“Judiciary Probe Moves Slowly”: Roll Call today contains an article (subscription required) that begins, “A year after being handed the case by the Senate, the Justice Department continues to investigate the improper accessing of more than 4,600 Democratic memos from the Judiciary Committee by a pair of former GOP staffers.”
“Griffith’s Path to D.C. Circuit May Be Clear; Nominee stands to survive as Dems move on to other targets”: Legal Times contains this article (subscription required) today.
According to the article, tomorrow morning’s confirmation hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee will have as its focus D.C. Circuit nominee Thomas B. Griffith.
“Tragedy underscores threat judges face on the job”: This article appears today in The Post-Tribune of Merrillville, Indiana.
“Justices to weigh orders of protection; Court to decide if police are liable”: Marcia Coyle has this article in today’s issue of The National Law Journal.
“The Court, And Foreign Friends, As Constitutional Convention”: Stuart Taylor Jr. has this essay today in National Journal.
“The Byrd Option: The former Senate leader knew how to break a filibuster.” This editorial appears today in The Wall Street Journal.
“Specter validates GOP fears”: Columnist Robert Novak has this essay today in The Chicago Sun-Times.
“Lefkow case gets TV aid; Authorities hope ‘Most Wanted’ can help generate clues” This article appears today in The Chicago Tribune.
The Chicago Sun-Times contains an article headlined “‘Not locked into any one theory.’” The article reports that “In a new development, white supremacist Hal Turner is urging readers of his Web site to post home addresses and photos of three appeals court judges on the Internet because they have ruled against Hale, too.”
In related coverage, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports today that “Supremacist blames local judge; Coffey overturned Chicago ruling in case that may have led to murders.”
And The St. Petersburg Times reports that “Chicago slayings rattle judges; While no Tampa Bay area jurist ever has been murdered, some have been harassed, followed and publicly threatened.”
In the March 14, 2005 issue of The New Yorker: In The Talk of the Town, Hendrik Hertzberg has an essay entitled “Nuke ’em,” while Jeffrey Toobin has an essay entitled “Reprieve.”