“Paper to be held in contempt, pending appeal; It could face fines of $1,000 a day for up to 18 months”: Today in The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko has an article that begins, “The Chronicle has agreed to be held in contempt of court and could face fines of more than half a million dollars if a federal appeals court decides the newspaper must disclose its reporters’ sources of information about grand jury testimony by Giants outfielder Barry Bonds and other star athletes about steroids.”
“Judge Says Indecent Exposure Law Applies to Men Only; Drops Charge Against Woman”: This article appears today in The Los Angeles Times.
And at “the (new) legal writer” blog, Ray Ward addresses “What’s a draftsman drafter of legislation to do?”
My earlier coverage appears at this link.
Cause and effect: In August, after I wrote about the ruling from a Detroit federal judge holding unconstitutional President Bush’s domestic wiretapping program, I was quoted on the front page of The New York Times.
More recently, after I wrote about how words alone are capable of violating federal obscenity laws, I was quoted at the web site of Adult Video News (ads not work safe).
“Free speech on Fremont OK’d; Ruling lifts city ordinances barring solicitation, setting up booths”: This article appears today in The Las Vegas Review-Journal. My earlier coverage is at this link.
The Associated Press is reporting: Now available online are articles headlined “Justices Discuss Judges’ Independence“; “Justice Kennedy Holds Key to High Court“; and “Justice’s Memories of World Series Loss.”
“Lawyer Convicted in Terror Case Lied on the Stand, a Juror Says”: The New York Times today contains an article that begins, “He was known as Juror 8, for the jury box chair where he listened silently for more than six months as the convoluted evidence unfolded in the trial of Lynne F. Stewart, the radical defense lawyer accused of aiding Islamic terrorism.”
“Witness: Sanctions ‘Illegal.'” Today in The Hartford Courant, Lynne Tuohy has an article that begins, “A former chairman of the Judicial Review Council and a noted expert on legal ethics both testified Friday that there is no precedent, nor authority vested in the council, to discipline former Chief Justice William J. Sullivan for secretly withholding release of a controversial Supreme Court ruling to benefit a colleague.”
And The Connecticut Law Tribune yesterday published news updates headlined “Tensions Escalate At JRC Hearing; Keefe goes from witness to Sullivan attack dog” and “Hired Gun Professor Testifies For Sullivan.”
“Supreme Court Allows Arizona to Use New Voter-ID Procedure”: Linda Greenhouse has this article today in The New York Times.
Today in The Washington Post, Charles Lane reports that “Arizona May Use Voter-ID Law, High Court Says; Justices Overturn Ruling That Cited Pending Lawsuit.”
David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “High Court Allows Arizona to Enact New Voter ID Law; The ruling reverses one by the 9th Circuit; It is expected to benefit Republicans at the polls.”
The Arizona Republic contains an article headlined “Voters, bring your ID to polls.”
And The Arizona Daily Star reports that “High court clears state to enforce voter ID; Tosses lower court decision that blocked enforcement.”
“Texas Supreme Court justice cleared of ethics violation; Reprimand of Hecht for backing Bush U.S. high court nominee Miers overturned on appeal”: This article appears today in The Austin American-Statesman.
The Houston Chronicle reports today that “Panel absolves Texas judge of ethics breach; Ill-defined terms and rules cited in excusing Hecht’s support for Mier’s Supreme Court bid.”
The Dallas Morning News reports that “Panel clears justice on ethics charges; Judges reverse censure of Hecht, who praised high court hopeful Miers.”
And The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports that “Justice cleared in Miers case.”
My earlier coverage appears at this link.
“Lawyer Punished for ‘Lord!’ Outburst”: The Associated Press provides this report.
Meanwhile, in local coverage, The Winston-Salem Journal reported yesterday that “Judge orders lawyer to jail; Contempt charge comes after exchange of words.” And today the newspaper provides a news brief captioned “Lawyer is out of jail while he appeals charge.”
“Chief justice presides over USC visit”: The State of Columbia, South Carolina today contains an article that begins, “U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts presided over a mock trial at the USC School of Law on Friday and afterwards engaged in a candid conversation with students about judicial philosophy and life as the country’s top lawyer.”
My earlier coverage appears here and here.
