:14:29.071-05:00FORMER JUDGE RALPH PERSON HAS PASSED AWAY<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> There is a lot that we can say about former Judge Ralph Person. He served in the REGJB during the 1980s and for a time was the chief administrative judge for the criminal division. He was a judge's judge. We often muttered to ourselves while appearing before him that we were glad we never encountered him at a poker table- you never knew how he was going to rule. He was fair; smart; kind; judicious; experienced- the kind of judge you want in a case. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">All of that should be said about him before noting something that is important, but is not critical to who he was. He was, we believe, the first African American administrative judge of the criminal division in Miami. Our point is that his race did not define him- his abilities did. He passed away this week at age 79 and the <a href="https://www.gregglmasonfh.com/obituary/judge-ralph-person">obituary (with a picture) is here.</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">There is one more thing to say about Judge Person, and because this is an REGJB blog, it unfortunately must be said. His downfall was Shakespearian in nature. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The Court Broom corruption scandal broke across the Miami legal community in 1992 like a bomb going off. Circuit and County Court judges were arrested and indicted in federal court for a variety of bribery schemes, the largest of which was circuit judges selling lucrative court appointments for kickbacks. Circuit Judges Gelber, and Sepe went to prison, as did former circuit judge David Goodhart, and County Judge Harvey Shenberg (for selling a CI's identity for tons of cash). Lawyers who paid the judges kickbacks also went to prison. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Judge Person had nothing to do with all of that. And here's where his story takes an awful turn. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The feds needed a judge of impeccable character to testify to the jury about the code of judicial ethics and what a judge could and could not do. The obvious choice was the most respected judge in the REGJB at the time- Judge Ralph Person. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Unbeknownst to everyone, Judge Person had borrowed money from a lawyer, and that lawyer still practiced before him. It was not bribery, but it was wrong, and the defense found out, and they -rightfully so -threw a haymaker punch against the government's case. It did not work, all the judges except for Phil Davis, were convicted. Davis has his own downfall story, and currently is in state prison, but that is a blog post for another day. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Person resigned. No criminal charges were filed, but the bar went after him like a judge chasing a lawyer for a fundraiser. He resigned from the bench immediately, and then the bar, and we lost one of the best judges to serve in Miami, because like all of us, he had some human frailties. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">We do not know how he spent the next thirty years of his life. We lost touch with him. We hope he found peace in his life, and we mourn his passing as a good man and a great judge undone by a tragedy that would have been rejected as a script for a Hollywood movie. </span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="<$BlogSiteFeedUrl$>" title="Atom feed">Site Feed</a></div>Rumpolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08380575650255695462noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-70564250515412190192024-02-02T12:07:00.002-05:002024-02-02T12:07:19.974-05:00AI <p><span style="font-size: medium;"> The Florida Bar has issued an opinion on AI, on the heels of their last-much anticipated opinion on the internet released last week ("<i>The internet also known as the world wide web has the potential to help lawyers and clients through the use of such innovations as email. We however urge caution as electronic data will never replace letters, paper filing and lawyers appearing in court...</i>").</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">You don't have to read the whole thing, and of course if you wear a robe to work, you don't have to read any of it, you have <a href="https://www.king.com/game/candycrush">better things for your time. </a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">But here is our summary-</span> AI is good and useful and if you use it the wrong way <span style="color: red;">we will sanction you. </span></span></p><p><br /></p>
