EvidenceProf Blog
DECEMBER 5, 2020
As noted in yesterday's post, Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b) has been amended as of December 1, 2020. The Rule now states: (b) Other Crimes, Wrongs, or Acts. (1) Prohibited Uses. Evidence of any other crime, wrong, or act is.
Paralegal Bootcamp
DECEMBER 5, 2020
WFH Paralegal – When you don’t have a “designated” space at home to work in. What is a WFH Paralegal? Like we didn’t already have enough acronyms working in a law firm? A WFH Paralegal is a work-from-home paralegal. This is different than a “virtual paralegal” who does contract work for a variety of law firms.
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At the Lectern
DECEMBER 5, 2020
Governor Gavin Newsom yesterday administered the oath of office (see Vogel v. Los Angeles County (1967) 68 Cal.2d 18 [part of oath prescribed by the state constitution violates the federal constitution]) to Martin Jenkins, ending a nearly one-month gap between Justice Jenkins’s confirmation and his joining the Supreme Court. It was a remote, virtual ceremony.
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JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 5, 2020
We have been discussing the previously announced use of terrorism laws to address violent protests around the country, a move that I have criticized as raising civil liberty concerns. There have been cases that arguably fit a terrorism model however and now the Justice Department has charged a new such case against two women associated with Antifa and anarchist groups.
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JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 5, 2020
In a victory for the Trump Administration, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed a lower court which ruled that the Trump Administration could not use $3.6 billion from military construction funds for a construction of new border wall. It was a mixed week for the White House. The ruling comes as another judge ordered the reinstatement of the DACA program.
At the Lectern
DECEMBER 5, 2020
Theodoric Meyer reports for Politico: “An influential progressive judicial group is asking President-elect Joe Biden to select a Black woman to be the administration’s top lawyer at the [United States] Supreme Court — and imploring him not to pick several well-known Democratic attorneys who frequently argue before the court.” The group — Demand Justice — sent a letter recommending seven candidates for the Solicitor General position, including California Supreme Court Ju
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