Friday, May 21, 2010

SCOTUS Child Welfare Activities Escalate

The Supreme Court of the United States has been busy rendering opinions dealing with child welfare.

This should be considered significant as there are multiple layers to muddle through just to get a case to the highest court of the land. If one is successful, then it has to make it past the clerks.

The clerks are the ones who decide if a case is of a significant public issue, then passes it on to their boss, being the justice. In the last few months, I have had an increase in traffic from SCOTUS as well as the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, U.S. Social Security Administration, various States Attorney General Offices as well as U.S. Department of Defense, numerous Army Bases and U.S. Naval Intelligence.

The significant public issues surrounding child welfare are finally coming into the public eye by being catapulted with my exposure of Medicaid Fraud in Child Welfare.

I have a very small, yet specifically targeted audience that is listening intently to me. For that, I thank each and everyone of your for joining me to bring transparency and accountability to child welfare.

The Constitution prohibits the imposition of a life with-out parole sentence on a juvenile offender who did not commit homicide. A State need not guarantee the offender eventual release, but if it imposes a sentence of life it must provide him or her with some realistic opportunity to obtain release before the end of that term. The judgment of the First District Court of Appeal of Florida is reversed, and the case is remanded for further proceedings not inconsistent with this opinion.

Graham v. Florida SCOTUS Opinion

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