<p style="-x-system-font: none; display: block; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 12px auto 6px;"> <a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/703195930/FL-Bar-Ethics-Op-24-1#from_embed" style="text-decoration: underline;" title="View FL Bar Ethics Op 24 1 on Scribd">FL Bar Ethics Op 24 1</a> by <a href="https://www.scribd.com/user/20087962/Anonymous-PbHV4H#from_embed" style="text-decoration: underline;" title="View Anonymous PbHV4H's profile on Scribd">Anonymous PbHV4H</a> on Scribd</p><iframe class="scribd_iframe_embed" data-aspect-ratio="0.7729220222793488" data-auto-height="false" frameborder="0" height="600" id="doc_97929" scrolling="no" src="https://www.scribd.com/embeds/703195930/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&access_key=key-BFB51eY1xaQsivcrkhJ6" title="FL Bar Ethics Op 24 1" width="100%"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="<$BlogSiteFeedUrl$>" title="Atom feed">Site Feed</a></div>Rumpolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08380575650255695462noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-17302963618458694712024-01-31T16:05:00.002-05:002024-01-31T16:05:22.920-05:00COWABUNGA!<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> The hallways of the REGJB are alive with chatter, most centering on the antics of a certain circuit judge, in her first term. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The rumors have reached us all the way here, in the semi-frozen north, as we await a verdict. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Our thoughts on the Judge who recently threatened <span style="color: red;">to hold a lawyer in contempt</span> who wanted to leave around 5pm to <span style="color: #2b00fe;">pick up their children? </span></span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">COWABUNGA! </span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;">(H/T to our Justice Building Irregulars who flooded our email with reports of this outrage).</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">You would think our judge would know better after the contretemps a few years ago of the county court judge harassing a female lawyer who needed a break to pump milk for her child. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Let's try to imagine the reasoning that went into the threat. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>I'm a circuit judge, which means I am smarter than you and more important than you. </i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>What you want to do upsets my plans. So you cannot do it, even though it involves your child.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Perhaps our Judge wants the lawyer to write a letter of apology? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Dear Judge, </i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Sorry I am a parent with a young child that is in childcare when I work. I will try and avoid the mistake in the future. Please do not hold me in contempt. </i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Yeah, this one is a real winner. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">And people wonder why we try cases in other states. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="<$BlogSiteFeedUrl$>" title="Atom feed">Site Feed</a></div>Rumpolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08380575650255695462noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-20321665558589702032024-01-30T09:53:00.001-05:002024-01-30T09:53:13.715-05:00OR ELSE <p><span style="font-size: medium;"> Appellate Judges live and work in a rarified air. They are ensconced in their chambers reading records on appeal (and if you believe that we have a bridge for you to buy), dazzling their clerks with their brilliant legal insights, insightful writing and legal analysis. Appellate judges are the only people (other than the governor's legal staff) that trial judges cozy up to, other than judicial fundraisers. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">They have the power to set aside a verdict, release a prisoner (in theory at least), strike down a law, and order government officials around the way a trial court judge treats waiters at Sexy Fish. </span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;">So this is what puzzles us, why are they constantly issuing orders threatening lawyers? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>"This appeal will be <span style="color: red;">dismissed </span>unless the appellant 1) pays the filing fee by tomorrow; 2) files their brief by next week; 3) files the directions to the clerk by 3pm today..."</i> and on and on it goes, the lists of things that apparently turns them red in the face. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">True power means you don't have to threaten people to get them to do something. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Federal judges issue orders- trial is set for....the status conference is set for....etc., and they don't threaten sanctions and disaster. Judges expect attorneys to follow orders...well, attorneys who don't work for former presidents. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;">Memo to the Appellate Courts and their clerks</span>- try a little kindness. Karma Kramer. Be nice. Pay it forward. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Try this on for size: "<i>Counsel for the appellant is kindly requested to pay the filing fee by tomorrow, it probably slipped your mind...</i>" or <i>"We know you're busy. We are all busy. It would impress the panel if the brief is filed by February 14, after which counsel and their significant other can celebrate with a nice Valentine's 💖 dinner." </i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The Florida Supreme Court talks so much about bringing back respect and professionalism into the law. How about a little professional courtesy and kindness? </span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">Stop threatening us. It just makes a bad day worse. Nobody likes a bully. </span></p><p><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="<$BlogSiteFeedUrl$>" title="Atom feed">Site Feed</a></div>Rumpolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08380575650255695462noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-23534568798114709162024-01-29T12:13:00.005-05:002024-01-29T12:13:51.646-05:00ZOOM 2024 <p><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span> Courtesy of the FACDL, here's an updated Zoom list. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Zoom away. There's a lot more to this post. Even a challenge from the Swifties #Swifties. Make sure to scroll to the end. </span></p>
