The Federal Criminal Appeals Blog

I wanted to briefly let you know that you can subscribe to this blog by email. Then, whenever there's a post, you'll get an email. It's massively efficient.

If you're one of the folks who gets this blog by email already, and, indeed, are reading this very post by email, you can just forward the email to your friends if you think they'd like to subscribe to the blog.

And, soon, we'll have more exciting news of a defendant winning in federal court.

Wow, this blog is one of the ABA Journal's 100 law blogs (or "blawgs") on the 2011 ABA Journal Blawg 100!

Thanks very much to the ABA Journal for the nod!

Here's a quote from the editor of the ABA Journal about the Blawg 100:

"Blogging has become an important, even vital, source of information, education, entertainment and inspiration in the legal community. Whether written by practicing lawyers, law students, judges or law professors, blawgs are becoming more bold, more sophisticated and more integrated into the everyday experience of the profession," said Allen Pusey, editor and publisher of the ABA Journal. "And choosing just 100 of the best from our directory of 3,500 legal blogs is becoming an increasingly daunting task."

As in years past, they're taking votes for best blog in a number of categories. If you'd like, you can vote for this blog here, or by clicking the big shiny picture to the left.

Unsurprisingly, you will find this blog nominated in the "Criminal Justice" category.

Thanks for stopping by. As you may have noticed, things here look different.

Aside from the obvious changes in how the site looks, please note, that you can now subscribe to this blog by email. Check out the box on the sidebar if you'd like blog posts spoon fed to your email, rather than having to go to the trouble of surfing over to this page. Or you can click this link.

The search functionality is also greatly improved, which I'm excited about.

If you've been reading this blog by RSS feed, you may want to update your feed.

I hope you enjoy the new format. New substantive posts are coming soon. If you have any comments, feel free to email me.

Enjoy!

Dear readers,

The American Bar Association is asking people to tell it what law-related blogs are good.* If you like this blog, I would very-much appreciate it if you would say something nice to the ABA about it. The ABA puts together a list of the 100 law-related blogs in the country that it thinks are funny, cool, or reflect good parenting by the blogger's Mom and Dad. These blogs are crowned the best blogs in the country.

Much like The Onion's campaign to win a Pulitzer Price, I suspect my quest for honor may not be rewarded. At least I didn't ask Tom Hanks to do a YouTube video.

Here is the link to say nice things about a blog to the ABA. The deadline's September 9, 2011, which is Friday (the day after tomorrow)

If you don't like this blog, please feel free to send me an email telling me why (yes, you can use profanity). You can email me here.

Ok, that's enough self-promotion in one day for a guy raised in Iowa.

* Many in this world call a law-related blog a "blawg", including the ABA. I don't, mainly because the phrase sounds, to my ear exactly like "blog." When I try to say it out loud so that there is a difference in the way it sounds compared to "blog", the word feels too chewy to me -- like a raisin stuffed with cold oatmeal. But far be it for me to tell you, or the ABA, how to refer to a law-related blog. Use the language any way you'd like.

Happy Labor Day!

I hope you're spending the day with something, or someone, that isn't on the internet. In case my hopes are frustrated, and you're looking for something to read, I have a guest post on the American Constitution Society's blog:

What Can the Rumble in Rhode Island Tell us About the Obama Administration and the Death Penalty?

Dear Readers,

Hi! First, of all, thanks very much for reading this blog.

Second, I wanted to let you know that I have changed the formatting for the permalinks on this blog. As a result, if you have previously linked to a specific post on this blog, that link is now not going to work.

I'm very sorry for any trouble this will cause you, but I think it will look much better going forward, and I'm vapid enough to think that a moderate gain in appearance outweighs the inconvenience to you and me.

Again, thanks for reading, and have a nice day.

Matt