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If you watched President Obama give the State of the Union , you might be scratching your head over his failure to speak, except for a brief mention, about what will one day fill at least a chapter in history books as one of the worst financial crises since the Great Depression. Instead, the president appeared to be taking his […]

Roy Oppenheim’s commentary was originally published on Yahoo! Homes and is being republished on South Florida Law Blog with their permission. Last week a reporter asked me whether or not I thought President Barack Obama had done enough during the foreclosure crisis. I told him no, of course, and that if Obama does not win a second term, it would […]

Remember when “Corporations are people, my friend!” was the strangest thing to come out of Mitt Romney’s mouth? It speaks volumes about the problems with our political process that it took a speech we were never intended to hear to allow us to hear a politician speaking honestly and off-the-cuff. Now I am not in the business of endorsing any […]

  The Republican and Democratic conventions are almost upon us, and the housing crisis has finally been inserted into the presidential election. Maybe the President and his Republican rival see homeowners as nothing more than another campaign issue to be exploited, or maybe they are finally starting to understand how central the need to tackle the foreclosure problem is to […]

  Estimado Sr. Presidente: Como usted debe de saber, históricamente desde la Gran Depresión, el refinanciamiento de hipotecas ha sido la estrategia de escape de este país cuando se trata de un desastre económico. Per eso es bueno ver que usted esta presionando al Congreso para que la reforma de refinanciamiento sea pasada. Esta es la manera más efectiva y […]

Dear Mr. President: As you know historically, since the great depression, refinancing mortgages has been this country’s exit strategy when it comes to pulling us out of the economic ditch. So it’s nice to see that you are now pushing Congress to pass refinancing reform. It’s the most effective and efficient way to craft a bailout that actually helps everyone. […]

When I was a kid growing up in the Bronx the U.S. Supreme Court always seemed to be above reproach. Maybe my friends and I were naive, but I think maybe times have really changed. The Supreme Court, once a glaring symbol of constitutional democracy, has now been pulled into the day to day mudslinging of the political process. To […]

When President Obama stood before Congress and the American People three months ago and promised to hold those behind the housing crisis ‘accountable’, I was hopeful. In the days that followed, his new field general Eric Schneiderman was unveiled and almost immediately action was taken. When Schneiderman issued subpoenas, just days after the President appointed him to run his new […]