Friday Media Summary
STEVENS LEGACY
Philadelphia Bulletin: Justice Stephens Leaves Behind Legacy Of Judicial Activism
Gregory Sullivan – 4/15/2010
Houston Chronicle/Houston Belief: Faith leaders weigh in on Stevens’ legacy
Adelle Banks – 4/15/2010
Oakland Tribune: Justice John Paul Stevens did nation great disservice
Thomas Sowell – 4/16/2010
NOMINATION REPORTING
KLIV: Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren could be in the running for Supreme Court Justice
4/15/2010
NOMINATION COMMENTARY
The Economist: The next Supreme Court justice
4/15/2010
Washington Post/Post Partisan: Should Obama nominate a politician for the Supreme Court?
Charles Lane – 4/15/2010
Washington Times: To pick a justice
James D. Zirin – 4/16/2010
Slate: What Are Liberal Law Students So Sad About?
Dahlia Lithwick – 4/15/2010
National Review Online/Bench Memos: Elena Kagan and Citizens United
Ed Whelan – 4/15/2010
WorldNetDaily: We need a proud liberal on Supreme Court
Bill Press – 4/16/2010
Madison Capital Times: Look for high court to move right
Ann Woolner – 4/16/2010
The Hill/Blog Briefing Room:
GOP senator: Obama SCOTUS nominee won’t shift balance of Court
Jordan Fabian – 4/14/2010
Intellecutal Conservative: Is the Supreme Court’s Conservative Majority Imperiled?
Ron Lipsman – 4/16/2010
American Principles Project: Supreme Court Nominee Review
William Saunders – 4/15/2010
NOMINATION/POLITICS
Human Events: The GOP ShouldnÂ’t Surrender on SCOTUS Fight
Gary Bauer – 4/16/2010
NOMINATION/DIVERSITY
Washington Post: White House complains about CBS News blog post saying that possible Supreme Court nominee is gay
Howard Kurtz – 4/16/2010
Miami Herald/MClatchy: Supreme imbalance: Court leans heavy on Harvard and Yale
Margaret Talev – 4/15/2010
Northwest Asian Weekly: The next Supreme Court justice an Asian American? Unlikely
Editorial – 4/15/2010
Raw Story/AFP: Michelle Obama backs diversity on Supreme Court
4/15/2010
The Daily Princetonian: Rethinking diversity on the Supreme Court
Brendan Carroll – 4/16/2010
NATIONAL SECURITY/COURTS
Washington Post: Holder prefers keeping option of civilian courts for terrorism suspects
Spencer S. Hsu – 4/16/2010
Wall Street Journal: Holder Defends Using Military, Civilian Courts to Try Terror Suspects (subscription required)
Evan Perez – 4/15/2010
Washington Independent: Holder: We Must Use ‘Both Our Civilian Courts and Our Military Commissions to Defeat Our Enemies’
Spencer Ackerman – 4/15/2010
Huffington Post: Holder Picks Wrong Crowd For Defense Of Military Commissions
Dan Froomkin – 4/15/2010
RT: KSM + military tribunal = 9/11 cover-up?
