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Friday, April 23, 2010

“‘Cushy’ Job, or ‘Isolated’ Hell? Life as a Supreme Court Justice; Former Supreme Court Clerks Reveal Behind-the-Scenes Details of Life as a Justice.” Devin Dwyer has this article at ABCNews.com.

The Dallas Morning News reports today that “Obama calls Cornyn about Supreme Court choice.”

At the web site of New York magazine, John Heilemann has an essay entitled “The President and the Persuader: Obama doesn’t need a progressive on the court; he needs someone who can move it to the left.”

And today in The Providence (R.I.) Journal, M.J. Andersen has an op-ed entitled “Outspoken women need not apply.”

Posted at 4:15 PM by Howard Bashman



“Garland Born To Be A Judge: Garland has had no cases involving abortion, religion, the death penalty, gay rights, or most other polarizing issues.” Stuart Taylor Jr. will have this essay in the April 24, 2010 issue of National Journal.

Posted at 4:08 PM by Howard Bashman



“Top court gives firms like Xerox latitude on pensions”: This article appears today in The Democrat and Chronicle of Rochester, New York.

Posted at 4:05 PM by Howard Bashman



“Alito: A Model Supreme Court Justice; In a recent ruling on animal cruelty, he displayed good sense and a willingness to stand alone.” Mona Charen has this essay today at National Review Online.

Posted at 4:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“Some Questions About Elena Kagan”: Law professor Guy-Uriel Charles has a blog post that begins, “Elena Kagan, currently the Solicitor General of the United States, is widely rumored to be President Obama’s top choice to succeed Justice Stevens on the Supreme Court.”

Posted at 3:18 PM by Howard Bashman



“N.J. court rules blogger is not protected under shield law in porn company defamation case”: Today’s edition of The Star-Ledger of Newark, New Jersey contains an article that begins, “A blogger sued for defamation because of her writings about a Freehold software company is not a journalist and is not covered by a law that protects them from revealing confidential sources, an appellate court ruled [yesterday].”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the Superior Court of New Jersey’s Appellate Division at this link.

Posted at 9:44 AM by Howard Bashman