Bloomberg Law has Tom Goldstein’s Defense Hinges on Giving the Jury Good Guy Vibes - Tom Goldstein—the former US Supreme Court advocate and blogger with a years-long ultra high-stakes gambling habit—heads to trial Monday in a case that may turn on whether the jury thinks he’s “a good guy or a bad guy.” ... The government has listed more than 60 potential witnesses and more than 1,000 exhibits, some of which are hundreds of pages in length. The trial is expected to last about a month.
Law360 has Gov't Can't Use NYT Article As Evidence In Goldstein Trial -- A Maryland federal judge on Friday barred prosecutors from pre-admitting Thomas Goldstein's statements in a New York Times article as evidence in the SCOTUSblog co-founder's tax fraud trial, but she left open the possibility for the government to call either Jeffrey Toobin, the article's author, or a Times fact-checker, as a witness. Jury selection for the trial is scheduled to begin Monday and opening arguments on Wednesday.
The bill [The Judicial Reorganization Act], which is currently under consideration by the Senate Judiciary Committee, would split the Ninth Circuit into two new circuits: a new Ninth Circuit covering California, Guam and Hawaii; and a Twelfth Circuit with jurisdiction over Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon and Washington. The legislation would also increase the total number of judges in the two circuits. In October, another bill advancing these efforts, the Judicial Efficiency Improvement Act, was introduced in the Senate.