Partner Dan Aaronson joined the Newsmax TV’s Midpoint panel with host Ed Berliner again to discuss the impact of legalizing marijuana for medical use in states and which political candidates are likely to jump on this issue. Watch Video
Dan Aaronson appears on Newsmax TV
Partner Dan Aaronson was interviewed on Tuesday, June 24, on Newsmax TV. Dan provided his expert knowledge and opinion regarding the topic of whether or not Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker broke the law with his political fundraising tactics. Watch Dan’s…
The Fabric of America, Rainbow Colored Hemp
Although the basis of this article is not going to be centered around the First Amendment and Freedom of Speech and Expression, but for Freedom of Speech and expression and the First Amendment, the subject of this article…
Florida Medical Marijuana
In Florida, pot medicine has a tough battle before it. The Supreme Court justices approved the ballot language for legalizing medical marijuana in the state 4-3 and lawmakers on both sides of the battle are now revving up to prepare…
Stop unfair drug conviction sentences
Since the 1980’s, the war on drugs resulted in stiff minimum-mandatory sentences for drug traffickers caught with boatloads of drugs imported from foreign countries. Somehow the minimum-mandatory drug-trafficking sentences were amended to include as little as seven prescription pain pills.…
Florida Bar’s rule on advertising too restrictive
Recently, the law firm of Searcy, Denney, Scarola, Barnhart & Shipley filed a federal lawsuit in Tallahassee against The Florida Bar claiming that the Bar’s ethics rules restricting law firm website content and posting on blogs was an unconstitutional infringement…
Florida’s harsh mandatory minimum drug sentencing hurts all involved parties
The hysteria over drugs in the 1980s was fueled by media coverage, Nancy Reagan’s Just Say No campaign and the DARE program. The era produced law after law regarding drug use and trafficking. One of these was the mandatory minimum sentencing…
Daniel Aaronson Has Become Chairman
The law firm of Benjamin, Aaronson, Edinger & Patanzo, P.A. is pleased to announce that managing partner Daniel Aaronson is now the Chairman Emeritus and immediate past president of the First Amendment Lawyers Association (FALA). The First Amendment Lawyers Association is a prominent, nationwide…