“A Scandal That Keeps Growing”: The New York Times on Sunday will contain an editorial that begins, “Attorney General Alberto Gonzales declared recently, while batting down bipartisan calls for him to resign, that he had many things to do and ‘can’t just be focused on the U.S. attorneys situation.’ It’s not surprising that Mr. Gonzales wants to change the subject. At best, the firing of eight United States attorneys, most of them highly respected, is an example of such profound incompetence that it should cost Mr. Gonzales his job. At worst, it was a political purge followed by a cover-up. In either case, the scandal is only getting bigger and more disturbing.”
“‘We had to fight our way out,’ Shirley Lute says; After 29-year ordeal, freedom tastes sweet; A change in how courts view battered spouses led her to a long-awaited reunion with daughters”: This article appears today in The Kansas City Star.
And The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports today that “Woman paroled after 29 years.”
“Court: Home-based knitters ruled employees.” The Burlington Free Press today contains an article that begins, “Several home-based knitters who work for Fleece on Earth, a Chittenden apparel company, are employees — not independent contractors, according to the state Supreme Court. The court ruled 3-2 Friday to uphold a ruling by the Department of Employment and Training’s Employment Security Board that requires Fleece on Earth to pay unemployment taxes for people working from home for the company.”
You can access yesterday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Vermont at this link.
“Court owes us truth with its abortion decisions”: Law Professor Mark Kende has this op-ed today in The Des Moines Register.
“What In The Worlb? Cardinals fan sues St. Louis parlor over botched Series tattoo.” Via “The Smoking Gun,” you can access the complaint initiating suit at this link (via “Lowering the Bar“).
My earlier coverage appears at this link.
“The Green Scare: Rod Coronado gave a talk in San Diego and the feds called his words ‘terrorism’; How new laws are equating environmentalists with Al Qaeda.” This article appears in the current issue of Los Angeles CityBeat.
“Law Clerks and Book Proposals”: At “Concurring Opinions,” Steve Vladeck has a post that begins, “There’s a fairly disturbing (at least to me) book proposal making its way around the e-mail universe, disturbing not because of the subject (the current debate over habeas and the war on terrorism), but because of the occupation of the authors / editors — two current D.C. Circuit law clerks.”
“A Liberal Case for Gun Rights Helps Sway Judiciary”: Adam Liptak will have this article Sunday in The New York Times.
“University of California marks decade of race-blind admissions”: The Associated Press provides this report.
And The Houston Chronicle reports today that “State Senate caps top 10-percent law; Top high school students no longer would be assured of admission to UT.”
“Paris dedication of Cornell’s American law center is July 17”: The Ithaca Journal today contains an article that begins, “A center on American law will be dedicated by Cornell Law School this summer in Paris.”
The article goes on to report that “The July 17 dedication ceremony will take place during a first-ever conference attended by the chief justices of European Union countries and the United States. Expected to be in attendance are U.S. Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., and Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Anthony M. Kennedy and Stephen G. Breyer. The conference will be chaired by Lord Phillips, the Chief Justice of England and Wales.”
A related news release from Cornell Law School can be accessed at this link.
“Talking trash: Supreme Court rules on fate of local garbage.” Wednesday’s edition of The Bristol (Conn.) Press contained an article that begins, “A regional trash agency is hailing this week’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that local governments can force trash haulers to follow ordinances that dictate where garbage will go.”
“Bush veto threat stirs activists”: The Washington Times today contains an article that begins, “President Bush’s threat to veto any effort by the Democrat-led Congress to expand federal funding for abortion or stem-cell research drew strong responses yesterday from activists.”
“Judge blocks execution of Tennessee man; Lawyers say a new lethal injection procedure would likely cause their client ‘unconstitutional pain and suffering'”: Henry Weinstein has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.
And The Tennessean today reports that “Judge delays Workman execution; Defense says method still has a constitutional flaw.”
“Giuliani flips on Schiavo case”: This article appears today in The St. Petersburg Times.
“Sealed Cases To Be Reviewed; Some ‘Level 2s’ Involve Prominent Corporate Leaders, Judges”: The Hartford Courant today contains an article that begins, “The state’s judicial branch will review about 500 sealed civil and family cases, some involving high-profile corporate leaders and Superior Court judges, to determine whether more information about the cases should be released to the public.”
“New Story for Firing Emerges; Ex-U.S. Attorney Clashed With Bosses Over Murder Probe”: This article appears today in The Washington Post.
The Los Angeles Times reports today that “Rove prepped Justice Dept. official for testimony; The top aide and others advised a deputy attorney general before his House appearance on prosecutor firings.”
And Bloomberg News reports that “Rove Helped Prepare Official’s Testimony on Prosecutor Firings.”
