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Friday, November 5, 2010

“Justice Stevens and the Ground Zero Mosque”: Tony Mauro has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

Posted at 2:18 PM by Howard Bashman



“Elections, court ruling leave small window for repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”: Amanda Bronstad of The National Law Journal has this report.

Posted at 8:03 AM by Howard Bashman



“Consumers’ right to file class actions is in danger; If AT&T has its way before the Supreme Court, any business that issues a contract to customers would be able to prevent them from joining class-action lawsuits, taking away arguably the most powerful legal tool available to the little guy”: Columnist David Lazarus has this op-ed today in The Los Angeles Times.

Posted at 8:02 AM by Howard Bashman



“Roderick Ireland, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court chief justice nominee, praises hometown Springfield at introduction”: This article appears today in The Republican of Springfield, Massachusetts.

Today’s edition of The Boston Globe contains a front page article headlined “SJC justice Ireland is Patrick’s pick for chief; Would be 1st black to lead the court.”

The Boston Herald reports that “Gov. Deval Patrick confident in Supreme Judicial Court chief pick.”

And The New York Times contains an article headlined “Nomination for Massachusetts Chief Justice.”

Posted at 8:00 AM by Howard Bashman



“Rejection of Iowa judges over gay marriage raises fears of political influence; California Supreme Court chief justice voices concerns about partisan pressures on jurists and backs a single, 15-year term without being put to a vote”: Maura Dolan has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

Today’s edition of The Washington Post contains an editorial entitled “Firing judges.”

And USA Today contains an editorial entitled “From Iowa, a chilling message for judges.”

Posted at 7:52 AM by Howard Bashman



“Sonia Sotomayor’s Last Laugh”: Linda Greenhouse has this post at the “Opinionator” blog of The New York Times.

Posted at 7:48 AM by Howard Bashman