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Saturday, April 17, 2010

“Fill the lower federal court openings, too: The federal bench now has 103 vacancies out of 858 appeals and district court judgeships.” Law professor Carl Tobias will have this op-ed in Monday’s issue of The National Law Journal.

Posted at 10:07 AM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court justices hear arguments in a case against one of their own”: Today’s edition of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel contains an article that begins, “State Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson said Friday that a colleague’s ethics case presents a particularly tough challenge for the court, but she hinted that the most drastic action against Justice Michael Gableman was unlikely.”

Posted at 10:00 AM by Howard Bashman



“Obama judicial nominee Goodwin Liu comes under GOP fire; Republican senators assail Liu’s record during a hearing on his nomination for an appeals court; The dispute portends a tough fight to fill the Supreme Court vacancy”: James Oliphant has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

Today in The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko reports that “GOP attacks appeals court nominee Goodwin Liu.”

The Washington Post reports that “Senate Judiciary Republicans ask pointed questions of appeals court nominee Goodwin Liu.”

Rob Hotakainen of McClatchy Newspapers reports that “California judicial nominee gets a grilling on Capitol Hill.”

ABCNews.com has an article headlined “‘Daddy, Are You a Judge Yet?’ Obama Nominee Takes the Heat; Republican Senators Press Goodwin Liu Over Answers to Questionnaire, Legal Writings.”

Bloomberg News reports that “Partisan Battle in U.S. Senate May Imperil Judicial Nominee Liu.”

Bill Mears of CNN.com reports that “Republicans give Obama judicial nominee cool reception.”

David Ingram of The National Law Journal reports that “GOP Senators Lay Into 9th Circuit Judicial Nominee.”

Yesterday evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered” contained an audio segment entitled “GOP Launches Attack On Court Nominee Liu.”

And The Wall Street Journal contains an editorial entitled “Berkeley’s Judge: A liberal nominee of illiberal temperament.”

Posted at 9:52 AM by Howard Bashman



“Obama Weighs Supreme Court Nominees, and Each Potential Battle”: Charlie Savage has this article today in The New York Times.

Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal has an article headlined “Supreme Court Watchers Wonder: How Conservative Is Kagan?

Today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal contains an article headlined “Weighing Politicians, Judges as High-Court Nominees.” You can freely access the full text of the article via Google News. In addition, law professor Richard W. Garnett has an op-ed entitled “The Minority Court: The only Protestant Supreme Court justice is stepping down; How Jews and Catholics came to own the bench.” And law professor John Yoo has an op-ed entitled “The Supreme Court and National Security: After Justice Stevens: The president will nominate a liberal, of course; But he could nominate someone who believes in judicial restraint in the war on terror.” You can freely access the full text of Yoo’s op-ed via Google News.

The Associated Press reports that “Lessons learned shape Obama’s court pick.”

And The Harvard Law Record reports that “Supreme Court pick fever for Harvard Law deans; Kagan, Minow both on Obama’s shortlist to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens.”

Posted at 9:34 AM by Howard Bashman