“Not the Justice Republicans Expected; Souter Surprised Observers by Leaning Left in Several High-Profile Decisions”: Robert Barnes will have this article Saturday in The Washington Post.
And Saturday’s edition of The New York Times will contain an article headlined “Washington Prepares for Fight Over Any Nominee“; an article by Charlis Savage headlined “Women and Minorities Seen as a Focus of Search“; and a news analysis by Adam Liptak headlined “Varied Resume vs. Fitted Robe.”
Did the U.S. Congress, in enacting the Government Employee Rights Act of 1991, validly abrogate the Eleventh Amendment immunity of the States? The majority on an eleven-judge en banc panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit answers “yes” in a ruling issued today.
“Top justice sent racy video to colleagues; Myron Steele used state e-mail to share video with 38 male friends, lawyers”: Yesterday’s edition of The News Journal of Wilmington, Delaware contained an article that begins, “Delaware Supreme Court Chief Justice Myron T. Steele, the national face of Delaware’s powerful and highly respected courts, used his state e-mail account Monday to send a sexually suggestive video to 38 men.”
And today’s issue of that newspaper contains an editorial entitled “Chief Justice Steele made a mistake; now let’s move on.”
Nina Totenberg of National Public Radio is reporting: On today’s broadcast of “Morning Edition,” she had an audio segment entitled “Justice Souter To Retire From Supreme Court.”
And on this evening’s broadcast of “All Things Considered,” she had an audio segment entitled “Impact Of Souter Retirement Examined.”
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Bashman news from Australia: Saturday’s edition of The Toowoomba Chronicle reports that “Eight ‘mongrels’ bash man.”
Bloomberg News is reporting: Greg Stohr has an article headlined “Souter Says He Will Retire From U.S. Supreme Court.”
And in other news, “Obama Says He’ll Seek Independent Jurist for Court.”
James Vicini of Reuters is reporting: He has articles headlined “U.S. Justice Souter resigns” and “Obama’s pick may not shift Supreme Court direction.”
“Statements from the Supreme Court Regarding Justice David H. Souter’s Retirement”: The Public Information Office of the U.S. Supreme Court today issued this news release consisting of statements from Justice Souter’s colleagues.
The Associated Press is reporting: Now available online are articles headlined “Obama’s high court choice could be Hispanic, woman“;
“Souter hardly predictable in 19 years as justice“;
“Souter gets big retirement bucks — for frugal life“;
“Analysis: Court opening may animate liberal causes“; and
“Senate Republicans in flux for high-court hearings.”
“Alleged Nazi Demjanjuk cleared for deportation”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A federal appeals court opened the way again Friday for the Justice Department to deport alleged Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk to Germany to face 29,000 counts of accessory to murder.”
And The Cleveland Plain Dealer has a news update headlined “Appellate court rejects John Demjanjuk’s appeal to stop deportation.”
You can access today’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit at this link.
“Justice David H. Souter has today sent the attached letter to the White House notifying President Barack Obama of his retirement from the Supreme Court effective when the Supreme Court rises for the summer recess this year.” So states a news release that the Public Information Office of the U.S. Supreme Court issued this afternoon. Justice Souter’s letter can be viewed at this link.
Neil A. Lewis of The New York Times has a news update headlined “Women and Minorities Seen as a Focus of Search.”
Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has news updates headlined “Obama Announces Justice Souter Is Retiring” and “Replacement Speculation Begins.”
Linda Feldmann and Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor have an article headlined “In replacing Souter, how far left will Obama go? He’ll face pressure from his liberal base in his pick for the Supreme Court.”
Michael Doyle of McClatchy Newspapers reports that “Souter tells White House that he’ll retire from Supreme Court.”
The Los Angeles Times has a news update headlined “Obama mum on first Supreme Court appointment; Justice David Souter’s pending retirement sparks intense speculation; His replacement is unlikely to alter the court’s ideological balance.”
The Associated Press reports that “Obama hopes to replace Justice Souter by October“; “Justice Souter to leave ‘best job’ in ‘worst city’“; and “Souter’s home state glad to have him back.”
CNN.com has reports headlined “Souter notifies White House of retirement plans“; “Conservatives prepare for Supreme battle“; and “Souter news sets off succession speculation.” In addition, Jeffrey Toobin opines that “Obama likely to pick a woman for Souter seat.”
And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Souter announces retirement.”
“Souter Reportedly Planning to Retire From High Court; Justice Might Stay Until Nominee Confirmed”: Robert Barnes has this article today in The Washington Post.
Today in The Los Angeles Times, David G. Savage reports that “Souter to retire from Supreme Court; The liberal justice is expected to step down this summer; Some legal experts speculate that Obama will nominate a woman to fill Souter’s spot on the high court.”
The New York Times reports that “Souter Said to Be Leaving Court in June.”
Jess Bravin and Evan Perez of The Wall Street Journal report that “Justice Souter to Retire From Court.”
law.com’s Tony Mauro reports that “Souter Retirement Reports Stir Speculation on Obama Court Pick.”
And at “SCOTUSblog,” Tom Goldstein has a post titled “Justice Souter’s Retirement and Where We Go from Here.”
“Shock, Sadness Over Death of Kilpatrick Stockton’s Mark Levy in Apparent Suicide; Supreme Court advocate was a former deputy assistant AG during the Clinton administration”: law.com has this report.