<p style="-x-system-font: none; display: block; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 12px auto 6px;"> <a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/702229911/ZOOM-Virtual-Courtroom-Directory-2024#from_embed" style="text-decoration: underline;" title="View ZOOM Virtual Courtroom Directory 2024 on Scribd">ZOOM Virtual Courtroom Directory 2024</a> by <a href="https://www.scribd.com/user/20087962/Anonymous-PbHV4H#from_embed" style="text-decoration: underline;" title="View Anonymous PbHV4H's profile on Scribd">Anonymous PbHV4H</a> on Scribd</p><iframe class="scribd_iframe_embed" data-aspect-ratio="1.2941176470588236" data-auto-height="false" frameborder="0" height="600" id="doc_65459" scrolling="no" src="https://www.scribd.com/embeds/702229911/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&access_key=key-QxB4qm7K5kizmuRx7UYO" title="ZOOM Virtual Courtroom Directory 2024" width="100%"></iframe> <div><span style="font-size: medium;"> Courtesy of The Florida Bulldog blog, the Florida Bar, which never passes up a chance to investigate a criminal defense lawyer ("We have received a complaint that you wore a blue tie with a yellow shirt and black suit. Please respond within twenty days...") the Bar has passed up the invitation from Judge Middlebrooks to sanction the Trump lawyers in one of the 1000 or so frivolous lawsuits brought and dismissed. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">We reported on the<a href="https://justicebuilding.blogspot.com/2023/01/uncivil-law.html"> Middlebrooks order here </a> and the <a href="https://www.floridabulldog.org/2024/01/florida-bar-gives-trumps-tainted-broward-counsel-pass-bedevils-lawyer-desantiss-shitlist/?rmail=1#more-22820">Bulldog barks here</a>. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Initial super bowl thoughts.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"> Coins and dice bounce funny in Vegas. The coin toss has us worried. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">We tangled with the Swifties the other day and they immediately made their position known in the comments. <span style="color: red; font-style: italic;">We ain't ascared. </span><span>We fight the US government every day. A bunch of teenage girls doesn't scare us...Much....well....maybe a little. </span><span style="color: red; font-style: italic;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">85-1 are the odds that Travis Kelce proposes on national TV to you know who, (Rhymes with Drift) after being named MVP of the Super Bowl. Make the bet. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="<$BlogSiteFeedUrl$>" title="Atom feed">Site Feed</a></div>Rumpolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08380575650255695462noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-12828516563046851932024-01-27T18:02:00.001-05:002024-01-27T18:02:52.740-05:00CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY 2024 <p><span style="font-size: medium;"> Here we are, down to three football games for 2024. Two will be played on Championship Sunday and the rule for the day is to keep emotion out of your selections. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;">KC </span>at<span style="color: #ff00fe;"> Baltimore. </span>We have a visceral dislike of both teams. We are tired of seeing Mahomes in the Super Bowl, and tired of seeing his TE's girlfriend jumping around in luxury boxes. We can quote from Blackstone, but we cannot tell you one song Ms. Swift has sung. Nor do we ever care to know. We have other issues with the <span style="color: #ff00fe;">Ravens</span> which go back a long time. Suffice to say we cannot bring ourselves to root for either team. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">But here is our advice.</span> The smart money- the professional money- the unemotional money- went on the <span style="color: #ff00fe;">Ravens </span>as soon as the line was posted as <span style="color: #ff00fe;">Ravens -3.</span> It was bet up to 4, at which point the chatter was how can you not take <span style="color: red;">KC</span> and Mahomes in an AFC Championship game and 4 points? And the answer is that he doesn't win all his big games. <span style="color: red;">Ask Tampa Bay and Brady.</span> The Raven played the 49ers a few weeks ago when San Fran was being called the best team in the NFL and the <span style="color: #ff00fe;">Ravens</span> beat them like E. Jean Carrol suing Trump. It was a total rout. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The weather will be bad, so the <span style="color: #2b00fe;">under 44.5 </span>is enticing as well as the under <span style="color: #2b00fe;">214.5 passing yards for Jackson.</span> The <span style="color: #ff00fe;">Ravens </span>have a better defense and a better run game, so if they get a lead, they will run and Jackson's passing yards will be held down. Fun game for sure, we just cannot root for either team. <span style="color: #2b00fe;">But the pick is Ravens -4 hosting their first ever AFC championship game. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Lions</span> at <span style="color: red;">49ers.</span> This is an easier game to pick. All good things must come to an end, and that includes the<span style="color: #2b00fe;"> Lions </span>magical run.<span style="color: red;"> San Fran</span> is the better team, and they are especially better outside. The numbers for Goff, the<span style="color: #2b00fe;"> Lions</span> QB playing outside are dismal this year. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Jared Goff in a dome: 104.0 rating, 69% completions, 7.9 yds per pass, 23 TD-8 INT; </span><span style="color: #0f1419;">
