Gavel Grab

NATIONAL SECURITY/COURTS

NY Times: Justices WonÂ’t Hear Uighur Case
ADAM LIPTAK – 3/2/2010

LA Times: Supreme Court dismisses Uighurs’ case
David G. Savage – 3/2/2010

Jurist/Paper Chase: Supreme Court sends Uighur case back to lower court
Jaclyn Belczyk – 3/1/2010

Baltimore Sun: Terrorism trials: no new issues, no need to panic
George W. Liebmann – 3/1/2010

The Future Of Freedom Foundation: The Black Hole of Guantánamo
Andy Worthington – 3/1/2010

CITIZENS UNITED

Huffington Post: Businesses Can Now Legally Pressure Workers on Political Issues?
Michael J. Wilson – 3/1/2010

WPTZ: Local Lawmaker Talks About Campaign Finance Reform (w/video)
3/1/2010

In These Times: Corporations are People Too
Ben Manski and Lisa Graves – 3/2/2010

FEDERAL NOMINATIONS

McClatchy: Commentary: Checking in on Fourth Circuit vacancies
Carl Tobias – 3/1/2010

Keen News Service: Feldblum confirmation on secret hold for now
Lisa Keen – 3/1/2010

Right Wing Watch: When The Effort To Defeat Goodwin Liu Gets Rolling, You Can Thank Ed Whelan
3/1/2010

SCOTUS/SECOND AMENDMENT

Wall Street Journal: Guns and the States
Editorial – 3/2/2010

FOX News: Will the Supreme Court Recognize the Truth About Chicago’s Handgun Ban?
John Lott – 3/1/2010

PR Newswire: Message to Supreme Court: Eliminating Chicago’s Handgun Ban Will Result In More Gun Deaths and Injuries
Press Release – 3/1/2010

MIRANDA RIGHTS

AP: Court weighs if silence alone can invoke Miranda
JESSE J. HOLLAND – 3/1/2010

HONEST SERVICES FRAUD

Washington Post: Skilling case latest to test ‘honest services’
Robert Barnes – 3/2/2010

HABEAS CORPUS/EQUITABLE TOLLING

National Law Journal: Justices Debate Whether Lawyer Negligence Can Extend Habeas Deadline
Marcia Coyle – 3/2/1010

PATRIOT ACT RENEWAL

Christian Science Monitor: Obama signs Patriot Act extension without reforms
Michael B. Farrell – 3/1/2010

Library Journal: Patriot Act Extended for One Year Without Change
Norman Oder – 3/1/2010

IMMIGRATION REFORM

NY Times: Reform, on Ice
Editorial – 3/2/2010

COURT PACKING

Philadelphia Inquirer: Obama should expand court
Stan Isaacs – 2/28/2010

HAL TURNER

Bergen County Record: Retrial opens for North Bergen right-wing Internet radio host Hal Turner
PETER J. SAMPSON – 3/1/2010

DIVERSITY/COURTS

Metropolitan News-Enterprise: AOC Releases Data on Diversity on California Bench
3/1/2010

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