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Wednesday, June 7, 2006

“Last stand for property-rights activists; A year after high court’s key decision, New London, Conn., voted to evict homeowners”: Warren Richey will have this article Thursday in The Christian Science Monitor.

Posted at 7:25 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justices Must Hear Latest Greenhouse-Gas Case”: Timothy J. Dowling has this op-ed today in The Daily Journal of California.

Posted at 5:05 PM by Howard Bashman



“Judge orders lawyers to play game: Acrimonious attorneys told to settle dispute by playing a round of ‘rock, paper, scissors.'” Fortune Magazine provides this report. A copy of the original order can be viewed at this link (thanks to every last person who has sent this along since yesterday!).

Posted at 3:55 PM by Howard Bashman



Equitable tolling of the deadline for a state prisoner to file a federal habeas petition because the prison law library failed to provide Spanish-language books or Spanish-speaking clerks or librarians to assist Spanish-speaking inmates: The majority on a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today breathes new life into this equitable tolling argument. You can access today’s ruling at this link. Circuit Judge Andrew J. Kleinfeld‘s dissenting opinion is also very much worth a look.

Posted at 3:45 PM by Howard Bashman



“Jury Trials: Could ‘CSI’ ruin our criminal justice system?” Charles Loeffler has this essay (pass-through link) online today at The New Republic.

Posted at 3:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“Senate Rejects Gay Marriage Ban”: The Associated Press provides this report. According to the article, “The 49-48 vote fell 11 short of the 60 required to send the matter for an up-or-down tally by the full Senate.”

Update: The official roll call vote tally can be viewed at this link.

Posted at 10:43 AM by Howard Bashman



“How to humanize a killer: Defense teams in capital cases research their clients’ childhood — and conduct often-harrowing interviews with the clients’ families — to evoke sympathy from juries’ Critics call mitigation evidence the ‘abuse excuse.'” Sarah Elizabeth Richards has this article today at Salon.com.

Posted at 9:44 AM by Howard Bashman



“Boom of the Judicial Canon; Ally of White House Counsel Is Under Fire in Texas”: The Washington Post today contains an article that begins, “In Texas, calling someone a ‘spokesman’ comes close to fighting words. Take the case of the Honorable Nathan L. Hecht, a justice of the Supreme Court of Texas and a well-known conservative jurist. A longtime friend of White House counsel Harriet Miers, Hecht gave more than 120 media interviews during her failed Supreme Court nomination.”

Posted at 7:25 AM by Howard Bashman



“Senate Emphasis on Ideology Has Some in G.O.P. Anxious”: The New York Times contains this article today.

The Washington Times reports today that “Marriage measure doomed in Senate.”

The Chicago Tribune contains an article headlined “Gay leader: Marriage issue a fake; Says GOP trying to obscure nation’s deeper problems.”

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that “Pa. moves to ban same-sex marriage; The state House approved, by 136-61, a constitutional amendment that would shore up an existing law.”

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that “Pa. House passes gay marriage ban.”

The Harrisburg Patriot-News contains articles headlined “Could marriage debate do harm to Santorum?” and “House votes to bolster marriage law.”

In The Washington Post, Dana Milbank’s Washington Sketch column is headlined “For Foes of Same-Sex Marriage, It’s the Thought That Counts.”

In The Boston Globe, columnist Jeff Jacoby has an op-ed entitled “A civil debate on gay marriage.”

And in The Los Angeles Times, David Link has an op-ed entitled “He dares not speak its name; In avoiding the word ‘gay,’ the president defines same-sex marrige as only a hetero issue.”

Posted at 7:20 AM by Howard Bashman



“Separation hypocrisy: Congress isn’t so excited about separation of powers when it comes to the judiciary.” The Los Angeles Times contains this editorial today.

Posted at 7:00 AM by Howard Bashman



“One Step Closer to Eviction; The City Council of New London, Conn., votes to oust the two plaintiffs holding out in their homes in a landmark eminent domain case”: This article appears today in The Los Angeles Times.

Posted at 6:55 AM by Howard Bashman



“Justice Kennedy’s Culture War: How gay marriage became a federal case, alas.” This editorial (free access) appears today in The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 6:38 AM by Howard Bashman



In news from Alabama: The Montgomery Advertiser today contains articles headlined “Riley slams door on Moore; Baxley defeats Siegelman” and “Nabers defeats Parker in chief justice battle.”

The Birmingham News reports today that “GOP picks Riley; Democrats, Baxley” and “Nabers leads victorious incumbents.”

The Mobile Press-Register reports that “Riley and Baxley will square off in Alabama governor race” and “Supreme Court incumbents fend off challenges.”

And The New York Times reports that “Alabama Governor Defeats Former Justice in Primary.”

Posted at 6:35 AM by Howard Bashman



“Why the Supreme Court Got It Wrong When It Rejected a Government Whistleblower’s First Amendment Claim”: Jesselyn Radack has this essay online today at FindLaw.

Posted at 6:30 AM by Howard Bashman