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Saturday, October 9, 2010

“Lawyers React With Shock and Disbelief to Federal Judge’s Drug Arrest; In months leading up to Judge Jack T. Camp’s arrest, lawyers say they saw model jurist — tough, fair, no signs of drug use”: Janet L. Conley will have this article Monday in the Fulton County Daily Report.

And The Associated Press reports that “Prominent judge tapped to oversee Camp case.”

Posted at 8:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“No right to counsel during interrogation: top court.” In today’s edition of The Toronto Globe and Mail, Kirk Makin has an article that begins, “Police are winning the unceasing war over the rights of suspected criminals on a major battleground — the Supreme Court of Canada. In a ruling full of friction between a bare majority of judges wanting to avoid hampering officers in their work and a minority fighting for the rights of the accused, the court said on Friday that while suspects have a right to consult a lawyer and to be informed of that right, they don’t have a right to legal counsel while they are being interrogated.” The newspaper also contains an editorial entitled “The right to counsel, diminished.”

The Vancouver Sun reports today that “Supreme Court restricts right to have a lawyer during police questioning.”

The Vernon Morning Star reports that “Court denies manslaughter appeal.”

The Toronto Sun contains an article headlined “No right to ‘lawyer up’, Supreme Court rules.”

The Canadian Press has a report headlined “No right to lawyer during questioning, says top court.”

And Postmedia News has a report headlined “No right to lawyer during police interrogation: Supreme Court.”

You can access yesterday’s 5-4 ruling of the Supreme Court of Canada at this link.

Posted at 8:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“Alabama Supreme Court stats show Tom Parker continues to trail in productivity”: The Mobile Press-Register contains an article that begins, “Alabama Supreme Court Justice Tom Parker continues to lag far behind his colleagues in productivity, according to statistics released by the court this week.”

Posted at 7:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trial by attire: Supreme Court look should go with everything we believe in.” In today’s edition of The Washington Post, Robin Givhan has an essay that begins, “Thankfully, the newest member of the Supreme Court, Justice Elena Kagan, declined to mar her elegant black robe with a lace scarf, lady’s tie or any other doilylike frippery for the high court’s annual class portrait.”

Posted at 7:38 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Battle Cry of a Supreme Court Wife: When Ginnni Thomas rails against Washington elites, does it include her husband?” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

In related news coverage, today’s edition of The New York Times contains a front page article headlined “Activism of Thomas’s Wife Could Raise Judicial Issues.”

And at Newsweek’s web site, Lisa Miller has an article headlined “Sweet Virginia: The wife of Justice Clarence Thomas is a Tea Party activist; Together, they’re the right’s new power couple.”

Posted at 5:56 PM by Howard Bashman



“Making Congress All It Can Be”: Linda Greenhouse has this post at the “Opinionator” blog of The New York Times.

Posted at 5:50 PM by Howard Bashman