“Lining up for Guns”: Tonight at her “Legalities” blog, ABC News correspondent Jan Crawford Greenburg has a post that begins, “The landmark legal battle over the 2nd Amendment is still two days–and two cold nights–away. But people already are waiting in line to get a prized seat in the courtroom for the historic arguments. Jason McCrory, 23, and Dan Mott, 21, started the line at exactly 5:35 p.m. Sunday. I know, because I happened to be standing out front myself, getting ready to file a report about the case for World News.”
You can watch Jan’s wind-blown video segment from tonight’s broadcast of ABC World News Tonight by clicking here.
“Supreme Court to hear challenge to Washington, D.C., gun law; The justices’ decision on the individual right to keep and bear arms under the 2nd Amendment could reverberate throughout the U.S.” David G. Savage will have this article Monday in The Los Angeles Times.
“Search and seizure ruling against Springfield man could head to Supreme Court”: Today in The Kansas City Star, Tony Rizzo has an article that begins, “When does no mean no? Or more precisely, where does no mean no? Last week, a federal appeals court said it was OK for police to take a Missouri man’s home computer without a warrant even after he told them they couldn’t. That’s because his wife, unaware that he had said no, allowed the officers to seize the computer as part of a child pornography investigation.”
My earlier coverage of last Tuesday’s en banc Eighth Circuit ruling appears at this link.
“Vt. high court upholds ex-partner’s visitation rights”: The Associated Press provides a report that begins, “A woman involved in a high-profile custody dispute welcomed a Vermont Supreme Court ruling [Friday] upholding her visitation rights to a child her former lesbian partner had when they were together.”
“Feds question court employees; Probe focuses on relationship between judge, Massey CEO”: Friday’s edition of The Charleston (W. Va.) Gazette contained an article that begins, “Investigators from the FBI and the U.S. attorney’s office in Charleston have interviewed employees of the West Virginia Supreme Court about a controversial case involving Massey Energy, court employees confirmed Thursday. Federal investigators have also interviewed at least one of the court’s five justices, Larry Starcher, according to an employee of the court. The employees who spoke to the Gazette requested anonymity. The U.S. investigation focuses on the relationship between Chief Justice Elliott ‘Spike’ Maynard and Massey Energy CEO Donald L. Blankenship. The two men were photographed together during July 2006 vacations along the French Riviera and in Monaco.”
“Quince to be Florida’s first African-American female chief justice”: This article appeared Saturday in The Tallahassee Democrat.
And The Associated Press reports that “Quince tapped for chief justice; She succeeds R. Fred Lewis, and will be the 1st black woman to lead Florida’s Supreme Court.”
“Another One: Top Federal Judge Linked to Prostitution Ring; Officials: Edward Nottingham Was ‘Implicated as a Customer’ in an Investigation of the Denver Sugar/Denver Players.” ABCNews.com provides this report.
Denver’s NBC affiliate 9News.com reports that “Judge’s behavior targeted in new complaint.”
And yesterday in The Denver Post, columnist Al Lewis had an op-ed entitled “Not-so-honorable judge presides.”
“Gun-rights ruling could ricochet across nation; Chicago has stake in high court case”: James Oliphant has this article today in The Chicago Tribune.
The Washington Times reports today that “D.C., feds ready for epic gun battle.”
Monday’s edition of The Guardian (UK) reports that “Supreme court tests right to own guns; Lawyer funds challenge to Washington firearms ban; Ruling will test constitution and could rock elections.”
FOXNews.com reports that “Gun Control Advocates, Opponents Prepare for Supreme Court Argument.”
And Agence France-Presse reports that “US Supreme Court in historic hearing on gun laws.”
“Bush, Cheney Take Different Sides in Gun-Ban Case”: This audio segment (RealPlayer required) featuring Nina Totenberg appeared on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Weekend Edition Sunday.”
“A look at boy’s life behind Gitmo’s bars”: This excerpt from the book “Guantanamo’s Child: The Untold Story of Omar Khadr,” by Michelle Shephard, appears today in The Miami Herald.
Today’s newspaper also contains related items headlined “Pentagon spurns offer to explain” and “Lawyers call detention of boy unjust.”
And in yesterday’s newspaper, Carol Rosenberg had an article headlined “Judge rebukes Pentagon, grants Khadr motions.”
“When Reason Meets Rifles: The last time the court issued a major decision on the right to bear arms was in 1939, when criminals wore fedoras.” Dahlia Lithwick will have this essay in the March 24, 2008 issue of Newsweek.
“Attacking Climate Change in Court: A spate of legal cases try to hold corporations and governments liable global warming.” Emma Schwartz has this article online at the web site of U.S. Newe & World Report.
“Craigslist Isn’t Liable for Biased Postings”: The Wall Street Journal contained this article on Saturday.
The Associated Press reports that “Court Upholds Tossing Craigslist Lawsuit.”
And Reuters reports that “Craigslist not liable for illegal ads, court says.”
My earlier coverage of Friday’s Seventh Circuit ruling appears at this link.
“Controversial sentence in TV series scam is overturned; The ruling by an appellate panel is another rebuke of Judge Manuel Real and means admitted con man Joseph Medawar could face more time”: This article appeared Saturday in The Los Angeles Times.
You can access Wednesday’s non-precedential ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.
The LATimes article notes that “Last year, the judicial council of the 9th Circuit reprimanded Real, a federal judge in L.A. since 1966, on the grounds that he had exhibited a ‘pattern and practice of not providing reasons for his decisions when required to do so.'” I discussed the Judicial Conference Committee on Judicial Conduct and Disability’s review of that proposed reprimand in last week’s installment of my “On Appeal” column for law.com.
“D.C.’s Gun Ban Gets Day in Court; Justices’ Decision May Set Precedent In Interpreting the 2nd Amendment”: Robert Barnes has this front page article today in The Washington Post. A related sidebar looks at what, if anything, the Justices have said about the Second Amendment.
