“Voters may decide to make major changes in Florida’s courts”: Today’s edition of The Gainesville Sun contains an article that begins, “Leander Shaw would never have finished his term as the first African-American chief justice on the Florida Supreme Court if the judicial changes lawmakers want to impose had been in place when he served.”
And in today’s edition of The Orlando Sentinel, columnist Scott Maxwell has an op-ed entitled “Politicians vs. judiciary: A misguided war” that begins, “State House Speaker Dean Cannon says they threaten the freedom and liberty of Americans. U.S. Rep. Sandy Adams says they disregard our ‘national sovereignty.’ Are they talking about Al-Qaida? Osama bin Laden? No. American judges.”
“Judge Lubbie Harper Approved For Supreme Court”: The Hartford Courant has this news update.
“Selecting Jury for Bonds Is Hard in Giants Country”: This article will appear Thursday in The New York Times.
“White House Intensifies Search for Next FBI Chief”: Evan Perez has this article today in The Wall Street Journal. According to the article, D.C. Circuit Judge Merrick B. Garland is among those under consideration for the post.
“Clarence Thomas’ Legal Challenges Continue to Build — Will the Next Come From Congress?” Andrew Reinbach has this entry at “The Huffington Post.”
A related video clip featuring Tom Goldstein interviewed on Fox News can be accessed via this link.
“Sam Alito: Setting the ‘Empathy Standard’ for the Supreme Court.” John Paul Rollert has this entry at “The Huffington Post.”
“Defense costs in Cheshire triple killing exceed $2 million”: This article appears today in The New Haven Register.
The Hartford Courant has a news update headlined “Judge Seals Witness List In 2nd Cheshire Case; Komisarjevsky’s Appearance So Changed, Prosecutor Didn’t Recognize Him.”
And The Associated Press reports that “Jury selection starts in Conn. home invasion trial.”
“TSA Admits Bungling of Airport Body-Scanner Radiation Tests”: David Kravets has this post at Wired.com’s “Threat Level” blog.
“Sotomayor: Inequality in Education Biggest Hurdle to Diversity; During a Q&A, Sotomayor called her confirmation process in 2009 ‘horrible’ and ‘grueling.'” Amaris Elliott-Engel of The Legal Intelligencer has this report.
“Justice Department opposes fast track on Virginia’s health-care suit”: Jim Nolan has this article today in The Richmond Times-Dispatch.
“Delaware law on abortion trapped in legal limbo; Ban after 20 weeks is unconstitutional”: This article appears today in The Wilmington News Journal.
“Wal-Mart Gender Bias Case May Mean ‘Rough Justice’ for Companies”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.
“The Court’s Recusal Problem”: This editorial appears today in The New York Times.
“Ga. executions off: DEA seizes critical drug”: The Associated Press has this report.
And today’s edition of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that “DEA seizes Georgia’s supply of lethal injection drug.”
