Gavel Grab

Tuesday Media Summary

MERIT SELECTION

Judges On Merit: A Groundswell of Pennsylvania Voices
Shira Goodman – October 18, 2009

GABLEMAN WISCONSIN

Capital Times: Gableman’s an embarrassment — he should step down
Ed Garvey – October 19, 2009

JUDICIAL ELECTION REFORM (WISCONSIN)

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel/All Politics Blog: Lawton, Geske urge
passage of “impartial justice” bill
Lee Bergquist – October 19, 2009

Common Cause Wisconsin: Wisconsin Supreme Court Justices Bradley and
Crooks; Former Lt. Governor Farrow to Speak on Reform – October 26th
in Waukesha
Press Release – October 19, 2009

JUDICIAL MISCONDUCT

CNN: Louisiana newlyweds want justice of peace fired
October 19, 2009

CNN: Removing a justice of the peace in Louisiana no cakewalk
Khadijah Rentas – October 20, 2009

Orlando Sentinel: Judge fined $25,000 for ‘improper conduct’ during
2008 campaign
Kevin P. Connolly – October 19, 2009

New York Post: Judge’s degree of guilt
Sally Goldenberg – October 20, 2009

SUPREME COURT ELECTIONS

Pennsylvanians For Modern Courts: Supreme Court Candidate Debate
October 19, 2009

Standard Speaker: Court candidate: System must regain public trust
Nicholas Sohr – October 20, 2009

Birmingham News/AP: Appeals Judge Kelli Wise seeks Republican
nomination for Alabama Supreme Court seat
October 19, 2009

CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM

Peoria Journal Star: Poll shows ‘agenda for reform’
Adriana Colindres – October 19, 2009

SENTENCING REFORM ACT (WASHINGTON)

Civic Direct – Support the Sentencing Reform Act
October 18, 2009

CALL FOR CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION (ALABAMA)

Lafourche Daily Comet/AP: Davis alone calling for Ala. constitution rewrite Phillip Rawls – October 19, 2009

BUDGETS/JUDGES’ TRAINING (IOWA)

The Daily Iowan: Judges rely on on-the-job training
Regina Zilbermints – October 19, 2009

DETAINEE ABUSE/LEGISLATIVE OVERRIDE

LA Times: Detainee-abuse photos and democracy
Jameel Jaffer – October 20, 2009

PATRIOT ACT REFORM

The Nation: ‘War on Terror’ II
Julian Sanchez – October 19, 2009

Huffington Post: As Congress Prepares to Reauthorize the Patriot Act,
Reader Privacy Must be Protected
Judy Platt – October 19, 2009

Library Journal: ALA: Senate Judiciary Committee Did Not Achieve  Balance on Patriot Act
October 19, 2009

MILITARY COMMISSIONS ACT

FindLaw: Military Commissions, the Federal Courts, and the 9/11 Trial
Joanne Mariner  – October 19, 2009

SUPREME COURT

Vermont Public Radio: Visiting The Supreme Court
Cheryl Hanna – October 19, 2009

The Daily Colonial: Supreme Court Justice Kennedy Makes Rare
Appearance at Law School
Lorena Reyna – October 19, 2009

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