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Friday, June 26, 2009

“Chief Justice wrote of limits to Jackson acclaim”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Presidents named Reagan, Bush and Clinton applauded Michael Jackson in his lifetime. John Roberts, now the nation’s chief justice, said there were limits to adulation of a pop star.”

And at “The Caucus” blog of The New York Times, Charlie Savage has a post titled “From the White House Files: A Fight Over Michael Jackson.”

Posted at 10:58 PM by Howard Bashman



“Protesters in Pasadena decry past interrogation techniques”: Today’s edition of The Pasadena Star-News contains an article that begins, “About two dozen activists, some hooded and clad in orange jumpsuits, gathered to protest U.S. interrogation policies Thursday in front of the Ninth District Court of Appeals on Grand Avenue. The protesters singled out Judge Jay Bybee, a former attorney from the Office of Legal Counsel in the Bush Administration. Bybee now serves on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.”

Posted at 12:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“Congressional Research Service on Sotomayor: Hard to Categorize.” Tony Mauro has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

By clicking here, you can access the Congressional Research Service report titled “Judge Sonia Sotomayor: Analysis of Selected Opinions.”

Posted at 12:11 PM by Howard Bashman