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Thursday, May 5, 2011

“Stevens casts some ‘votes’; It is not a customary practice, but retired Justice Stevens has begun speaking out on how he would have voted, if still on the Court, on some of its most controversial decisions this Term”: Lyle Denniston has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

Posted at 8:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“Still Stupid, Still Wrong, Still Immoral: Why the death of Osama Bin Laden shouldn’t change our views about torture — or of the people who approved it.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

Posted at 10:34 AM by Howard Bashman



“Christie refuses to talk about flouting N.J. Supreme Court if it orders more school funding”: This article appears today in The Newark Star-Ledger.

Posted at 8:20 AM by Howard Bashman



“9th Circuit rules, for third time, that Thai teen’s confession in slayings was invalid; The Supreme Court had asked the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to review its previous decisions in the case of a Thai teenager who confessed to killing nine worshipers at a Buddhist temple near Phoenix in 1991”: Carol J. Williams has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

In today’s edition of The East Valley Tribune of Tempe, Arizona, Howard Fischer reports that “Judge again voids confession, conviction in ’91 temple murders.”

And Ginny LaRoe of The Recorder reports that “Ninth Circuit Reaffirms Habeas Relief After High Court Reversal.”

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s en banc Ninth Circuit ruling appears at this link.

Posted at 7:54 AM by Howard Bashman



“Third time the charm: McConnell confirmed.” Today’s edition of The Providence (R.I.) Journal contains an article that begins, “Without a single Republican vote, the Senate confirmed Providence lawyer John J. McConnell’s nomination to the U.S. District Court for Rhode Island on Wednesday, closing a long and uncommonly harsh judicial debate on a partisan note.”

And The Washington Times reports today that “Up-down vote gives Obama 20th 2011 judicial OK; 11 Republicans vote against filibuster tactic.”

You can access the official roll call vote tally of yesterday’s U.S. Senate confirmation vote at this link.

Posted at 7:42 AM by Howard Bashman