“Obama’s Civil-Liberties Record Questioned; Phone Surveillance Cited as Latest Failure by President to Uphold Rights; Others Say Tactic Is Crucial in Fighting Terrorism”: Peter Nicholas and Jess Bravin will have this article in Friday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
Spencer Ackerman of The Guardian (UK) has an article headlined “Fisa chief judge defends integrity of court over Verizon records collection; Reggie Walton tells the Guardian claims Foreign Intelligence Surveillance court ‘is a rubber stamp [are] absolutely false.’”
And Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “Verizon order casts spotlight on secretive U.S. surveillance court.”
“Same-Sex Marriage Should Be States’ Call, Most in Poll Say”: Friday’s edition of The New York Times will contain this article.
“Prosecutor who got ‘Hulk’ email from federal judge leaves Justice Department; Lawyer suggests message was about discrimination lawsuit”: This article appears today in The Des Moines Register.
Yesterday, I had this related post.
“Show Me the Memo: Obama should share his legal justification for collecting Verizon’s phone records.” Law professor Jeffrey Rosen has this essay online at The New Republic.
“High Stakes Battle Over Judicial Appointments”: This audio segment appeared on today’s broadcast of WAMU Radio’s “The Diane Rehm Show.”
“The Secret Law Behind NSA’s Verizon Snooping”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay at Bloomberg View.
“Supreme Court Justice Scalia Delivers An Important Talk On Economics”: Alejandro Chafuen has this blog post at Forbes.com.
I previously linked to the audio of Justice Scalia’s remarks in this post.
“Miami Herald reporter covers Guantanamo Bay for 12 years, with no end in sight”: Al Tompkins of Poynter’s “Al’s Morning Meeting” has this report.
“Oklahoma lawsuit reform measure tossed out; Oklahoma Supreme Court rules Comprehensive Lawsuit Reform Act of 2009 violates the state constitution’s single-subject rule”: This article appeared yesterday in The Oklahoman.
The Tulsa World reported yesterday that “State supreme court invalidates ’09 lawsuit reform law, calls it logrolling.”
And Reuters reports that “Oklahoma’s high court says tort reform law unconstitutional.”
You can access Tuesday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma at this link.
In re Disciplinary Proceeding Against Fredric Sanai: The Supreme Court of Washington State issued this decision today.
“Meet Roger Vinson, the Judge Who Signed the Sweeping NSA Order”: Molly Redden has this essay online at The New Republic.
“Judge recommends Camp Cupcake for ex-Justice Hathaway”: The Detroit Free Press has this report.
“DOJ Asks D.C. Circuit to Uphold Lobbyist Ban”: Andrew Ramonas has this post today at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”
“Guantanamo prison getting guard reinforcements”: Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this report.
“District Not Liable in Student Bullying, Appeals Court Rules”: Mark Walsh has this post today at the “School Law” blog of Education Week.
My earlier coverage of yesterday’s en banc Third Circuit ruling appears at this link.