</span><span style="color: red;">Jared Goff outdoors: 87.9 rating, 64.5%, 7.0 yds per pass, 7 TD, 4 INT
Jared Goff on grass: 82.0 rating, 63.6% completion, 6.5 yds per pass, 5 TD, 4 INT</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The<span style="color: #2b00fe;"> Lions</span> are a team with a future, but the<span style="color: red;"> 49ers</span> are a team for today. The are back in the NFC championship for the second year in a row, this time with their QB. They have the best runner in football with McCafferty, and they are playing at home. <span style="color: red;">San Fran</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> -7 and over 52 and take the over passing yards for both QBs- 256 for Goff and 276.5 for Purdy. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">We would like to see the Lions win; we just do not think they will. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Have fun and bet it all...you can always make more money. </span></p><p><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="<$BlogSiteFeedUrl$>" title="Atom feed">Site Feed</a></div>Rumpolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08380575650255695462noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-48409028145494387612024-01-26T08:07:00.003-05:002024-01-26T08:10:16.934-05:00WHATS'S THE DOUGHBOY AFRAID OF?<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> Before we begin, the<span style="color: red;"> State of Alabama </span>( Motto: "Trump Y'all!") gassed one of its citizens yesterday. Anybody care?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">When we were in Boston, well before Mr. Markus was roaming the halls of<i><span style="color: red;"> Hahvahrd Lawh</span></i> School becoming radicalized, there was a small ice cream company in Vermont called Ben and Jerrys that was trying to break into the Boston market. Pillsbury, which owned Haagen Dazs told stores if they sold Ben and Jerrys they would pull Haagen Dazs from their shelves. Ben and Jerry's responded with billboard ads and bumper stickers in Boston with the slogan </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">"</span><span style="color: red;">What's</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span><span style="color: #04ff00;">the</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> Doughboy</span><span style="color: #ffa400;"> Afraid</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Of</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">?"</span><span> At a time when most people in the 1970s didn't use Instagram, the campaign worked, and eventually everyone could eat Chunky Monkey after dinner. </span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcuH_M1uMQfR24Vq2WAysKeC8ccDvAPyzE3L_OLyGybBiS-_vjtFWVXYqIwbzxjF1uWRZ0cR0i80PDOWaEDTfBuaI4qkgmtrcy-9OvTECvVK9V7iXQ6uyzaZRWt6nqljKWxYzBp7qFn62bQBc43SzMhf_EFXCR0-bx0iAPcm0n0dviXbML0HqfMg/s599/DoughboySticker-copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="205" data-original-width="599" height="110" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcuH_M1uMQfR24Vq2WAysKeC8ccDvAPyzE3L_OLyGybBiS-_vjtFWVXYqIwbzxjF1uWRZ0cR0i80PDOWaEDTfBuaI4qkgmtrcy-9OvTECvVK9V7iXQ6uyzaZRWt6nqljKWxYzBp7qFn62bQBc43SzMhf_EFXCR0-bx0iAPcm0n0dviXbML0HqfMg/s320/DoughboySticker-copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Bumper Sticker- sort of like Instagram without the internet</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Which brings us to Federal Court and phones. "<span style="color: #2b00fe;">What's the Doughboy afraid of? </span>When Rocky beats Clubber Lang in the rematch in Rocky III after losing the title to him, he lets Lang repeatedly hit him and responds "<i><b>you ain't so bad</b></i>". He was opening up to his fear, experiencing the worst and moving through it. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;">So what's the worst that could happen in Federal Court? </span> A person surreptitiously records a judge sentencing a defendant above the guidelines for going to trial and losing? <i>"Mr. Jones knew the risks when he went to trial. When you exercise your sixth amendment rights and lose, you pay the price." </i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">We survived Covid; the federal judiciary appears strong enough to survive an iPhone. This is one of those rare occasions when State courts have successfully navigated an issue the feds seem incapable of resolving. It is not like<i> Snaptok</i> is full of videos of judges denying motions to suppress. They just call their balls and strikes, enforce abortion restrictions, stomp on the tattered remains of the Fourth Amendment without social media exposure and move on. