“Campaigns Halt as Nevada Court Upholds Term Limits”: The New York Times today contains an article that begins, “A day before the start of early voting in Nevada, 21 incumbents found that their re-election bids were suddenly over as the State Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld term limits passed by voters in 1996.”
The Reno Gazette-Journal today contains an article headlined “State’s high court: 12-year limits valid.”
And The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that “State high court rules 21 ineligible; Woodbury can’t run again; Buckley, Raggio can stay on ballot.”
You can access here and here yesterday’s rulings of the Supreme Court of Nevada.
“Court limits defendant’s right to seek mercy”: Yesterday in The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko had an article that begins, “A criminal defendant’s right to address the judge before sentencing and plead for mercy without being cross-examined, a right traced back to 17th century England, doesn’t exist in California, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.”
You can access Thursday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of California at this link.
“Conflicting marijuana laws take stage in trial; San Luis Obispo County businessman is fighting prosecutors’ contention that he is a drug trafficker”: The Los Angeles Times contains this article today.
“Mr. Mukasey’s Justice: Attorney General Michael Mukasey’s demand for an expansion of the president’s power to detain foreigners without charge was couched, as usual, in apocalyptic terms.” This editorial will appear Sunday in The New York Times.
“Driver: U.S. let bin Laden escape; Former Osama bin Laden driver Salim Hamdan told FBI interrogators that the United States had multiple chances to capture Osama bin Laden before the Sept. 11 attacks.” Carol Rosenberg has this article today in The Miami Herald.
Today in The Los Angeles Times, Carol J. Williams has an article headlined “Guantanamo war crimes defendant helped Bin Laden succeed, FBI agent testifies; Bit players like the Al Qaeda leader’s driver are key to protecting Bin Laden, says a special agent who interrogated Salim Ahmed Hamdan for 13 days.”
And The New York Times reports that “Prosecutors State Case in First Guantanamo Trial.”
“Pa. hate-crime protections weakened”: The Philadelphia Inquirer today contains a front page article that begins, “Victims of hate crimes who are gay, female or disabled no longer have special protections under state law. The state Supreme Court has upheld a lower-court ruling striking down the 2002 expansion of the Ethnic Intimidation Act that covered sexual orientation, gender identity, and physical or mental disability.”
Friday’s edition of The Lancaster Intelligencer Journal reported that “Pa. court upholds gay-rally ruling.”
And Thursday’s edition of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported that “Top state court backs Christian group in hate-crimes case.”
You can access Wednesday’s order of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania at this link.
“Scalia Makes the Case on Stage”: Tony Mauro had this post yesterday at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”
“Roberts Can Do Better Than Consensus: He needs to start moving the law in the direction he prefers.” Law Professor Scott D. Gerber has this op-ed today in The Wall Street Journal.