“U law school roiled by professor’s hiring; Work as federal lawyer on terror memo cited”: The St. Paul Pioneer Press today contains an article that begins, “Robert Delahunty looked like the perfect fill-in to teach a constitutional law class next term at the University of Minnesota. He had broad federal legal experience, and an impressive resume and was available in a pinch. But U officials apparently didn’t realize that Delahunty also co-authored one of the most controversial legal opinions from the nation’s war on terror and that hiring him could prompt criticism on campus. Now, some U students and professors are questioning Delahunty’s selection to teach next term. Law school leaders plan to meet today with students but made clear on Tuesday that Delahunty is their choice.”
The Minnesota Daily reported yesterday that “New hire controversial; Delahunty co-authored a memo to President Bush containing legal advice concerning al-Qaida.”
And Inside Higher Ed reports that “Appointment Roils a Law School.”
You can access Law Professor Robert Delahunty’s online bio at this link.
“Board settles gender bias suit; Coach to get $50,000, lawyers, $340,000”: The Birmingham News today contains an article that begins, “Lawyers for teacher Roderick Jackson and the Birmingham Board of Education settled Tuesday night a 5-year-old gender-discrimination lawsuit that went to the U.S. Supreme Court in 2005, lawyers for both sides said.”
Blogging about logging: The Seattle Post-Intelligencer today contains an article headlined “Supreme Court hears antitrust suit against Weyerhaeuser” that begins, “The lawyer for a now-defunct sawmill told the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday that timber giant Weyerhaeuser Co. broke federal antitrust laws by overpaying for more logs than it needed and then cutting its prices on the finished lumber used to make guitars and furniture.”
And The Oregonian reports today that “High court looks at NW timber bids; Weyerhaeuser appeals ruling that it drove up prices to kill competition.”
Yesterday, The Seattle Times previewed the case in an article headlined “Alder case cuts at antitrust.”
“Harassed worker turns to high court”: The Portland Press Herald today contains an article that begins, “A Portland man hopes the U.S. Supreme Court will do what a Maine jury would not, and let him seek damages from his former employer, Jordan’s Meats.”
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“Kansas Outlaws Practice Of Evolution”: The Onion today provides this report.
“Supreme Court to Take Up Global Warming”: The Associated Press provides this report.
And on today’s broadcast of NPR‘s “Morning Edition,” Nina Totenberg had an audio segment entitled “High Court to Hear Greenhouse-Gas Case” (RealPlayer required).
“Lesbian’s custody rights are upheld; Virginia backs rulings by Vermont courts in a dissolved civil union”: The Los Angeles Times today contains an article that begins, “A Virginia appellate court ruled Tuesday in a closely watched lesbian custody dispute that the biological mother must answer to the laws of Vermont, where she and her former partner entered into a civil union and raised a child together. The ruling skirted a broader question key to the national debate: whether Virginia can be forced to recognize such a union sanctioned in another state.”
The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports today that “Va. sends custody fight to Vermont; Civil-union ruling could be appealed to Va. high court.”
And The Rutland Herald contains an article headlined “Court: Custody case belongs in Vt.”
My earlier coverage appears at this link.
“Blind woman sees future in law; UVa student uses technology, smarts in studies”: This article appeared Monday in The Daily Progress of Charlottesville, Virginia.
“Pelosi Won’t Pick Tainted Lawmaker for Key Post “: The New York Times today contains an article that begins, “Representative Nancy Pelosi announced on Tuesday that she would not award the chairmanship of the House Intelligence Committee to Representative Alcee L. Hastings of Florida, who was a leading contender for the post.”
The Washington Post today contains a front page article headlined “Hastings, Harman Rejected for Chairmanship; Pelosi Decides Against Both of House Intelligence Panel’s Top Two Democrats.”
The Los Angeles Times reports that “Hastings won’t chair intel panel, Pelosi says; With top Democrats out, an outsider may be named to the key post.”
