SCOTUSblog’s Tom Goldstein Fights Release Terms for Tax Charges

Thomas Goldstein, a top appellate lawyer and co-founder of the website SCOTUSblog, moved on Wednesday for a Maryland federal court to review the conditions of his release, arguing a magistrate court’s order violated his Sixth Amendment right to counsel.

Goldstein pleaded not guilty to tax and loan fraud charges brought by the Justice Department on Jan. 27 and was released on a $4 million bond secured by his Washington, D.C., primary residence. Magistrate Judge Timothy J. Sullivan denied his bid to substitute his home for alternative collateral, including three properties in South Carolina owned by members of his family.

The ...