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">And all of this is a prelude to a couple of federal trials with a former president that are looming. Any chance the judges buy new robes and let a camera in to broadcast the proceedings? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="color: #2b00fe;">"</span><span style="color: red;">What's</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span><span style="color: #04ff00;">the</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> Doughboy</span><span style="color: #ffa400;"> Afraid</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Of</span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">?"</span> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbccLuprpmpf8UprPnhVL07XNxuIPzjA5fbLpIWZpDuTWTANrkoBaP1fr-1Tm33fxvltshgP9juTIRvSxqJQvwIkBKjNQ6Cifz7JlN3k6hvZLDxZNfEFTDLnHWUB2T8dEveGKEF4nucDAfLH0P7zBPVHAki1-Lah7Dt_YZv9TnF739CTmRNVFLUQ/s640/jerry%20doughboy.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="449" data-original-width="640" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbccLuprpmpf8UprPnhVL07XNxuIPzjA5fbLpIWZpDuTWTANrkoBaP1fr-1Tm33fxvltshgP9juTIRvSxqJQvwIkBKjNQ6Cifz7JlN3k6hvZLDxZNfEFTDLnHWUB2T8dEveGKEF4nucDAfLH0P7zBPVHAki1-Lah7Dt_YZv9TnF739CTmRNVFLUQ/s320/jerry%20doughboy.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="<$BlogSiteFeedUrl$>" title="Atom feed">Site Feed</a></div>Rumpolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08380575650255695462noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-29800110043259719222024-01-23T18:24:00.002-05:002024-01-23T18:25:11.699-05:00JUST WONDERING <p><span style="font-size: medium;"> Before we get to what is on our mind, let us say a<span style="color: #2b00fe;"> fond farewell to Sports Illustrated. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">SI was a magazine that covered sports. For you lawyers under 30 or DeSantis Judges, a magazine was a collection of articles and pictures, in actual physical form that, if you subscribed, was delivered in the mail. The mail was physical documents like magazines, letters, and bills that had your home or office address and was brought to you by a US government employee. The cost of the service was paid via a stamp that was purchased from a post office. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">SI had a great collection of writers like Frank DeFord, Rick Riley, Dan Jenkins, Jim Murray (from LA), Peter Gammons on baseball, Leigh Montville- a curmudgeon from Boston, George Plimpton, and others. It was superb journalism and sports writing and this week SI fired everyone. Maybe AI will write SI, but we won't read it. <span style="color: red;">RIP SI. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;">JUST WONDERING. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Unlike appellate courts, we like hypotheticals. So indulge us. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Let's say the Republican candidate for president is convicted of criminal charges in the State of New York. And then he is convicted of federal charges in District Court in Washington DC over the summer/fall. And then he wins the presidential election. And then he is sentenced to 60 months in prison. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Does the BOP have the facilities for a State dinner? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">In the event of a nuclear attack, will someone have to file an emergency petition for release so POTUS can be taken on Air Force One to a secure facility? We note that in the event of a submarine launched ballistic missile attack the president has about 7 minutes to get out of dodge. We can't get the BOP to do anything in less than 70 minutes much less 7. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Will the cabinet have to go to Coleman? And will anybody be allowed to being in cell phones or will POTUS have to stand in line like everyone else to use the phone? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Given his penchant for firing lawyers, do you think for some commissary and a payment to a relative on the outside that he hires a jailhouse lawyer to do his appeal? Given his penchant for firing Secretaries of Defense, and Attorney Generals, do you think he appoints a cellmate as an interim cabinet member not needing senate approval?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Does the probation officer who does the PSR have to get security clearance? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The questions just go on and on. What we know for sure is that while the framers approved of flogging (which isn't a half bad idea....nah skip it) and the entire judiciary of the United States appointed after 2000 firmly believes that whatever was good enough for the framers is good enough now, the Constitution does not disqualify felons, rapists, or liars from holding office as President. Better we have an American convicted of some 90 felonies, than some guy born in, let's say for argument's sake, Africa. