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"First Circuit had departed from the proper role of a reviewing court" - Deputy U.S. Solicitor General Michael R. Dreeben

By Tom Lincoln

Recently I listened to the 9th Circuit's en banc oral argument in United States v. Ameline. Arguing  for the Government before the en banc panel was Deputy U.S. Solicitor General Michael R. Dreeben, which gives you a feel for the importance the Solicitor General's Office is placing on the case. The United States pushed for a remedy like the one issued by the 11th Circuit in Rodríguez and, as a fallback position, for a 2d Circuit Crosby-like remedy. At oral argument in Ameline, Deputy U.S. Solicitor General Michael R. Dreeben refers to the First Circuit's approach in Antonakopoulos saying (this is not an exact quote, but as best as I could get from the audio recording) that "the First Circuit had departed from the proper role of a reviewing court...continue to full post

Full post as published by Puerto Rico Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers on March 30, 2005 (boomark / email).