“Judicial intemperance: Scalia flips message to doubting Thomases.” The Boston Herald on Monday will contain an article that begins, “Minutes after receiving the Eucharist at a special Mass for lawyers and politicians at Cathedral of the Holy Cross, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia had a special blessing of his own for those who question his impartiality when it comes to matters of church and state. ‘You know what I say to those people?’ Scalia, 70, replied, making an obscene gesture under his chin when asked by a Herald reporter if he fends off a lot of flak for publicly celebrating his conservative Roman Catholic beliefs.”
“A patent injustice”: Monday’s edition of Financial Times contains an editorial that begins, “The recently settled lawsuit involving BlackBerry – which nearly blackened the popular handheld’s screens across America – should be a wake-up call for Americans to tackle the crisis in their patent system.”
“Demonizing the courts: Far-right attacks on judiciary are fueling possible violence and must be stopped.” Florida Today contains this editorial today.
“Kansas death penalty statute heads back to U.S. high court”: This article appeared yesterday in The Kansas City Star.
“Detainee Case Will Pose Delicate Question for Court”: Linda Greenhouse will have this article Monday in The New York Times.
“Georgia v. Randolph and Consent to Search One’s Home”: Daniel J. Solove has this post at “Concurring Opinions.”
“Driver for bin Laden tests war tribunal; Osama bin Laden’s driver is about to challenge President Bush’s Military Commissions at the Supreme Court; At issue: Is the anti-terrorism court at odds with the U.S. Constitution?” This front page article appears today in The Miami Herald.
“Scalia, Hamdan, and Recusal”: Ed Whelan has this post at National Review Online’s “Bench Memos” blog. And my earlier coverage is here. In only another two and a half hours from now, I should have completely downloaded the 238 MB Windows Media file containing video of Justice Antonin Scalia’s remarks.
In Monday’s edition of The Christian Science Monitor: Warren Richey will have an article headlined “At court, a terror case rife with tough issues.”
In other news, “Georgia may OK Bible as textbook; If a new law passes, it would be the first state to establish the Bible in its public school curriculum in modern times.”
And Jim Sollisch will have an op-ed entitled “How abortion bans might help the debate; They could force the majority of people on both sides to find common ground.”
In today’s edition of The Chicago Tribune: An article reports that “Craigslist suit faces speech hurdle; Communications law may trump fair housing.”
And columnist Steve Chapman has an op-ed entitled “Knock, knock: A rare victory for privacy and common sense.”
“Bench repair”: Today in The Washington Times, former Fifth Circuit Judge Charles W. Pickering Sr. has an op-ed in which he writes, “With good lawyers making far more money than federal judges, with nominees now facing a virtual firing squad at confirmation, it is no wonder studies now show half of those approached about being nominated to the federal judiciary say ‘no thanks.'”
“Patent system under scrutiny; BlackBerry case highlights complaints, backlog of applications”: The Dallas Morning News contains this article today.
And in related coverage, Allen Pusey has an article headlined “Marshall law: Patent lawyers flock to East Texas court for its expertise and ‘rocket docket.’”
“Execution by injection faces scrutiny; Legal battle reveals controversial details of state’s procedures”: This article appears today in The Richmond Times-Dispatch, along with an item headlined “Details emerge on execution process.”
“Ad blitz coming in abortion campaign; S.D. debate to lure out-of-state interest”: The Argus Leader of Sioux Falls, South Dakota contains this article today.
“For Flanders, it’s time for a career change — again”: Today in The Providence Journal, columnist M. Charles Bakst has an op-ed that begins, “When former Rhode Island Supreme Court Justice Robert Flanders strode last Monday into the freshman constitutional law seminar he teaches at his alma mater, Brown University, a cry of ‘Congratulations!’ rang out and the students applauded. Well, why not? Republican Flanders, 56, had emerged as GOP Sen. Lincoln Chafee’s pick for a seat on the U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston.”
“Group wants federal court to decide pay-raise challenges”: The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania today contains an article that begins, “A government watchdog group wants a federal judge to take the lead in deciding the constitutionality of the 2005 state officials’ pay raise law.”
“The Wall of Fame was born seven years ago when U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Arthur L. Alarcon suggested to the Los Angeles County Bar Assn. that the legal profession should do more to honor colleagues.” The Los Angeles Times today contains an article headlined “82 Lawyers Who Raised the Bar for Their Peers; A Wall of Fame honoring top attorneys in county history will be dedicated next week at the downtown L.A. criminal courthouse.”
“Debate about how we die rages on, but chasm grows”: The Orlando Sentinel today contains an article that begins, “A bulletproof vest still hangs in his office closet, but Pinellas Circuit Judge George Greer has collected a number of awards to hang on the wall.” According to the article, later this week will mark the one-year anniversary of the death of Terri Schiavo.
“Supreme Court: Detainees’ Rights–Scalia Speaks His Mind.” Michael Isikoff will have this Periscope item in the April 3, 2006 issue of Newsweek.
Reuters reports that “Supreme Court justice said to slam detainee rights.”
And at “SCOTUSblog,” Marty Lederman has a post titled “Justice Scalia Announces Opposition to Trials in Civil Courts for Alien Military Detainees.”
Justice Antonin Scalia’s remarks are available online at this link (Windows Media Player required).
“Medical pot case back to litigation; Oakland cancer patient who lost last year to try again with new argument”: Josh Richman has this article today in The Oakland Tribune.
And David Kravets of The Associated Press reports that “Renewed bid for medical marijuana back in court.”
“On S.D. abortion law, loud silence”: Dick Polman, political analyst for The Philadelphia Inquirer, has this article today in that newspaper.
“Domains | David Boies: An Open Case.” This item appears today in The New York Times Magazine.
In today’s edition of The Boston Globe: An article reports that “Marshall urges legislators to approve judicial pay hikes; Says 15% raises are long overdue.”
And an article in the Ideas section is headlined “A man’s right to choose: This is Joe’s sperm; It contains his genetic material; When joined with an egg, it can produce offspring–as well as certain legal responsibilities; Does Joe have any say in all this?”
