“Voters not sold on push to end affirmative action; 2 months before election, only 41% support proposal”: This article appears today in The Detroit Free Press.
And The Associated Press provides a report headlined “Poll: Mich. Split on Affirmative Action.”
Last Wednesday, The Free Press reported that “Judge says ban to stay on ballot; Still, there was fraud, he adds.”
Wednesday’s issue of The Detroit Free Press reported that “Race issue remains on ballot; Judge rejects lawsuit to remove affirmative action referendum; opposition plans circuit court appeal.” And on Thursday, columnist Laura Berman had an op-ed entitled “Voters must find truth in affirmative action debate.”
You can access last week’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan at this link.
Finally, Thursday’s issue of The Wall Street Journal contained an op-ed by Terrence Pell entitled “By Any Means Necessary: A federal judge plays politics in Michigan” that begins, “A decision Tuesday by a federal judge in Detroit could set the stage for a sweeping expansion of the Voting Rights Act, which would turn the federal courts into a national campaign police.”
“Boom! Why Democrats should learn to stop worrying and love the ‘nuclear option.'” Evan P. Schultz has this essay (free access) in today’s issue of Legal Times.
“Christ art gone, but controversy remains; W.Va. town takes on constitutional debate”: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette contains this article today.
“President Set to Renominate Five for Appeals Courts”: This article appeared Thursday in The New York Times.
That day’s issue of The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported that “Bush to try 4th Circuit picks again.”
And The Associated Press reports that “Bush Nominates 5 As Appeals Court Judges.”
The official announcement from the White House can be viewed at this link.
“Sullivan To Testify At Hearing; Lawyer Silent On Ex-Chief Justice’s Strategy In Fighting Ethics Charges Brought By Council”: In last Thursday’s edition of The Hartford Courant, Lynne Tuohy had an article that begins, “A lawyer for former state Supreme Court Chief Justice William J. Sullivan said Sullivan will testify in his own defense at a Judicial Review Council’s disciplinary hearing next week on charges he acted unethically when he secretly withheld release of a controversial ruling to enhance Justice Peter T. Zarella’s prospects of succeeding him as chief justice.”
“New Republic Suspends an Editor for Attacks on Blog”: This article appears today in The New York Times. A statement from the editor of The New Republic can be viewed at this link.
“Blawg Review #73”: Available here, at “Workplace Prof Blog.”
“Study Finds Sharp Drop in the Number of Terrorism Cases Prosecuted”: Eric Lichtblau will have this article Monday in The New York Times.
And The Washington Post on Monday will report that “Terrorism Prosecutions Drop; Analysis Shows a Spike After 9/11, Then a Steady Decline.”
Via a post from Orin Kerr at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” I see that the study in question can be accessed here.
And in somewhat related coverage, last Monday’s edition of The Miami Herald contained an article headlined “Government’s case against terror suspect faces obstacles; The prosecution of a former ‘enemy combatant’ from Broward County is not going as smoothly as predicted.”
“White House Fights Race-Based Admissions Policies”: That’s the headline of Charles Lane’s “Full Court Press” column published Monday in The Washington Post.
Game one: Philadelphia Phillies 8, Atlanta Braves 7; Game two: Atlanta Braves 3, Philadelphia Phillies 1 (11 innings). Today, my son and I saw twenty innings of baseball at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. In game one, Ryan Howard hit three home runs to further extend the Phillies’ single-season record and, in the process, break the record for a Major League Baseball player in his sophomore season. Nevertheless, the Braves managed to rally for a one run lead in the top of the ninth inning, requiring the Phillies to score two in the bottom of the ninth to notch the win. You can access the box score at this link, while wraps are available here and here.
Game two, by contrast, was a low scoring affair, as both starters held the opposition to a single run. Indeed, it was not until the top of the 11th inning that the Braves were able to jump ahead to a 3-1 lead, and this time closer Bob Wickman was equal to the task, holding the Phillies scoreless in the bottom of the 11th. You can access the box score at this link, while wraps are available here and here.
“High court suspends LNP fine; When final order will be issued still unclear”: Yesterday’s edition of The Lancaster (Pa.) Intelligencer Journal contained an article that begins, “The state Supreme Court Friday temporarily suspended a judge’s $1,000-a-day fine on Lancaster Newspapers Inc. for refusing to turn over two reporters’ computers to the state attorney general.”
And The Associated Press reports that “Court Halts Fines for Newspaper for Now.”
“New Rules Sought for Nevada Judges; One proposal is aimed at distancing jurists from campaign donors; another would change how they are chosen and retain their positions”: This article appears today in The Los Angeles Times.
“Blawg Review #72”: Posted here last Monday, at the blog “Ernie the Attorney.”
And here are two new blogs from familiar bloggers: David Lat’s “Above the Law“; and Denise Howell’s “Lawgarithms.”
“Confusion over whether arrest near in Swann St. killing; Gay couple, housemate release statement claiming innocence”: The Washington Blade yesterday posted online an article that begins, “D.C. police gave conflicting statements this week about whether they were about to make an arrest in the Aug. 2 murder of attorney Robert Wone inside the Dupont Circle home of a gay male couple.”
