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Saturday, February 17, 2007

“U. of I. sets last dance for Illiniwek; Some mourn, some cheer; NCAA lifts sanctions; and memorabilia flies off the shelves”: This article appears today in The Chicago Tribune, along with an editorial entitled “Illiniwek’s last dance.”

The Grand Forks Herald today contains an article headlined “N.D. attorney general: Illinois decision doesn’t affect UND.”

The Argus Leader of Sioux Falls, South Dakota reports that “Illini retire mascot after tribe complains; Oglala Sioux praise university’s decision.”

And The Bloomington Pantagraph reports that “Illini may be dropping the Chief but Gibson City will not.”

Yesterday, the University of Illinois issued a press release headlined “Chief Illiniwek Will No Longer Perform; NCAA to lift sanctions on Illini athletics.” Additional background information is available via this link.

Posted at 11:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“Judge Melvin can’t refuse raise, state’s top court rules”: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette today contains an article that begins, “Whether she likes it or not, a state Superior Court judge must take an $11,000 pay raise foisted upon her nearly 18 months ago by the state Legislature.”

My earlier coverage appears at this link.

Posted at 11:37 PM by Howard Bashman



“Military Justice Goes AWOL”: Today in The New York Times, Stephen Budiansky has an op-ed that begins, “This week President Bush issued a final executive order authorizing military commissions to begin trying suspected terrorists.”

Posted at 1:38 PM by Howard Bashman



“House Dems back federal shield law; It would protect reporters from revealing their sources to government prosecutors”: This article appears today in The San Francisco Chronicle.

Posted at 1:33 PM by Howard Bashman



“Roberts to speak at Y.; Campus forum also lands filmmaker Burns”: The Deseret Morning News today contains an article that begins, “U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts often called future Brigham Young University President Rex Lee by a nickname 25 years ago when a young Roberts worked in the Department of Justice with Lee, who was solicitor general of the United States.”

Posted at 10:24 AM by Howard Bashman



How much does Ann Althouse loathe TimesSelect? This much. But not so much that she’d turn down a guest columnist gig for The New York Times where her op-eds appear online behind the TimesSelect subscription wall.

Her op-ed published today is headlined “An Awkward Plea” (TimesSelect temporary pass-through link), and it begins, “It’s hard to ask for a raise, especially when you’re a judge. Look at poor Justice Anthony Kennedy supplicating before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Valentine’s Day.”

Posted at 12:25 AM by Howard Bashman