Monday Media Summary
JUSTICE AT STAKE
Justice At Stake: Justice at Stake Hails Public – Financing Vote in West Virginia
Press Release – 3/12/2010
NATIONAL SECURITY/COURTS
Wall Street Journal/Washington Wire: White House Yet to Settle on Venue for 9/11 Trials
Gary Fields – 3/14/2010
New York Law Journal: Evolution of Military Commissions Clouds Debate Over 9/11 Trials
Mark Hamblett – 3/12/2010
Jurist/Forum: Court-martial: A Third Option for Trying Al Qaeda and Taliban Detainees
Jordan Paust – 3/12/2010
Wall Street Journal: The Case for Full Disclosure
ANDREW C. MCCARTHY – 3/13/2010
Wall Street Journal: The Case for Unpopular Clients
Stephen Jones – 3/13/2010
National Journal: Time To Depolarize Terror Policy
Stuart Taylor, Jr. – 3/13/2010
Salon: The warped platitude of DC “centrism”
Glenn Greenwald – 3/13/2010
USA Today: Opposing view: ‘No right to counsel’
Andrew C. McCarthy – 3/12/2010
American Prospect/Tapped: McCarthy’s Losing Battle.
Adam Serwer – 3/12/2010
FOX News: Why Conservatives Are Right to Defend Justice Department Lawyers
Ken Klukowski – 3/12/2010
Wall Street Journal: Military Tribunal Brings Knots, Too
Jess Bravin – 3/15/2010
Philadlphia Inquirer: Military trial is the right way
Tom Bogar – 3/14/2010
Politico: Why New YorkÂ’s the right place to try Sept. 11 cases
EUGENE R. FIDELL – 3/15/2010
HOLDER DISCLOSURE
LA Times: Atty. Gen. Holder failed to disclose legal briefs to senators
David G. Savage – 3/12/2010
FOX News: DOJ: Holder Omissions Wider Than Thought
Mike Levine – 3/12/2010
Blog Of Legal Times: More Briefs Missing From Holder Questionnaire
David Ingram – 3/12/2010
OBAMA V. SCOTUS
AP: White House stands ground against Supreme Court
3/14/2010
FOX News: White House Advisers Defend Obama Criticism of Supreme Court
Lee Ross – 3/14/2010
NY Times: Justices Will Prevail
Jeff Shesol – 3/14/2010
Washington Podt/Political Bookworm: In the contentious case of Obama v. Supreme Court: ruling will come in the court of public opinion
Jeffrey Rosen – 3/15/2010
NY Times/Opinionator: Judging Obama’s ‘Pep Rally’ (w/video)
TOBIN HARSHAW – 3/12/2010
Alliance For Justice/Justice Watch: The Roberts Court is Out of Touch With the American People
3/12/2010
Washington Post: Feedback for the high court
Mary G. Wilson (League Of Women Voters) - 3/15/2010
CITIZENS UNITED
Progressive Fix: After Citizens United: A New Paradigm for Campaign Reform
Steven Chlapecka – 3/12/2010
Corporate Counsel: After ‘Citizens United,’ Companies Hold Off on Political Ads
David Hechler – 3/15/2010
University Of Chicago Law School Faculty Blog: Citizens United: A defense
Todd Henderson – 3/12/2010
THe Hill: Chamber: Unions to gain from campaign finance decision
Kevin Bogardus – 03/14/2010
Washington Post: States can limit corporate and union spending on elections
Brian Frosh and Jamie Raskin – 3/13/2010
The Tennessean: TN attorney general: Campaign law probably unconstitutional
Nate Rau – 3/13/2010
East Valley Tribune: Arizona must react to ruling on election ads
Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett – 3/12/2010
Knowville News Sentinel: Humphrey: The convoluted case of corporate contributions
Tom Humphrey – 3/14/2010
Raw Story: Corporate entity becomes ‘candidate’, kicks off bid for Congress
Stephen C. Webster – 3/13/2010
MISSOURI PLAN CHALLENGE
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Lawyers’ group violated ethics, judicial critic says
Tony Messenger – 3/13/2010
FEDERAL NOMINATIONS
AP: Obama chooses 1st young appeals court nominee
MARK SHERMAN – 3/13/2010
Confirm Goodwin Liu: Fox News’ Megyn Kelly: Liu’s “Qualifications are Unassailable”
Jonathan Singer – 3/12/2010
LA Times: Obama losing chance to reshape judiciary
James Oliphant – 3/15/2010
VIRGINIA THOMAS TEA PARTY
LA Times: Justice’s wife launches ‘tea party’ group
Kathleen Hennessey
3/14/2010
Huffington Post: How to Bribe a Supreme Court Justice
Michael Kieschnick – 3/15/2010
SCOTUS/MEDIA
NY Times: Your Reality TV
Editorial – 3/14/2010
SCOTUS/ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE
Seattle Times/Ed cetera: Civil Disagreement: One Nation, Under God?
