“U. of I. sets last dance for Illiniwek; Some mourn, some cheer; NCAA lifts sanctions; and memorabilia flies off the shelves”: This article appears today in The Chicago Tribune, along with an editorial entitled “Illiniwek’s last dance.”
The Grand Forks Herald today contains an article headlined “N.D. attorney general: Illinois decision doesn’t affect UND.”
The Argus Leader of Sioux Falls, South Dakota reports that “Illini retire mascot after tribe complains; Oglala Sioux praise university’s decision.”
And The Bloomington Pantagraph reports that “Illini may be dropping the Chief but Gibson City will not.”
Yesterday, the University of Illinois issued a press release headlined “Chief Illiniwek Will No Longer Perform; NCAA to lift sanctions on Illini athletics.” Additional background information is available via this link.
“Judge Melvin can’t refuse raise, state’s top court rules”: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette today contains an article that begins, “Whether she likes it or not, a state Superior Court judge must take an $11,000 pay raise foisted upon her nearly 18 months ago by the state Legislature.”
My earlier coverage appears at this link.
In Monday’s issue of Legal Times: Tony Mauro will have an article headlined “Parents Fight For the Right To Represent Their Children; Case Before Supreme Court Tests Ability to Be Special-Ed Advocates” (free access).
And Justice William W. Bedsworth of the California Court of Appeal will have an essay entitled “Suddenly People Are Eager to Threaten Suit Over Their Names” (free access).
“What the CIA Leak Case Is About”: Byron York has this op-ed today in The Washington Post.
“Military Justice Goes AWOL”: Today in The New York Times, Stephen Budiansky has an op-ed that begins, “This week President Bush issued a final executive order authorizing military commissions to begin trying suspected terrorists.”
“House Dems back federal shield law; It would protect reporters from revealing their sources to government prosecutors”: This article appears today in The San Francisco Chronicle.
“Judge Orders Padilla Jail Personnel to Testify”: The Washington Post contains this article today.
The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports today that “Padilla’s captors ordered to testify; Issue is whether terror suspect is fit to stand trial.”
And The Associated Press reports that “Padilla Brig Officials Must Testify.”
“Utah top court rules against granting same-sex parental rights”: This article appears today in The Deseret Morning News.
And The Salt Lake Tribune reports that “Former partner cut out of visitation; Justices say nonblood parent has no rights to child she helped raise.”
My earlier coverage appears at this link.
“Roberts to speak at Y.; Campus forum also lands filmmaker Burns”: The Deseret Morning News today contains an article that begins, “U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts often called future Brigham Young University President Rex Lee by a nickname 25 years ago when a young Roberts worked in the Department of Justice with Lee, who was solicitor general of the United States.”
How much does Ann Althouse loathe TimesSelect? This much. But not so much that she’d turn down a guest columnist gig for The New York Times where her op-eds appear online behind the TimesSelect subscription wall.
Her op-ed published today is headlined “An Awkward Plea” (TimesSelect temporary pass-through link), and it begins, “It’s hard to ask for a raise, especially when you’re a judge. Look at poor Justice Anthony Kennedy supplicating before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Valentine’s Day.”
