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Saturday, October 12, 2013

“Effort underway to declassify document that is legal foundation for NSA phone program”: Sunday’s edition of The Washington Post will contain an article that begins, “In the recent stream of disclosures about National Security Agency surveillance programs, one document, sources say, has been conspicuously absent: the original — and still classified — judicial interpretation that held that the bulk collection of Americans’ data was lawful.”

Posted at 11:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justice Nadon steps aside from Supreme Court until legal challenge resolved”: In Wednesday’s edition of The Toronto Globe and Mail, Sean Fine had an article that begins, “One day after being sworn in, Justice Marc Nadon has stepped aside temporarily from his duties at the Supreme Court of Canada in the face of an unprecedented legal challenge to his appointment from Toronto lawyer Rocco Galati. It is believed to be the first time a Supreme Court judge has stood down before, in effect, sitting down.”

And in related coverage, CBC News reports that “Quebec bar urges quick hearing on Justice Marc Nadon’s eligibility; Could take 5 years for case to get through legal system if not expedited, says bar association head.”

Posted at 11:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“Who will preside as Supreme Court chief over Delaware’s gold mine?” Sunday’s edition of The News Journal of Wilmington, Delaware will contain an article that begins, “In a state that has built a $1.4 billion industry as the preferred legal home for Big Business, Gov. Jack Markell’s choice for Supreme Court chief justice must protect Delaware’s franchise that caters to corporations and covers more than a third of the state’s budget.”

Posted at 7:56 PM by Howard Bashman



“Lavabit and the Right to Private E-mail”: Michael Phillips has this post at the “Elements” blog of The New Yorker.

Posted at 4:13 PM by Howard Bashman



“An Alliance in Media Petitions Justices”: Today’s edition of The New York Times contains an article that begins, “The nation’s biggest television broadcasters are collectively asking for the Supreme Court’s support in their quest to stop Aereo, a small Internet start-up that threatens some of the underpinnings of the TV business.”

And the “Company Town” of The Los Angeles Times has posts titled “Broadcasters take Aereo to Supreme Court” and “Cablevision blasts broadcasters’ Supreme Court filing against Aereo.”

Posted at 4:11 PM by Howard Bashman