“Experts: Judge knew better.” The Topeka Capital-Journal today contains an article that begins, “A first-year law student could understand this fundamental tenet of ethics. Interviews with judicial conduct experts in several states say it should have been an easy call for Kansas Supreme Court Justice Lawton Nuss to avoid speaking privately with two state senators about a lawsuit pending before the high court that involves hundreds of millions of dollars in state funding for public schools.”
Equity will not aid a sexually harassed volunteer: The Associated Press, in an article headlined “SJC rules that volunteers not covered by sexual harassment law,” reports on a ruling that the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts issued on Friday.
“School law has Omaha on edge; Plan would create race-based districts; Legal challenges considered likely”: The Kansas City Star contains this article today.
“Challenges slow U.S. executions”: This article appears today in The Reno Gazette-Journal.
And The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports today that “Inmate could be executed in days; Unless Kaine or court steps in, Vinson to die by injection Thursday.”
“Dems aiming to succeed Resnick cite views similar to Ohio justice”: The Toledo Blade today contains an article that begins, “The two Democrats seeking to succeed retiring Justice Alice Robie Resnick on the state Supreme Court argue Ohio cannot afford to have its high court solely in the hands of Republicans for the first time in history.”
“Analysis: Bush v. Gore lives.” Today at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has this post about a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued on Friday.
My initial post about that ruling is here, and yesterday I collected press coverage of the ruling at this link.
“Big battle brews in small Ga. town; Supreme Court to consider suit over immigrants”: The Associated Press provides this report.
“O’Connor speaks out on issues”: Today’s issue of The Oklahoman contains this article reporting on the newspaper’s interview yesterday with Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. The newspaper has also posted online audio files from the interview titled “Early job search“; “The judiciary“; “Growing up on the ranch“; and “Public schools.”
In other coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Newly Retired Justice Visits Oklahoma For Cowboy Event.”
“High Court to Hear Lethal Injection Case”: The Associated Press provides this report.
In Monday’s edition of The Christian Science Monitor: Warren Richey will have an article headlined “Does Kansas tilt capital cases? US Supreme court is set to rehear a Kansas case that tests constitutional requirements in death-penalty sentencing.”
Tomorrow’s newspaper will also contain an article headlined “In police lineups, is the method the suspect?”
Philadelphia Phillies 4, Florida Marlins 2: This afternoon, my son and I had the pleasure of attending another Phillies victory. Last year’s Rookie of the Year, Ryan Howard, hit two home runs for the Phils, and his first of the game now stands as the longest homer ever hit at Citizens Bank Park. The blast was measured at 496 feet, and it cleared the tall brick wall that separates center field from Ashburn Alley. A recap of the game is here, while the box score is here.
“Jury leader faced grilling”: The Chicago Tribune today contains an article that begins, “Shortly after the forewoman sent U.S. District Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer a note that the jury had reached a verdict in the trial of former Gov. George Ryan, Pallmeyer summoned the woman to her office.”
And The Chicago Sun-Times today contains articles headlined “Plenty of turmoil — but no mistrial ‘silver bullet’“; “When a governor goes to jail“; “’96 warrant catches up with ex-juror“; and “Tense trial had bits of unintentional comedy“; along with an op-ed by columnist Mark Brown entitled “Did defense set stage for Ryan jury turmoil?”
“Go ahead…I dare ya! With its sweeping new antiabortion law, South Dakota has ‘dared’ the Supreme Court, as one scholar puts it, to overturn Roe; Is this a clever legal strategy, or a reckless affront to the Constitution?” Columnist Christopher Shea has this essay today in the Ideas section of The Boston Globe.
“Lacrosse Purposes: How we fool ourselves into believing we are dispassionate about the Duke case.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
“The Not-So United States”: This article appears today in the Week in Review section of The New York Times. According to the article, “the emergence of strong state stances on social issues like same-sex marriage and abortion reflects a certain amount of political strategy and opportunism.”
“Court says widow can return; Carla Freeman should not have been deported when her husband died, the 9th Circuit says”: Saturday’s issue of The Oregonian contained this article reporting on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued on Friday.
And The Associated Press reports that “Court Rules in Favor of Deported Widow.”