Robert Bridge – 4/15/2010
Jurist/Paper Chase: Bagram detainees allege torture at secret US prison in Afghanistan: BBC
Andrea Bottorff – 4/15/2010
LA Times: New rules on terror custody being drafted
David S. Cloud and Julian E. Barnes – 4/15/2010
PBS NewsHour Extra: Obama Administration Defends Anti-Terror Strategy (w/video)
4/15/2010
CNN: Experts: Angry rhetoric protected, but can be disturbing
Eliott C. McLaughlin – 4/16/2010
CITIZENS UNITED/CAMPAIGN FINANCE
Business Ethics: Citizens United and Political Contributions: The Story So Far
James Hyatt – 4/15/2010
Foster’s Daily Journal: Election reform hearings slated
4/15/2010
FEDERAL NOMINATIONS
AP: Liberal court pick ready for Senate GOP grilling
LARRY MARGASAK – 4/16/2010
NPR/Morning Editiion: Senate Battle Looms Over Appeals Court Nominee Liu (w/audio)
Nina Totenberg – 4/16/2010
Atlanta Journal Constitution/Washington Insider: Some SCOTUS Warmup
Jamie Dupree – 4/16/2010
Wall Street Journal: Appeals-Court Nominee Liu Faces New Criticism From Senator (subscription required)
4/15/2010
San Francisco Chronicle: Feinstein defends Obama court pick against GOP
Bob Egelko – 4/16/2010
Blog Of Legal Times: GOP Presses 9th Circuit Nominee Goodwin Liu on Disclosure
David Ingram – 4/15/2010
Media Matters For America: Myths and falsehoods surrounding the judicial nomination of Goodwin Liu
4/15/2010
Denver Post: Senate panel approves nomination of Denver lawyer to federal post
Felisa Cardona – 4/16/2010
HEALTHCARE REFORM/COURTS
AP: Breyer: Health overhaul could come before court
Mark Sherman – 4/15/2010
Lansing State Journal: Rose: Health-care lawsuit has no legal foundation
4/16/2010
ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE/COURTS
CNN: Federal judge strikes down National Day of Prayer statute
Dan Gilgoff – 4/15/2010
Washington Times: Wisc. court: National Prayer Day unconstitutional
Ben Conery – 4/15/2010
Yahoo! News/AP: Federal judge rules Day of Prayer unconstitutional
Todd Richmond – 4/15/2010
Gawker: Judge Declares National Day of Prayer Unconstitutional
Alex Pareene – 4/15/2010
NORTH CAROLINA JUDICIAL SELECTION REFORM
Charlotte Observer: Voters in the dark when electing judges
4/15/2010
MISSOURI PLAN CHALLENGE
St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Politicial Fix: Election battle over judges grows testy — restraining order sought
By Tony Messenger – 4/15/2010
Kansas City Star/Prime Buzz: Judge grants restraining order aimed at court group
Steve Kraske – 4/15/2010
American Courthouse: “Murky” Mutterings in Missouri
Dan Pero – 4/15/2010
OHIO SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENT
Legal Newsline: Ohio chief justice pick draws criticism
Chris Rizo – 4/15/2010
MINNESOTA SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS
Minnesota Supreme Court Criminal Blog: A Tale of Two Supreme Court Vacancies
Carol Weissenborn – 4/15/2010
GABLEMAN/CAMPAIGN ETHICS
Wigderson Library & Pub: Voters choice of Gableman must be respected
James Wigderson – 4/15/2010
GOVERNMENT SURVEILLANCE/COURTS
NY Times: Spying, Civil Liberties and the Courts
Editorial – 4/16/2010
MASSEY ENERGY
Letter to Holder Calling for Blankenship Investigation
Rebecca Abrahams – 4/15/2010
SCOTUS/MEDIA ACCESS
Washington Post/Post Partisan: Public is zero for seven at the Supreme Court
Ruth Marcus – 4/15/2010
REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS/COURTS
Atlanta Journal Constitution/Political Insider: A brewing fight over an anti-abortion bill aimed at the U.S. Supreme Court
Jim Galloway – 4/15/2010
STATE COURTS/BUDGETS
BusinessWeek/AP: NH chief justice protests $4M in budget cuts
LYNNE TUOHY – 4/15/2010
Rock Hill Herald: Legislators raising court fees to pay judiciary needs
Tim Smith – 4/16/2010
IMMIGRATION REFORM
The Hill: Desire to tackle immigration reform splits Reid from centrist Democrats
Alexander Bolton – 4/14/2010
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Atlanta Journal Constitution/Gold Dome Live:
Gold Dome Live
Senate panel removes review from death-penalty statute
Ernie Suggs – 4/15/2010
POLITICAL CORRUPTION/COURTS
Jurist/Paper Chase: Federal judge orders Blagojevich prosecutors to disclose evidence
Matt Glenn – 4/15/2010
JUDICIAL ACTIVISM/JUDICIAL RESTRAINT
The Moderate Voice: The “Judicial Activism Game”
Jason Arvak – 4/15/2010
HABEAS CORPUS/BOOK REVIEW
The Economist: The decline of the Great Writ
4/15/2010
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