The Wall Street Journal reports “Pelosi Moves to End Quarrel Over Intelligence Post; Speaker-in-Waiting Says She Won’t Name Hastings, Who Was Once Impeached” (free access).
Josh Gerstein of The New York Sun reports that “Pelosi Rejects Hastings as Intelligence Chairman.”
McClatchy Newspapers report that “Pelosi rejects Hastings for leadership position.”
The Washington Times reports that “Hastings denied top intelligence seat.”
And The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports that “Hastings loses bid for chairmanship of U.S. House Intelligence commiittee.”
“Happy ending? Suit over Barney parody is settled.” The Los Angeles Times today contains an article that begins, “Barney the purple dinosaur may sing about how much he loves you, but his corporate masters don’t care much for Stuart Frankel.”
“San Quentin’s execution team is called incompetent; A brief filed on behalf of killer Michael Morales finds broad problems with death penalty cases”: Henry Weinstein has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.
“FBI appoints veteran for criminal division”: The Washington Times today contains an article that begins, “A veteran FBI supervisor who oversaw the investigation into the high-profile, unsolved death of a federal prosecutor in Baltimore was appointed yesterday to lead the criminal division of the bureau’s Washington field office.”
Next Monday will mark the three-year anniversary of the discovery of Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan Luna’s dead body in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The Baltimore Sun’s coverage of the case can be accessed via this link.
“Few chances for lawyers to develop trial skills”: This article appears today in The Boston Globe.
“‘Super-Sealed’ Excavation”: Today in The Hartford Courant, Lynne Tuohy has an article that begins, “Forty court files remain ‘super-sealed’ four years after revelations that the judicial branch had concealed existence of many lawsuits, enraging lawmakers and the public. But more information about the cases trickled out Tuesday as a judge and lawyers for several litigants who have sued the court system over the practice try to solve the conundrum.”
“A Slide Toward Segregation”: Today in The Washington Post, columnist Ruth Marcus has an op-ed that begins, “A half-century after Brown v. Board of Education, it’s come, amazingly, to this: The Supreme Court, in the name of preventing race discrimination, is being asked to stop local schools from voluntarily adopting plans to promote integration.”
“Supreme Court to hear greenhouse warming case”: Reuters provides this report.
The Boston Globe reports today that “High Court to hear case on auto pollution; Mass., other states challenge EPA.”
And c|net News.com reports that “Supreme Court to consider climate-change rules.”
Meanwhile, in commentary, USA Today contains an editorial entitled “Justices can clear the air by telling EPA to do its job; Bush administration drags feet on climate change; world seeks solutions.” In addition, Law Professor Jonathan Adler has an op-ed entitled “It’s not up to the EPA;
If global warming requires regulation, that is a decision for Congress to make.”
And in The New York Sun, Thomas Bray has an op-ed entitled “Environmental Intervention Is In.”
“Evidence Obtained In Unabomber Case”: cbs5.com of San Francisco provides this report.
And The Associated Press reports that “Evidence Offers Insight Into Unabomber.”
“U.S. Currency Discriminates Against Blind, Judge Rules”: This article appears today in The New York Times.
And The Washington Times reports today that “Currency changes ordered to help blind.”
My earlier coverage is at this link.
“Protecting Reporters’ Phone Records”: The New York Times today contains an editorial that begins, “A journalist’s ability to protect the identity of confidential sources has been further eroded by the Supreme Court’s refusal this week to stop a prosecutor from reviewing the telephone records of two New York Times reporters.”
“Supreme Court Weighs the Meaning of ‘Obvious'”: Linda Greenhouse has this article today in The New York Times.
And today in The Los Angeles Times, Jim Puzzanghera reports that “High court puts patent standard to the test; Justices ponder the ‘obviousness’ gauge; Companies and the government take sides.”
“Justices today tackle consumer protection; State regulators take on banking industry”: This article appears today in USA Today.
