Category: Law
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In Sunny Isles Beach offices, Trump-son-in-law Jared Kushner rakes in tens of millions from Saudis; Is he an unregistered foreign agent?
By Dan Christensen FloridaBulldog.org Way back in 1951 The Miami Herald ran the Pulitzer Prize-winning project “Know Your Neighbor” that called out organized crime figures who lived in town. If U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden’s suspicions about former President Donald Trump’s son-in-law are correct, it might be time to consider an update spotlighting unregistered foreign agents.
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Florida Supreme Court debate about Marsy’s Law and victims’ privacy reflects fiery politics of law enforcement
By Noreen Marcus, FloridaBulldog.org Five years after Florida voters approved Marsy’s Law, featuring a right to privacy for crime victims, the state’s highest court is deciding how far the law stretches: Does it shield Florida cops from external review and potential discipline? Should it be susceptible to exploitation by tough-on-crime politicians as a handy marketing…
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New York Times prematurely cleared Gov. Ron DeSantis of abusing Guantanamo detainees when he was a Naval officer
By Dan Christensen FloridaBulldog.org On Sept. 24, The New York Times published a story headlined “Inside the Unfounded Claim That DeSantis Abused Guantánamo Detainees.” We objected to that headline as inaccurate in an email and asked for a correction. Editors at the Times did not respond to our request, and no correction has been made.