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">And make no mistake about this. More than 40% of the voters in this upcoming election firmly believe 1) global warming is fake news; 2) the 2020 presidential election was stolen through a conspiracy involving a dead Venezuelan dictator, and in a remarkable sting of bad luck, every single judge assigned to the former president's cases is bad, biased, and out to get him- much like all of his former secretaries of defense. </span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;">In other words, this guy has worse luck than the Buffalo Bills, and that is saying a lot! </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Anyway, this is a whole lot to think about, and time is running out to make some decisions. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="<$BlogSiteFeedUrl$>" title="Atom feed">Site Feed</a></div>Rumpolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08380575650255695462noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-73668965731432313002024-01-21T08:53:00.000-05:002024-01-21T08:53:07.807-05:00PLAYOFF SUNDAY 2024 <p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> We went 2-0 on our picks yesterday.</span> Naturally. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The Texans kept it close for the first half, but then the Ravens pulled away, while the Packers lead late in the fourth quarter before the 49'ers took the lead. <span style="color: #04ff00;">Green Bay </span>had a chance to win it, but Love threw a late INT and the game was over. </span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;">We see the two playoff games today in a similar way. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;">Tampa,</span> like Houston, has had a great and improbable run. It ends today in Detroit. Take the <span style="color: #2b00fe;">Lions </span>at home -6. It may be close for a while, but Baker Mayfield is not beating Detroit in Detroit. Period. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Meanwhile the game of the weekend is the last game Sunday. The <span style="color: red;">Chiefs</span>, on the road in the playoffs for the first time in the Patrick Mahomes era goes to sunny and tropical <span style="color: #2b00fe;">Buffalo</span> (not- this weekend the Bills out word for the community to show up and shovel snow at the Stadium for $20/an hour- or about what court appointments pay, adjusting for inflation. And there's more satisfaction in shoveling a pile of snow then wading through a pile of discovery.)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsZGjVamyYdhaaVFbfGhox4oqdeT2Zt0Di7p-CyGDc3BzAvSfaXTjsG_d7XqwWYqs2tVUXYPQQ0L779tb7Ug1nzlvX-09gOqytz4f02m5vgOe5bZyjg1Ew97IPiBF8ksJs_8UkgiH4XNwX0ATyFE5rMhA_UaHJQ5iqNP8dqd6rJBVAVf6B4Kf9ww/s1280/snow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsZGjVamyYdhaaVFbfGhox4oqdeT2Zt0Di7p-CyGDc3BzAvSfaXTjsG_d7XqwWYqs2tVUXYPQQ0L779tb7Ug1nzlvX-09gOqytz4f02m5vgOe5bZyjg1Ew97IPiBF8ksJs_8UkgiH4XNwX0ATyFE5rMhA_UaHJQ5iqNP8dqd6rJBVAVf6B4Kf9ww/s320/snow.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Game Day in Buffalo</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;">KC's </span>ride ends today. Buffalo is at home. They have the better QB at the moment. A better running game, and much better wide receivers. The only thing holding this line down is the injuries- Buffalo has a snow mound of em, But we are going with the better team overall here. Props to the KC defense, and Mahomes is always dangerous. But we think the Bills move on to play Baltimore next week. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">When the Bills came to Miami for MNF we had Stephon Diggs at +62 receiving yards. He did that in the first half. We are taking him again on a prop with the same number. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">We also like him over 5.5 receptions and RB James Cook over 2.5 receptions. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">In the Lions game, take a flyer on Mayfield over 260 yards and Geoff under 280 yards on the theory that the Lions will be up and running the ball and the Bucs will be chucking it to catchup. Maybe a nifty parlay on those two will pay for our next bottle of Opus One. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Enjoy the Games. There are five games left in the NFL season before today. Three after. 😱 It's been a fun year. </span></p><p><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="<$BlogSiteFeedUrl$>" title="Atom feed">Site Feed</a></div>Rumpolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08380575650255695462noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-71164768191338512622024-01-20T01:00:00.013-05:002024-01-20T09:05:17.187-05:00SATURDAY'S RUMINATIONS <p><span style="font-size: medium;"> We have a secret REGJB guilty pleasure. Keep reading and we will reveal it, along with our NFL playoff picks for Saturday. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">But first, what kind of spoiled, entitled person takes up two spots in the REGIB parking lot? It's not like those who wear black robes at work are using the parking lot. Or are they? (H/T an alert reader). </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhugAEuSJTrw9RUPzi2tpfaSrjjOaabV9HJlsyUQC-c6BgSkJ2c9WB5wF50jOwXfdI5QC5bcQvZP59m_RNX1_Fd1uPq8vBkB_72Io2y_zvUu5vhGRyNZzDIpx7l0LH00wIpuCpUsD7IBdOv-5y2QXZzXswzn6EjDhBOwm5qIn4jBtpXaqVP4KPNVA/s4032/jerk.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhugAEuSJTrw9RUPzi2tpfaSrjjOaabV9HJlsyUQC-c6BgSkJ2c9WB5wF50jOwXfdI5QC5bcQvZP59m_RNX1_Fd1uPq8vBkB_72Io2y_zvUu5vhGRyNZzDIpx7l0LH00wIpuCpUsD7IBdOv-5y2QXZzXswzn6EjDhBOwm5qIn4jBtpXaqVP4KPNVA/s320/jerk.