Hurricane Isabel: That was rather disappointing. Here I am back at work with the power on. I even made it in record time because I was able to do between 80 and 85 on the beltway (I was probably pushing 90 a couple of times). There were windy times and rainy times last night, but nothing frightening. Now it's gone.

No more legal stuff here folks. Legal stuff will now be over on Strict Constructionist.

Here they go again. The Padilla case is something to watch.

Here is Beaumont. In spite of the snowstorm, we finished our amicus brief in Lawrence v. Texas, 02-102. That brief is here.

On January 23, we (the firm) filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court in the case Ryan v. Telemarketing Associates, 02-1806. You can see our brief here.

Sunday night, February 9, we finished an amicus brief in FEC v. Beaumont, 02-403. Actually, it was 3:30 in the morning. I'll put up a link when the brief is up.

Ok, it's been over six months since I posted anything. My goal is to post at least once a week (that's not unreasonable). I've also started working on my other webpage: www.geocities.com/greenvandenplas. Needs lots of work.