“Bagel-shop owner wins appeal to use outdoor advertisements”: The Seattle Times today contains an article that begins, “Blazing Bagels owner Dennis Ballen won an appeal to keep his outdoor advertising signs Friday when the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed an earlier district-court ruling that the city of Redmond’s ban on portable signs is unconstitutional.”
You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.
“Graceless: Did Nancy Grace kill Melinda Duckett?” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
In news from Connecticut: Today in The Hartford Courant, Lynne Tuohy has an article headlined “Sullivan Hearings Delayed” that begins, “The Judicial Review Council Friday canceled next week’s hearings into alleged misconduct by former Chief Justice William J. Sullivan at the request of his lawyers, who cited health problems plaguing the 67-year-old judge.”
And The Associated Press reports that “Panel Seeks More Open Courts.”
“Notables Urge India to End 145-Year Ban on Gay Sex”: This article appears today in The New York Times.
The Associated Press is reporting: Now available online are articles headlined “CIA’s Suspect Interrogations Scrutinized” and “Bush Digs in Heels Over Detainee Bill.”
“How 3 G.O.P. Veterans Stalled Bush Detainee Bill”: This article will appear Sunday in The New York Times.
“Justice visits campus to promote Constitution; Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito speaks at the School of Law as part of Constitution Week celebration”: The Pepperdine University Graphic provides this report.
“Ruling gives judges $7.5 million in back pay”: This article appears today in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
And The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review today contains an article headlined “Back pay for 1,100 Pa. judges could cost taxpayers more than $4.5M” and an editorial entitled “Judges’ pay raise: Objection!”
“Nevada bar opposes Ensign-backed plan to break up 9th circuit appeals court”: The Associated Press provides this report.
“The Question of Liability Stirs Concern at the C.I.A.” The New York Times contains this article today.
The Washington Post today contains a news analysis headlined “Behind the Debate, Controversial CIA Techniques; Interrogation Options Seen as Vital.”
The Los Angeles Times contains articles headlined “Bush Fires Back at Republican Rebels; After four GOP senators oppose his detainee proposal, he warns that the debate’s outcome will define whether ‘we can protect ourselves’” and “Dispute Centers on Reading of Geneva Convention.”
The Chicago Tribune contains articles headlined “Bush bill could hurt war crimes probes; 17 investigations into detainee abuse at issue” and “Bush presses case for terror interrogations; Detainee questioning could end, he warns.”
The Boston Globe reports that “Bush raps McCain’s detainee proposals; Says measures would cripple war on terror.”
And The Washington Times contains an article headlined “Bush: Interrogation vital.”