“Legislature Barely Passes Bill to Allow Disputed KOCE Sale; All in GOP oppose measure to allow PBS station’s foundation to buy with a lower bid than a rival’s; Courts had voided the deal”: This article appears today in The Los Angeles Times.
Stay tuned for the sequel “Ace Ventura: Pet Attorney.” The New York Times on Sunday will contain an article headlined “New Breed of Lawyer Gives Every Dog His Day in Court.”
“Leonard Levy, 83, Expert on Constitutional History, Is Dead”: Adam Liptak had this obituary yesterday in The New York Times.
And online at the First Amendment Center, Ronald K.L. Collins has an item headlined “Famed First Amendment scholar Leonard W. Levy dies.”
Philadelphia Phillies 16, Atlanta Braves 4: My son and I attended the “night” portion of today’s day-night doubleheader at Citizens Bank Park. The game started ominously for Phillies fans, as starting pitcher Scott Mathieson was injured on his sixth pitch of the game. Eude Brito came in from the bullpen and pitched four pretty good innings after giving up a home run to Chipper Jones in the top of the first inning. Soon, the offense of the Phillies took over, and Braves fans were left to think of what could have been based on how the game started. You can access the box score at this link, while wraps are available here and here. My son and I are due back at the ballpark for more tomorrow afternoon, when these same two teams will face off in a traditional doubleheader (two games for the price of a single ticket).
“Freelance journalist released from prison; He says he’ll return rather than give his tapes to prosecutor”: Today in The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko has an article that begins, “Freelance journalist Josh Wolf, who was released Friday after spending a month behind bars for refusing to surrender video of a turbulent political protest, said he’d rather return to prison than yield to prosecutors’ demands.”
And today in The Oakland Tribune, Josh Richman reports that “Journalist who refused to give video to grand jury free on bail; S.F. court is reviewing lower court’s finding that Bay Area man is in civil contempt of court.”
The Yale Daily News is reporting: Yesterday’s newspaper contained articles headlined “Eli lawyers battle in detainee case“; “Officials declare Jovin murder a cold case, plan new review“; and “ACLU challenges new state campaign finance law.”
‘Comprehensive,’ yes, but ‘nonpartisan’? Back on August 19, 2006, The New York Times published a front page article headlined “Experts Fault Reasoning in Surveillance Decision” in which the third paragraph stated in pertinent part, “said Howard J. Bashman, a Pennsylvania lawyer whose Web log provides comprehensive and nonpartisan reports on legal developments.”
On Thursday, at “Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports” blog, a post appeared titled “Howard Bashman, Nonpartisan?” At the “De Novo” blog, Armen offers a response that maligns fans of the Philadelphia Phillies. Weather permitting, the next Phillies game that my son and I will attend will be tonight’s game against the Atlanta Braves.
“Grandparent visitation rights upheld; Utah court: Parents are not the only ones with rights to their children.” Last Saturday’s issue of The Salt Lake Tribune contained this article.
And The Deseret Morning News last Saturday reported that “Grandparent-visit ruling is praised.”
You can access the recent ruling of the Supreme Court of Utah at this link.
Meanwhile, in Pennsylvania, The Lock Haven Express on Thursday published this interesting letter to the editor supporting my client’s position in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court‘s recent grandparent visitation decision, which I previously linked to here (second paragraph).
“Kennedy is major influence on court, experts say”: This article appeared Thursday in The Ventura County Star.
The article reports on a symposium that occurred Wednesday at Pepperdine University’s School of Law titled “The Rookie Year of the Roberts Court & A Look Ahead.” You can access streaming video of the webcast, on demand, via this link.
“No Day at the Beach: Bloggers Struggle With What to Do About Vacation.” On Thursday, while I was on vacation, The Wall Street Journal published this article (free access).
“Women Suddenly Scarce Among Justices’ Clerks”: Linda Greenhouse had this article, to which a correction was appended yesterday, in Wednesday’s issue of The New York Times. A related graphic (which is also a subject of yesterday’s correction) is here.
And online at Slate, Dahlia Lithwick has a jurisprudence essay titled “Clerked Around: Is there a major girl crisis in Supreme Court hiring?”
“Scalia Discloses 24 Expense-Paid Trips”: The Associated Press provides this report.
And The Lawrence (Kan.) Journal-World reported on Wednesday that “Scalia’s Turkey trip paid by KU; Supreme Court justice helped teach study abroad course.”
“Opponent of cross has terminal cancer; Plaintiff will be added so lawsuit can continue”: Yesterday’s issue of The San Diego Union-Tribune contained an article that begins, “Philip Paulson, who sued the city of San Diego 17 years ago to force the removal of the Mount Soledad cross from public property, has been diagnosed with terminal liver cancer.”
“Legal landmines emerge in ‘dirty bomber’ case; The Jose Padilla trial is a test: Can US avoid legal tangles of its ‘war on terror’ tactics?” Warren Richey had this article Thursday in The Christian Science Monitor.
Available online from law.com: Tony Mauro has an article headlined “A Millionaire Club of High Court Justices.”
And the brand-new installment of my “On Appeal” column is headlined “Monument at Houston Courthouse Tests the Limits of Ten Commandments Rulings.” In that connection, The Houston Chronicle reported on Wednesday that “County attorney seeks rehearing of Bible case; A three-member 5th Circuit Court panel earlier ruled the display was unconstitutional.”
