“McCain Due at Conservative Gathering”: The Associated Press provides a report that begins, “Republican John McCain says he will try to win over some conservative Republicans by promising to appoint judges in the mold of Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito.”
“Grisham: ‘Got to get away from elected judges.'” This article appears today in The Clarion-Ledger of Jackson, Mississippi.
“A Clearer Picture on Voter ID”: Jimmy Carter and James A. Baker III have this op-ed today in The New York Times.
“Jailhouse ‘lawyer’ gets rare nod from U.S. Supreme Court”: The Associated Press provides this report.
“Breyer will weigh in on isle issues”: This past Friday’s issue of The Honolulu Star-Bulletin contained an article that begins, “Associate Justice Stephen Breyer of the U.S. Supreme Court will be on a panel next week discussing the legal challenge to Kamehameha Schools’ admissions policy giving preference to native Hawaiian applicants. Other panelists include two key lawyers in the case – Kathleen Sullivan, who defended the private school’s admissions policy, and Eric Grant, who represented the unnamed non-native Hawaiian student in the lawsuit contesting the policy.”
“‘Supreme Conflict’ chronicles the tips of balance on court”: This article appears today in The Sarasota Herald-Tribune. According to the article ABC News correspondent Jan Crawford Greenburg will be speaking about her book this Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at Sarasota’s Holley Hall.
“Judge’s social life raises questions”: The Galveston County Daily News today contains an article that begins, “At 11:30 a.m. on Oct. 6, 2006, Galveston attorney Tony Buzbee scored an important victory in a case involving 52 victims of the 2005 explosion at BP’s Texas City refinery. Minutes after the hearing, Buzbee took the judge who made the ruling, U.S. District Judge Samuel B. Kent, to lunch, said a witness who asked not to be named for fear of reprisal.”