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Speaking of entitled, one judge threw a complete fit when being shown his/her chambers on the third floor. <i><span style="color: red;">"Not on your life</span></i>" they sniffed (or words to that effect) and stormed away. New accommodations were located. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">True or False?</span> An ASA in the 1980s hired an interior decorator for her office on 6 in the REGJB. Scroll down for the answer. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Yes you DeSantis judges read that right. The SAO used to have offices on 6. The PDs were on 8 and the building ran just fine without your presence calling balls and strikes. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;">Our Guilty pleasure. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqKuxQxJGa4ABueWoPZtGcd6W8GblBvvsNKIXv34ZYQgGhyQ2nEGykZs7UqlisWuJax_JGdwjHipuk5DL1Dq1jvqMCRI6MS9uWMkGDeo7fu1uUUy0c8gJHRL9wZclpYp1S8G4-mFhZ0pOvgS-9_kY0aBwIFPHKdSqz9waiFn9PrCHA8rzckcnHJw/s4032/breakfast%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqKuxQxJGa4ABueWoPZtGcd6W8GblBvvsNKIXv34ZYQgGhyQ2nEGykZs7UqlisWuJax_JGdwjHipuk5DL1Dq1jvqMCRI6MS9uWMkGDeo7fu1uUUy0c8gJHRL9wZclpYp1S8G4-mFhZ0pOvgS-9_kY0aBwIFPHKdSqz9waiFn9PrCHA8rzckcnHJw/s320/breakfast%20.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHcAmrFPlbFd9COzxKlcPN-6EfNObmtG2hVRE_G-s0mXu1ottg0-w-J0-LuU8QWf9kzwItKmBLcfQUS4zasJeu1hLe9MRpnBwm6dWFxs7B3G3kN6VC9TQFZnUn9YcBJrLgk5SI0vNzEvGoFjHsdVbDImoSMRTHFZ2JENYT_Khi9kiHCUN9NJ_p3g/s5712/snack%20bar%20.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5712" data-original-width="4284" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHcAmrFPlbFd9COzxKlcPN-6EfNObmtG2hVRE_G-s0mXu1ottg0-w-J0-LuU8QWf9kzwItKmBLcfQUS4zasJeu1hLe9MRpnBwm6dWFxs7B3G3kN6VC9TQFZnUn9YcBJrLgk5SI0vNzEvGoFjHsdVbDImoSMRTHFZ2JENYT_Khi9kiHCUN9NJ_p3g/s320/snack%20bar%20.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">7th Floor Snack Bar </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Earlier this week, after a case, we snuck up to 7 where we had a cup of coffee and the grits and corned beef hash. It's our favourite breakfast at the REGJB. It's not the egg sandwich with the duck sausage at the NOMAD in NYC, but for Miami it is not bad at all. </span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">TRUE: </span><span style="color: red;">The late, great Carol Ann Guralnick</span> had a decorator do her office. She also parked her Porsche in front of the building every day and just paid the ticket. These days she would be called into HR and chewed out. Of course back then the SAO did not have HR. They just had a guy who Janet told to straighten you out. </span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaFavHF7Ek4Xkw_3Xx2E8oO_-vs_eJZfYYO3eOuX9CfANbWGAJGuh8b4rmLcoDOCVdnW0eCj8ljPbZtyuL1t2OhMROL6w02U9BN0rohhiJSk0TlCMzNIKBKL3sbjUOOBYgG4mrtzeuzAzKekds4H5ff8F-sPdDd7ZBZVYPZCBwN8wRz8vaKTl6kA/s600/CAG.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="509" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaFavHF7Ek4Xkw_3Xx2E8oO_-vs_eJZfYYO3eOuX9CfANbWGAJGuh8b4rmLcoDOCVdnW0eCj8ljPbZtyuL1t2OhMROL6w02U9BN0rohhiJSk0TlCMzNIKBKL3sbjUOOBYgG4mrtzeuzAzKekds4H5ff8F-sPdDd7ZBZVYPZCBwN8wRz8vaKTl6kA/s320/CAG.jpg" width="271" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lady Law- that was her license plate and the name of her radio show. </td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="color: #2b00fe;">NFL Playoff picks for Saturday: </span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">These are two tough games. But here goes. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Houston's fairy tale playoff ride and season ends today on the cold field in Baltimore. <span style="color: #ff00fe;">The Ravens are too good. Ravens -9.5, </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Green Bay </span>on the other hand is peaking right at the same time. Their QB Jordan Love is showing why the Packer's picked him in the first round, which pissed off Aaron Rodgers, who left for NY a few years later and tore his Achilles heel. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Brock Purdy on the other hand...well, we just don't buy into the hype. From a technical standpoint, the <span style="color: red;">49ers</span> run a pretty standard defense. Nothing exotic. They run it well, but there is nothing tricky to it. Which means the Packers and Love will be prepared and they will at least keep it close. </span><span style="color: #04ff00;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Green Bay +9.5</span>.</span></p><p>Here are a few player props we like. Nothing complicated here.</p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Lamar Jackson over 226.5 passing yards. Jordan Love over 250 passing yards.</span> </p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">If you want to have some real fun, put ten bucks on the following flyers:</span></p><p>Jordan Love scores first TD- +5000; Christian McCaffrey scores first TD +300. </p><p><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="<$BlogSiteFeedUrl$>" title="Atom feed">Site Feed</a></div>Rumpolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08380575650255695462noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-48070189685744978362024-01-18T00:30:00.008-05:002024-01-18T08:54:55.959-05:00SOMETHING IS FISHY <p><span style="font-size: medium;"> The entire regulatory process of the United States government is about to get upended. Pay close attention and try and follow the bouncing ball and in the process watch conservatives turn on a dime as their ox is gored. