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Saturday, February 4, 2012

“Deters challenges Supreme Court justice on death penalty”: Today in The Cincinnati Enquirer, Dan Horn has an article that begins, “Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters called on Friday for Ohio Supreme Court Justice Paul Pfeifer to stop deciding death penalty cases because of the justice’s recent public criticism of capital punishment.”

Posted at 1:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“Redistricting may delay Pennsylvania primary; State Supreme Court says legislative maps must be less divisive”: This article appears today in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports today that “Legislators says rejection of Pa. redistricting imperils April primary.”

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports that “High court gives reason for nixing redrawn districts.”

The Times Leader of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania reports that “Court clarifies why redistricting plan nixed.”

The Allentown Morning Call reports that “Pennsylvania Supreme Court explains why it tore up state political map; Questions abound over impact on state primary election.”

The York Daily Record reports that “Local officials react to state Supreme Court redistricting decision; Local officials say they know little more now than they did before.”

And in The Unionville (Pa.) Times, Mike McGann has an essay entitled “Pileggi plan taken out by a piano teacher; State Senate Majority Leader — and our senator — taken to task for poor lines, poor time management on redistricting.”

My earlier coverage of the opinions that the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania issued yesterday in this case can be accessed here.

Posted at 1:10 PM by Howard Bashman