In news from the University of North Dakota School of Law: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit heard oral arguments there yesterday.
In news coverage, The Associated Press provides an article headlined “Lawyer: North Dakota hunting rules are illegal; Arguments heard at UND’s law school draws crowd of 150.” And The Forum of Fargo reports that “N.D. hunting rights argued.” According to The AP’s report, “McGuigan handled most of the judges’ questions after Haas [a North Dakota assistant attorney general] became speechless early in his own presentation. After making a few remarks, Haas was able to speak only a few words at a time, standing silent at the lectern for about 20 seconds at a time before sitting down. He appeared to be stricken by stage fright.”
And in related coverage, “Iraq veteran’s arguments stifled at murder trial, lawyer says.”
“For Closure: Do death sentences really give victims relief?” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate. And the odds are quite good that the essay will also appear as an op-ed in tomorrow’s edition of The Washington Post.
Ninth Circuit Judge and Ninth Circuit scholar comment on blog post regarding circuit split: Very early this morning, I linked here to a post at “PrawfsBlawg” titled “The Ninth Circuit (Most of It, Anyway) Fires Back.”
Since then, comments to that blog post have appeared not only from someone who misspells my first name, but also (it would seem) from Ninth Circuit Judge Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain and Law Professor Arthur D. Hellman.
“Alabama legislators consider bills to ban abortions”: The Associated Press provides this report.
“Reynolds says court ruling won’t hurt domestic cases; Chief says probable cause enough to let cops enter without warrant”: The Huntsville Times today contains an article that begins, “Huntsville Police Chief Rex Reynolds doesn’t think a U.S. Supreme Court ruling this week will raise major obstacles to the way his officers handle domestic violence calls.”
“Court Case Challenges Power of President; Military Tribunals’ Legitimacy at Issue”: Charles Lane will have this front page article Sunday in The Washington Post.
Carol Rosenberg of Knight Ridder Newspapers reports that “Justices to hear constitutional challenge to special war courts.”
And Gina Holland of The Associated Press reports that “Bush’s Powers Again Under Review by Court.”
In today’s edition of The Chicago Tribune: An article reports that “2nd Ryan juror in question; Tribune record search finds apparent history of arrests.”
In other news, “Group picks vote in abortion fight; S. Dakota drive seeks ballot issue in the fall.”
And an editorial is entitled “Tricked into fatherhood?”
“Initiative Targets Abortion Ban; Foes of South Dakota’s new law are gathering signatures for a ballot challenge to overturn it”: This article appears today in The Los Angeles Times.
In today’s edition of The Washington Post: An article reports that “Families’ Hope For Answers At 9/11 Trial Is Unfulfilled; With New Information Scant, Frustration and Pain Mingle.”
Sandra Day O’Connor and Roy Romer have an op-ed entitled “Not By Math Alone.”
And a letter to the editor begins, “In his March 16 op-ed column, Robert D. Novak argued that Judge Terrence W. Boyle deserves a prompt Senate confirmation vote to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit in part because ‘his only liability is that he is a conservative who spent a year on Sen. Jesse Helms’s staff.'”
In today’s edition of The New York Times: An article headlined “In Bills’ Small Print, Critics See a Threat to Immigration” begins, “A little-noticed provision in two key Senate immigration bills would reshape the handling of immigration appeals cases and has touched off an outcry from several legal scholars, federal judges and the policy-making group for the federal courts.”
A news analysis is headlined “Unwelcome Attention From Moussaoui Trial.”
In other news, “Privileged Conversations Said Not Excluded From Spying.”
And in news from Chicago, “Jury Weighing Fate of Ex-Governor of Illinois Has Its Own Problems.”
“Court opens lawyer’s case file after keeping it secret 8 years”: This article appeared yesterday in The Seattle Times.
“A Tribute to Justice Sandra Day O’Connor”: The March 2006 issue of the Harvard Law Review contains this collection of short tributes (via “OrinKerr.com“).
“Conference on Supreme Court Nomination Process”: Thanks to C-SPAN, you can access online the video of all six hours and twenty-three minutes of Friday’s fascinating conference programs (which I earlier previewed here) by clicking here (RealPlayer required). Sandwiched in the middle of the broadcast is a talk from, and question-and-answer session with, Justice Stephen G. Breyer.
Available online from National Public Radio: Yesterday’s broadcast of “Talk of the Nation : Science Friday” contained a segment entitled “Controversy Brews over Patenting Laws of Nature.”
And yesterday’s broadcast of “Day to Day” contained a segment entitled “Planned Parenthood to Fight S.D. Abortion Law.”
RealPlayer is required to launch these audio segments.
“The Ninth Circuit (Most of It, Anyway) Fires Back”: At “PrawfsBlawg,” Steve Vladeck has this post about Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski‘s latest effort at explaining why the Ninth Circuit should remain intact. An update to the posts counts fourteen Ninth Circuit judges who did not sign-on to Judge Kozinski’s essay.
