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Saturday, August 8, 2009

“Sotomayor Sworn In as Supreme Court Justice”: Charlie Savage will have this article Sunday in The New York Times.

Sunday’s edition of The Washington Post will contain an article headlined “Sotomayor Reaches Pinnacle of Law With Historic Oath; First Hispanic Justice Will Take Seat For Rare September Hearing of Case.”

And Sunday in The Los Angeles Times, David G. Savage will have an article headlined “Sonia Sotomayor sworn in as Supreme Court justice; Chief Justice Roberts administers the oath on a quiet morning so she can begin work ‘without delay,’ he says; Her mother and family members are there to witness her becoming the court’s first Latino.”

Posted at 11:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“Criminal investigation into CIA treatment of detainees expected; Insiders say Atty. Gen. Eric Holder is close to naming a prosecutor to look into reports of excessive waterboarding and other unauthorized methods; Convictions could be hard to get”: This article will appear Sunday in The Los Angeles Times.

Posted at 11:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“Democrats Take Aim at Supreme Court Decisions; Congressional Democrats hope to undo several high-profile Roberts Court decisions”: law.com has this report.

Posted at 10:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Lawsuit Seeks Right to Carry Concealed Weapons in the District; Suit Seeks Right to Pack Heat in Public”: This article appears today in The Washington Post.

My earlier coverage appears at this link.

Posted at 10:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Davis, Perez await confirmation; Senate action on two Maryland appointees on hold”: Today’s edition of The Baltimore Sun contains an article that begins, “The U.S. Senate adjourned Friday without acting on the nominations of two high-level Obama appointees from Maryland, federal Judge Andre M. Davis of Baltimore and state Labor Secretary Thomas E. Perez.”

Posted at 10:25 PM by Howard Bashman



“Sotomayor takes oath from Chief Justice Roberts”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report, along with an article headlined “Now that she’s sworn in, Sotomayor a rookie again.” The AP also reports that “Puerto Ricans cheer Sotomayor’s swearing-in.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Sonia Sotomayor Sworn In as Supreme Court Justice.”

Reuters reports that “Sotomayor sworn as first Hispanic on Supreme Court.”

And at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Tony Mauro has posts titled “Sotomayor Sworn In As 111th Justice” and “Photo of Sotomayor’s Private Oath-Taking.”

Posted at 8:37 PM by Howard Bashman



“Judge Vanaskie nominated to higher federal court”: The Times-Tribune of Scranton, Pennsylvania today contains an article that begins, “President Barack Obama on Friday nominated a longtime Scranton federal judge to sit on an appeals court one step below the U.S. Supreme Court.”

Today’s edition of The Times Leader of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania reports that “Judge’s nomination a rare achievement; If confirmed, Vanaskie will become only second Middle District of Pa. resident to sit on Third Circuit Court of Appeals.”

And The Tennessean reports that “Nashville lawyer nominated for U.S. judgeship; Obama asks Stranch to fill appellate spot.”

Posted at 8:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“Sotomayor to be sworn in as justice Saturday”: The Associated Press has this report.

CNN.com reports that “Sotomayor poised to take oath as Supreme Court justice.”

And at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Tony Mauro has a post titled “Big Day Ahead for Sotomayor.”

Via C-SPAN, you can view the swearing-in ceremony live, online at 11 a.m. eastern time by clicking here.

Update: C-SPAN has posted online the video of the 91-second ceremony at this link.

Posted at 10:50 AM by Howard Bashman