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About bmaz
Bmaz is a rather large saguaro cactus in the Southwestern Sonoran desert. A lover of the Constitution, law, family, sports, food and spirits. As you might imagine, a bit prickly occasionally. Bmaz has attended all three state universities in Arizona, with both undergraduate and graduate degrees from Arizona State University, and with significant post-graduate work (in physics and organic chemistry, go figure) at both the University of Colorado in Boulder and the University of Arizona. Married, with both a lovely child and a giant Sasquatch dog. Bmaz has been a participant on the internet since the early 2000’s, including active participation in the precursor to Emptywheel, The Next Hurrah. Formally joined the Emptywheel blog as an original contributing member at its founding in 2007. Bmaz grew up around politics, education, sports and, most significantly, cars; notably around Formula One racing and Concours de Elegance automobile restoration and showing. Currently lives in the Cactus Patch with his lovely wife and beast of a dog, and practices both criminal and civil trial law.
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Entries by bmaz
Irish Trash
/92 Comments/in Football, Trash Talk/by bmazTrashing the Irish from Notre Dame is always fun. Nothing will ever approach the drama of five years ago where the battle between Michigan and the Domers was between a pair of unvictorious and untied teams. Ah, those were the good old days. Michigan is 2-1 and ND off to a surprising 3-0 start. Give […]
Mitt Romney Guilty Of A Hate Crime
/20 Comments/in 2012 Presidential Election, Culture, Law, prop 8/by bmazYes, I am absolutely serious about the implication in the title of this post. I was scrolling through my twitter feed about lunchtime here, after doing some work, and found this exchange between two people I follow, Carrie Johnson and Dan Froomkin: Well, after reading the article Froomkin referred to in his tweet, an AP […]
Hedges NDAA Indefinite Detention Decision Stayed By 2nd Circuit
/11 Comments/in Congress, Department of Justice, Indefinite Detention, Law, Obama Administration, Terrorism/by bmazAs much as I, and most who care about Constitutional protections and Article III courts still having a function in balance of power determinations, the recent 112 page ruling by Judge Katherine Forrest in SDNY (see here and, more importantly, here) had fundamental issues that made review certain, and reversal all but so. The first […]
DOJ Files Appeal: Further Thoughts On Hedges and The Lawfare/Wittes Analysis
/8 Comments/in Congress, Department of Justice, Indefinite Detention, Law, Obama Administration, Terrorism, Unitary Executive/by bmazLast night (well for me, early morning by the blog clock) I did a post on the decision in the SDNY case of Hedges et. al v. Obama. It was, save for some extended quotations, a relatively short post that touched perhaps too much on the positive and not enough on the inherent problems that […]
Chris Hedges et. al Win Another Round On the NDAA
/12 Comments/in Congress, Cybersecurity, Department of Justice, FISA, Intelligence, Law, Leak Investigations, Obama Administration, PATRIOT, Unitary Executive/by bmazYou may remember back in mid May Chris Hedges, Dan Ellsberg, Jennifer Bolen, Noam Chomsky, Alexa O’Brien, Kai Wargalla, Birgetta Jonsdottir and the US Day of Rage won a surprising, nee stunning, ruling from Judge Katherine Forrest in the Southern District of New York. Many of us who litigate felt the plaintiffs would never even […]
NFL Hard Knocks, Head Injuries and The Monza Rebuttal
/90 Comments/in Football, Trash Talk/by bmazHere we are at the real, official, start of the football season in earnest. Yes there were a full slate of college games last weekend, but only a couple of decent ones. and, yes, the NFL officially kicked off wednesday with the Cowboys somewhat surprisingly laying one on the Gents – at the Meadowlands no […]
Vilma Vanquishes Goodell & NFL; Saints Players Reinstated
/10 Comments/in Football, Labor, Law, Trash Talk/by bmazThere is some early Trash from the National Football League breaking within the last hour. The four New Orleans Saints players suspended in “Bounty Gate”, led by Jonathan Vilma and Scott Fujita, dissatisfied withe the league ruling handed down by Roger Goodell, first filed suit in the Easter District of Louisiana and then appealed to […]
Mess at DHS: The ICE Lady Goeth and Thoughts On The Real Story
/17 Comments/in 2012 Election, Arizona Politics, Democrats, Law, Obama Administration/by bmazAs Marcy appropriately pointed out, there was a LOT of news dumped in the waning moments and bustling milieu of a Friday afternoon; not just pending a holiday weekend, but with a press corps still hung over from, and yammering about, the empty chairs and empty suits at the GOP National Convention. I have some […]