Lynne Varner – 3/12/2010
MICHIGAN JUDICIAL CAMPAIGN FINANCE
Detroit Free Press: And now a word from my totally anonymous sponsors
Brian Dickerson – 3/14/2010
MICHIGAN JUDICIAL SELECTION REFORM
OurMidland.com: Fair courts start with election reform – Michigan Supreme Court Justice Weaver
Cathy Nelson Price – 3/13/2010
IMMIGRATION/COURTS
Washington Post/Breaking News Blog: Backlog of hearings at all-time high in U.S. immigration courts
N.C. Aizenman – 3/12/2010
WISCONSIN JUDICIAL ELECTIONS
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Waukesha County judicial candidates spar over experience
Laurel Walker – 3/14/2010
CALIFORNIA BETTER COURTS NOW
Right Wing Watch: Prop 8 Backers Seek to Take Control Of California Courts
3/12/2010
CALIFORNIA JUDICIAL ELECTIONS
Washington Post/AP: Judge faces election after unpopular decision
PAUL ELIAS – 3/13/2010
MARYLAND JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS
Baltimore Sun/AP: State Senate confirms judges, including Miller’s son
Associated Press
VERMONT JUDICIAL REFORM
WCAX: Controversial court plan moving forward
3/12/2010
WASHINGTON JUDICIAL ELECTIONS
Washington State Bar News: Washington CitizensÂ’ Attitudes Concerning Judicial Elections
David Brody and Nicholas Lovrich – 3/2010
KANSAS COURTS/BUDGET
WIBW: Kansas Courts To Shut Down
3/12/2010
SCOTUS/FIRST AMENDMENT
LA Times: Distasteful protests by a fringe religious group at military funerals are still protected by the 1st Amendment.
Editorial – 3/13/2010
Philadelphia Inquirer: Head Strong: Free (and hateful) speech vs. the right to gather
Michael Smerconish – 3/14/2010
Baltimore Sun/Second Opinion: Free speech is paramount — even when it’s deplorable
Michael Cross-Barnet – 3/12/2010
PORTEOUS IMPEACHMENT
New Orleans Times Picayune: Impeached Judge Thomas Porteous will be tried by Senate committee
John Kelly – 3/12/2010
CRIMINAL JUSTICE/FBI SCIENCE
Washington POot/Breaking News Blog: Suspicions about FBI analysts growing
Keith L. Alexander – 3/14/2010
FEDERAL SENTENCING GUIDELINES
Washington Post: Senate bill would reduce sentencing disparities in crack, powder cocaine cases
Carrie Johnson – 3/13/2010
Jurist/Paper Chase: Senate Judiciary Committee approves bill reducing cocaine sentencing disparities
Patrice Collins – 3/12/2010
Detroit Free Press: Cocaine sentencing inequities must end
Editorial – 3/13/2010
JUDITH KAYE
Wall Street Journal/Law Blog: Former Judge Deemed A-O-Kaye to Lead Paterson Investigation
Asby Jones – 3/12/2010
BLAGOJEVICH TRIAL
NY Times: Blagojevich Lawyers Want Trial Delay
Monica Davey – 3/12/2010
HAL TURNER
Wall Street Journal/Law Blog: Hal Turner Wins Another Mistrial, Decides to Mix it Up For Third
Ashby Jones – 3/12/2010
JUDICIAL MISCONDUCT
WSBT: Indiana Supreme Court suspends LaPorte County judge
3/12/2010
KOMO: No taxpayer funds for judge’s defense
3/12/2010
9/11 SETTLEMENT/COURTS
NY Times: Hurdles Still Remain for Ground Zero Settlement
MIREYA NAVARRO – 3/12/2010
CNN: Settlement offer worth millions in 9/11 case to go before judge
Jamie Guzzardo and Patty Lane – 3/12/2010
JUSTICE ROBERTS/BUTLER UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT
Dakota Voice: Chief Justice not welcome at Butler: Faculty Senate says ‘NO’
3/14/2010
Butler Collegian: Faculty Senate makes faulty decision
Ryan Waggoner – 3/2/2010
SCOTUS & IMPEACHMENT
Congress.org: Can Supreme Court justices be impeached?
Leah Carliner – 3/12/2010
TEA PARTIES/CONSTITUTION
NY Times: Tea-ing Up the Constitution
Adam Liptak – 3/14/2010
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