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">It all starts with Reagan and Gorsuch and Ruth Bader Ginsberg and Chevron, and it ends, ingloriously, with the small and inelegant herring. Try and keep up, </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">When Ronald Wilson Reagan won the presidency, conservatives viewed the federal bench as the enemy. Twenty years before, federal judges like Frank Minis Johnson from Alabama desegrated the South. Federal judges took over school districts and various municipalities to enforce the law. The federal bench was manned (they were mostly men, except, amongst a few others like Judge Sarah T. Hughes from Texas, which any DeSantis judge under 40 can tell you administered the oath of office to LBJ on Airforce One hours after JFK was killed by LHO) by do good liberals. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Reagan appointed Anne Gorsuch Buford to run the EPA. She had a son named Neil. Maybe you've heard of him. Anyway, the EPA appealed the decision of some liberal do-gooder on the DC bench named Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Maybe you've heard of her) who stopped Gorsuch and Reagan's EPA from relaxing Jimmy Carter era restrictions on power plant emissions. The case was decided 6-0 by the US Supreme Court with Justice John Paul Stevens writing for the majority. By this time the case was called <i>Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council. </i>Conservatives wanted agencies and not federal judges to set regulations to enforce federal laws. In this case the EPA was being run by a conservative, so conservatives were pro-agency and anti-judge. Conservatives did not want do-gooders like the notorious RBG overruling agency decisions. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Stephens wrote that the Clean Air Act was ambiguous, and agencies were best equipped, with experts in the field, to enforce ambiguous federal laws. Federal Judges should stay out of agency decisions unless they were "not reasonable". While a victory for Reagan era conservatives, democratic presidents like Clinton and Obama used the decision to empower agencies to further their liberal agendas in enforcing laws that were ambiguous enough to allow the liberal heads of agencies to advance the liberal agenda of the president. It was a nifty piece of legal judo- liberals took a loss and turned it into a win. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Fast forward several decades and now the federal bench is populated by conservative men and women who, the conservatives now say, are much better equipped with their two or three law clerks, to enforce the laws of Congress. Conservative judges, the argument goes, have more expertise and ability to enforce EPA, or mining regulations, or FAA rules, than the agencies staffed by hundreds of experts. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">In other words, the worm has turned. Bad (judges running things) is now good, and good (agencies with experts) are now bad. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">And in a twist of fate, you know who led the charge at oral arguments this week to overturn Chevron? None other than Reagan EPA administrator's little boy Neil, all grown up and a Supreme Court Justice. </span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKZRB99792MtmyvansYa8CD8dtk8pD-3423quGybH99KBV2R8qMLnVpCCoyXVe5KTUEE7BPG3cZE5T4-5a0ic2Yme0Geqi4KYpy6OzyKx5FHtxvdXqatz5HQnguxU6I_jMD_DLYOH6ME7R90GWQRbR-8c-GttBBI_-VoCEaTCXWkYgl6Kvy_rmSw/s300/herring.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKZRB99792MtmyvansYa8CD8dtk8pD-3423quGybH99KBV2R8qMLnVpCCoyXVe5KTUEE7BPG3cZE5T4-5a0ic2Yme0Geqi4KYpy6OzyKx5FHtxvdXqatz5HQnguxU6I_jMD_DLYOH6ME7R90GWQRbR-8c-GttBBI_-VoCEaTCXWkYgl6Kvy_rmSw/s1600/herring.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">About to take down the federal government </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">And what about the Herring you sharp eyed DeSantis judges are saying out loud? One of the two cases challenging Chevron is a family of herring fisherpeople who objected to an agency rule requiring them to have agency experts on their fishing boats to make sure the boats are following agency regulations to protect the north Atlantic herring stocks. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>"By letting agencies construe laws when Congress did not think about the problem, means the government always wins</i>" opined Justice Gorsuch during oral argument. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Things look good for the herring fleet, bad for the herring, and bad for the way government has been run for the last 60 plus years. Your local federal judge is going to be telling the FAA how to staff air controller towers, coal mines on mine safety, and nuclear reactors on how to stop meltdowns. Because they have so much more expertise than the agencies designed to enforce federal law. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Yeah, right. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Whose ox was gorsuched? Neil's ox. </span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="<$BlogSiteFeedUrl$>" title="Atom feed">Site Feed</a></div>Rumpolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08380575650255695462noreply@blogger.com23