Altoona Curve 7, Trenton Thunder 2: My son and I were at Waterfront Park in Trenton, New Jersey this evening to watch the Trenton Thunder — the AA Eastern League affiliate of the New York Yankees — host the Altoona Curve — the AA Eastern League affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Although the home team lost, almost everyone in attendance gained a Phil Hughes bobblehead doll. Although Phil is not currently pitching for the Yankees, he is blogging.
You can access the box score of tonight’s game at this link, while wraps are available here and here.
“The Gun Case: Eight Misses.” Ross Guberman offers “eight writing errors in the gun-ban opinion and dissents.”
In cases governed by version of ERISA law that precedes Congress’s 2005 amendments, Second Circuit holds that cash balance defined benefit plans do not inherently result in an unlawful age-based reduction in the rate of benefit accrual: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.
“Bush lawyers told to speed Guantanamo detention appeals”: Marisa Taylor of McClatchy Newspapers has this report.
The Washington Times reports today that “Gitmo cases will be tried chronologically; Judge outlines hearing order.”
Bloomberg News reports that “U.S. Can’t Delay on 125 Guantanamo Detainee Cases, Judge Says.”
At “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Sense of urgency on detainees.”
And today in The Washington Post, columnist Ruth Marcus has an op-ed entitled “Free This Detainee.”
“ACLU, Treasury in dispute over paying captives’ lawyers; Civil liberties group ACLU is locked in a struggle with the Treasury Department over fees for top lawyers who are offering to help defend accused terrorists at Guantanamo”: Carol Rosenberg has this article today in The Miami Herald.
“Report Urges Overhaul of the War Powers Law”: The New York Times contains this article today.
The Washington Post reports today that “Ex-Secretaries Suggest New War Powers Policy; Commission Criticizes 1973 Resolution.”
The Los Angeles Times reports that “New law is urged on war powers; A bipartisan panel wants Congress to play a bigger role when a president decides to send troops into combat.”
And USA Today reports that “Panel urges overhaul of War Powers Act.”
“FISA’s Fetters: Concerns about the new foreign surveillance measure are overblown.” This editorial appears today in The Washington Post.
“La. judge overturns ex-Black Panther’s conviction”: The Associated Press provides this report.
And late last month, ABCNews.com had a report headlined “After 36 Years in Solitary, Prisoner’s Conviction Could Be Overturned; Judge Wants Ex-Black Panther’s Murder Conviction Tossed, State Disagrees.”
“Justice Breyer Is Among Victims in Data Breach Caused by File Sharing”: This front page article appears today in The Washington Post.
“Warren J. Ferguson, Who Declared That N.B.A. Rule Violated Antitrust Laws, Dies at 87”: The New York Times contains this obituary today.
“Facing Press Can Be Such a Trial, Stars Find When Leaving Court”: This article appears today in The New York Times.
“Harmless Error?” Today in The New York Sun, Michael Rips has an op-ed that begins, “The federal court of appeals that affirmed Conrad Black’s criminal conviction did so without ever addressing the constitutional argument that was central to his case.”
“Winning and Losing in the Supreme Court: How the Recently-Concluded Supreme Court Term Bolstered Justice Kennedy’s Power, But Undermined John McCain’s Constitutional Credibility.” Vikram David Amar has this essay online at FindLaw.
