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Sunday, May 14, 2006

“Divided Justices Resume Hearings; Split In Supreme Court Mirrors California Case”: Today in The Hartford Courant, Lynne Tuohy has an article that begins, “The state Supreme Court Monday resumes hearing cases for the first time since the revelation last month that former Chief Justice William J. Sullivan secretly held up release of a controversial ruling to help his protege, Justice Peter T. Zarella, succeed him as chief justice.”

Posted at 5:12 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Enron trial: Time to wrap it up and boil it down; Both sides have just a few hours to refresh jurors’ minds and sum up a 15-week trial.” This article appears today in The Houston Chronicle.

Posted at 5:10 PM by Howard Bashman



“It’s the Jury’s Turn: Enron chiefs Lay and Skilling placed a big bet on themselves by taking the stand; Will it pay off?” This article will appear in the May 22, 2006 issue of U.S. News & World Report.

Posted at 5:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justice Department Asks U.S. Judge to Dismiss AT&T Suit; Possible damage to national security is cited in the case related to domestic eavesdropping; Negroponte’s office and the NSA join in request”: The Los Angeles Times contains this article today.

And yesterday in The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko had an article headlined “U.S. moves in secret to quash suit against AT&T; Privacy group says firm gave records to surveillance program.”

The federal government’s motion to dismiss can be accessed here, while additional information about the lawsuit is available via this link.

Posted at 1:55 PM by Howard Bashman



“Sniper defense dwells on minutiae; Muhammad’s strategy called ‘meaningless'”: This article appears today in The Baltimore Sun.

Posted at 1:45 PM by Howard Bashman



“4th Circuit nomination may face problems; N.C. judge Boyle faces questions of conflict; Luttig muddies plans”: This article appeared yesterday in The Richmond Times-Dispatch.

Posted at 11:14 AM by Howard Bashman



“Fill the court vacancies”: The Washington Times today contains an editorial that begins, “The recent decision by 4th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals Judge J. Michael Luttig to resign will create yet another vacancy on the appellate bench. Even before Judge Luttig announced his decision last week, the White House and the Senate had been moving at a snail’s pace filling these empty slots, which now account for more than 10 percent of all circuit court judgeships. Considering the high stakes, this laggard pace is incomprehensible.”

Posted at 11:05 AM by Howard Bashman