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Saturday, January 11, 2020

“Lady Hale: ‘My Desert Island Judgments? Number one would probably be the prorogation case’; The ‘Beyoncé of the law,’ who put a stop to Boris Johnson’s parliamentary suspension, talks equality, ego and spider brooches.” Simon Hattenstone of The Guardian (UK) has this report.

Posted at 9:45 AM by Howard Bashman



“Judge was right in ex-U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown’s fraud conviction, appeals court says; The ruling means the former 12-term congresswoman from Jacksonville, convicted of fraud, will continue serving a sentence scheduled to end in 2022”: Steve Patterson and Andrew Pantazi of The Florida Times-Union have this report.

Jim Saunders of The News Service of Florida reports that “Ex-Rep. Corrine Brown’s conviction upheld in charity scam.”

Bernie Pazanowski of Bloomberg Law reports that “Juror Can’t Rely on ‘Holy Spirit’ to Acquit Ex-Lawmaker” (subscription required for full access).

And at “The SDFLA Blog,” David Oscar Markus has a post titled “Fascinating debate in the 11th Circuit about juror deliberations and divine intervention.”

Circuit Judge Robin S. Rosenbaum wrote Thursday’s majority opinion for a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. And Circuit Judge William H. Pryor Jr. issued a dissenting opinion.

Posted at 9:42 AM by Howard Bashman