The recent election results proved that, here in the free state of Florida, the majority of us consider Governor DeSantis the hero…
Author: Gary Beatty
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Universities Do More Harm Than Good
Contemporary American university professors complaining about “ideological force-feeding” is the ultimate in hypocrisy…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: The Fall of Byzantium
The vets of that base were the sort who encourage others to join the military. No more!
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: ‘Show Me the Man, I’ll Show You the Crime’, Part Two
A fundamental principle of criminal law is that a citizen can not even be accused of, let alone convicted of, a crime that does not exist…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: ‘Show Me the Man, I’ll Show You the Crime’, Part One
There is a joke among criminal law practitioners that an unscrupulous prosecutor can manipulate a grand jury to “indict a ham sandwich”…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Atheists at a Prayer Vigil
There is something fundamentally wrong with a legal system that would allow such a lawsuit to even be considered in the first place…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Due Process and the Constitution
“We now hold that the suppression by the prosecution of evidence favorable to an accused … violates due process…”
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: In Defense of Florida
But now that the voters have expressed overwhelming support for Republicans, Ms. Roberts howls that it’s the end of the world….
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: What’s a ‘Legal Expert’, Exactly?
Several years ago I was asked by a broadcast news organization to provide on-air “expertise” about a high-profile trial…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: How the Media Contributes to Polarization
I’ll briefly tell you about this ruling because it is relevant to how the media pushes their divisive narrative…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: So You Want to Buy Our Parcel in Aspen Springs?
I googled “How to get rich buying/selling land” and found many sites. A common thread is that you can earn a lot, with very little investment…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: The Whiskey Rebellion
After all, hadn’t they recently fought a revolution against unfair English taxation?
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: A Correction
Upon reading the published rendition of my most recent column, I discovered I made an incorrect assertion based on outdated law…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: A Two-Tiered System of Justice
The current President was formerly the Vice-President, an office with no lawful authority whatsoever to even possess, let alone declassify, such documents…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Right Wing, Defined… or Maybe Not
Historically, political debate degenerates into sound-bytes. It happens on both sides…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: The Idiocy of Diversity
I took the LSAT test on a bet, without a preparation course, and with a hangover…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Jury Duty
I’m going to tell you why some lawyers don’t want lawyers on either criminal or civil (lawsuit) juries… because we know when they are trying to obfuscate the facts with tricks…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: The Danger Inherent in Police ‘Theories’
If you want to know what the evidence actually is, you have to hear it from the prosecutors…