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Author: Patrick Quinlan

Justice Antonin Scalia: Part-Time Activist

06/2/2016
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Presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, to establish his bona fides with conservatives, has released a list of eleven potential Supreme Court nominees. He added, with typical understatement: “If Hillary Clinton, for some reason, wins, your country will never be the same because she’s going to put disasters in the […]

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Supreme Duplicity: The Fight to Fill Justice Scalia’s Seat

05/9/2016
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Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has long been praised by Republicans as the model of judicial restraint, a proponent of strict adherence to the literal wording of the United States Constitution.  Republican Speaker of the House Paul Ryan argues that Justice Scalia “did more to advance originalism and judicial restraint […]

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I Wish for a Happy Earth Day

04/25/2016
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Last Friday marked Earth Day, an annual celebration of environmentalism.  The headline event of Earth Day 2016 was having 175 countries sign the Paris Agreement, which represents a global commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.  But the Paris Agreement is aspirational – or, as some have said, largely symbolic and […]

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A Lawyer Returns to the Blogosphere

10/6/2015
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I stopped blogging after the Florida Bar’s Standing Committee on Advertising found that a statement of opinion posted on a law firm’s website, such as “tort reform benefits insurers,” violated Florida Bar Rule 4-7.13, since it was not “objectively verifiable.”  My firm promptly filed a federal lawsuit to challenge this […]

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The Case That Spawned the Attack on Our Supreme Court

09/4/2012
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In 2010, Florida State Representative Scott Plakon, R-Longwood, sponsored Amendment 9, a proposed state constitutional amendment aimed at stopping the federal health care law (aka “Obamacare”) from being implemented in Florida. The Florida Legislature passed a joint resolution containing the text of the proposed amendment, as well as a ballot […]

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Health Careless

09/13/2011
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Much of the time, the two political parties seem virtually indistinguishable.  But, every once in a while, something happens that draws a stark contrast between the Democratic and Republican views of the world.  Such a moment came during the GOP presidential debate last night, when Rep. Ron Paul was asked […]

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Great Moments in Hypocrisy; The Tort Reform Edition

10/28/2009
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There is certainly no shortage of tort reform crusaders who have, in their private lives, sought the assistance of trial lawyers to bring exactly the type of lawsuits that they decry in public: then-Gov. George W. Bush filing suit over a minor fender-bender involving one of his daughters in which […]

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