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Saturday, November 11, 2006

“Charges Sought Against Rumsfeld Over Prison Abuse; A lawsuit in Germany will seek a criminal prosecution of the outgoing Defense Secretary and other U.S. officials for their alleged role in abuses at Abu Ghraib and Gitmo”: Time.com provides this report.

Posted at 8:25 PM by Howard Bashman



“Analysis: Can U.S. courts reach overseas?” Today at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post that begins, “The case of Mohammad Munaf, a U.S. citizen who faces a death sentence imposed by a court in Iraq, has drawn the U.S. Supreme Court and the D.C. Circuit Court into a major new test of the global impact of the Great Writ — the habeas writ.”

Posted at 3:40 PM by Howard Bashman



The Toronto Globe and Mail is reporting: Today’s newspaper reports that “Universities move to hide work from U.S. eyes; Patriot Act prompts institutions to switch to Canadian server for online research.”

And a news analysis headlined “A flagging relationship suffers another blow; Judges sent reeling by Toews’s plans to plow ahead despite objections” begins, “Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin has never been one to play her cards carelessly or blurt out an indiscretion. When she chose to lead the country’s top judges into a very public battle with Justice Minister Vic Toews over his plan to transform the judicial appointment process, it meant only one thing: that she believed the very independence of the judiciary was at stake.”

Posted at 3:33 PM by Howard Bashman



“An American Indian accuses federal agents of using wildlife laws to thwart his religious practices; Holy man fights for seized feathers”: This article appears today in The Houston Chronicle.

Posted at 3:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“Cooler heads prevail in test of self-defense law”: The St. Petersburg Times today contains an editorial that begins, “A jury reached the correct conclusion when it rejected Hillsborough County’s first case of the ‘stand your ground’ defense.”

Posted at 3:15 PM by Howard Bashman



“Appeal heard in ’95 murder of prosecutor; Evidence, testimony faulty, SJC is told”: This article appears today in The Boston Globe.

Posted at 3:10 PM by Howard Bashman



“Judge Lets Guilty Plea Stand in Terrorism Case; Defendant Cited Warrantless Surveillance”: The Washington Post today contains an article that begins, “A federal judge has refused to throw out the guilty plea of a convicted al-Qaeda supporter who argued that he was illegally spied on through President Bush’s controversial warrantless eavesdropping program.”

Posted at 3:04 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Court and Abortion”: The New York Times today contains an editorial that begins, “The Supreme Court unnecessarily returned to the politically charged area of abortion this week, hearing arguments in a case testing some of the core principles of Roe v. Wade and the court’s own credibility as an institution removed from politics.”

And The Washington Times today contains an editorial entitled “Partial-birth deceit.”

Posted at 9:40 AM by Howard Bashman



“Bush Revives Espionage Act; Bush’s war on the disloyal press climaxes in a trial on classified information”: Nat Hentoff has this essay in the new issue of The Village Voice.

Posted at 9:39 AM by Howard Bashman



“Ten Tips for Excellence in Appellate Advocacy”: The new installment of my “On Appeal” column for law.com can be accessed at this link.

Posted at 9:38 AM by Howard Bashman