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• “He’s not in a black hole in Calcutta.”

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  That was the government prosecutor to Judge Cooke yesterday about Jose Padilla (via the Miami Herald).  Wiki describes the Black Hole of Calcutta this way:
  

  
  The Black Hole of Calcutta was a small dungeon in the old Fort William, at Calcutta, [...]

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• Former weatherman victimized again? Federal prosecution imminent?

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  The New York Daily News covers B-Girl "victim" John Bolaris' latest issue (the blog's past coverage of his testimony is here).  Here are some of the tweets:
  
  

  And from the article:
  
  

  A former weatherman couldn’t have forecast his latest scandal, in which his fiancé [...]

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• Should you be able to record the police?

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  In Illinois, the legislature wanted the answer to be no, but the 7th Circuit said the law violated the First Amendment.  The Supreme Court just denied cert, so the injunction is still on the books.  From the Chicago Tribune:
  
  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear [...]
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• WARNING -- do not forward this blog post!

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  The police my be reading your email.  According to the NY Times:
  

  
  Judges and lawmakers across the country are wrangling over whether and when law enforcement authorities can peer into suspects’ cellphones, and the cornucopia of evidence they provide.
   A Rhode Island judge threw out cellphone evidence that [...]

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• Happy Thanksgiving!

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  UPDATE -- Judges Carnes and Hill won't be sharing a turkey this holiday.  Check out Judge Hill's dissenting opinion in Rozier v. United States.  A snippet:
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• Tuesday News & Notes

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  1.  The Court's Holiday Schedule is here.
  
  2.  Former NFL player Louis Gachelin sentenced to two plus years.  (Via Sun-Sentinel).
  
  3.  Lewis/Tein has some good news covered by the DBR and SFL.  UPDATED -- And Rumpole!
  
  4. Alan Dershowitz interviews Jeffrey Toobin. ' [...]
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• Judge Seitz taking Senior Status

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  Rumors have been swirling that Judge Seitz would be taking senior status this month, and it appears that she did so as of November 16, 2012, which is 14 years to the day she was appointed by President Clinton).  So another opening for President Obama, who is quickly [...]
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• Sorry for the slow blogging

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  I'll be back on Monday. Enjoy the weekend.' [...]
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• Judge William Thomas officially nominated to District Court

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  This is great news and fast. Let's hope that this is how it's going to be in the President's second term. Here is President Obama's press release:
  
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• Anthony Mangione sentenced...

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  ... to 70 months.
  
  You remember him -- the former ICE chief who was caught with child porn on his computer. He then wiped the computer clean with techniques he learned from his time in ICE.
  
   The sentence was more than the minimum mandatory 60 month sentence [...]
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