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Monday, March 20, 2006

“Are gay adoptions shaping up as nation’s next culture clash? Move to place children only with heterosexual couples gains some ground, but many doubt it will succeed.” The Chicago Tribune contains this article today.

Posted at 7:15 AM by Howard Bashman



In today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times: David G. Savage reports that “Justices May Further Restrict Domestic Violence Testimony.”

In other news, “Civil Trial in Sex Assault Likely to Be Ugly; The suit over the O.C. attack targets the three guilty men, the father of one, two investigators and a lawyer who vows victim will ‘rue the day.’

And an editorial entitled “Divorced from reality” begins, “One foundation of democracy is that court proceedings have to be public.”

Posted at 7:10 AM by Howard Bashman



In today’s edition of The New York Times: An editorial is entitled “The President and the Courts.”

And Michael Rips and Amy Lester have an op-ed entitled “When Words Bear Witness” that begins, “The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments today in two cases that may make domestic violence cases all but impossible to prosecute.”

Posted at 7:00 AM by Howard Bashman



“The Battle over Abortion and Contraception, Part Two: How It’s Playing Out in the Bush Administration.” Elaine Cassel has this essay today online at FindLaw.

Posted at 6:54 AM by Howard Bashman



“Texas legislators take issue with O’Connor’s warnings”: Yesterday’s edition of The Dallas Morning News contained an article that begins, “Now that she’s left the Supreme Court, Sandra Day O’Connor has a few things to get off her chest. One of the first was to warn that the nation could slide into dictatorship if harsh critiques of the judiciary – from the likes of Texas Sen. John Cornyn and Rep. Tom DeLay – go unanswered.”

Posted at 6:44 AM by Howard Bashman