Commentary

Civil Jury Dwindling As Corporations Win Decisions 

By: Sheldon Whitehouse

Recent Supreme Court decisions on arbitration, pleading standards, class actions and punitive damages restrict this institution in its constitutionally intended political function.

Letter To The Editor: Work To Reform Florida Alimony Laws Will Continue 

Old-fashioned alimony laws — favoring permanent alimony payments — linger on, according to Alan Frisher, president Family Law Reform in Melbourne.

New Regulations Are Strangling Community Banks 

By: Camden R. Fine

Camden R. Fine of the Independent Community Bankers of America writes that community banks didn't cause the financial crisis, yet they are being forced to pay a penalty in regulatory costs to comply with rules aimed at preventing the bad behavior on Wall Street from happening again.

Immigration Reform Boosts Bureaucrats Not Business 

By: Shikha Dalmia

Shikha Dalmia writes if the bipartisan Gang of 8 senators' proposal to change the high-skilled visa program in the final immigration legislation, all in the name of protecting American jobs, the only jobs protected will be those of labor bureaucrats.

Florida should not allow 'pure opinion' in state court 

By: Gregory R. Miller

Florida's courts continue to use a 90-year-old standard that allows the admission of "pure opinion." In practice, this means that almost any so-called scientific evidence or opinion is allowed in state court. But the Legislature now has a chance to change the law.

Gay marriage won't stop gay bashing 

By: Evan P. Schultz

Even our federal government — which opposed DOMA at the high court — regularly puts immigrants waiting for hearings in solitary confinement if they are gay.

Attack on permanent alimony in Florida is unjust and unnecessary 

By: Martin Kofsky

There has been an attack on alimony in Florida, and now it is at a fever pitch. Similar bills seek to put an end to permanent alimony, House Bill 231 and Senate Bill 718, and are making their way up the legislative ladder.

Circuit court confirmations an imperative 

By: Carl Tobias

Vacancies in the federal judiciary — almost 10 percent nationwide and a quarter in the Federal Circuit — can undercut prompt, inexpensive and fair case resolution.

Testing the constitutionality of unending imprisonment 

By: Constance L. Rudnick and Peter M. Malaguti

Statute allowing for indefinite detention of even American citizens is clearly unconstitutional, raising the question of why Congress and Obama approved it.

Are money laundering laws DOJ's tools in expanding reach of FCPA? 

By: William V. Roppolo

Foreign public officials are exempt from FCPA prosecution, yet their prosecution by the government is the latest attempt by DOJ to stretch the bounds of its self-anointed global anti-corruption authority.