“New Detainee Site In U.S. Considered; Facility Would Contain Courtrooms, House Some Guantanamo Prisoners”: This article will appear Monday in The Washington Post.
And today in The Miami Herald, Carol Rosenberg has an article headlined “Emptying Guantanamo camps, one deal at a time; Despite the determination of U.S. officials and the goodwill of some foreign nations, President Barack Obama’s plan to close the Guantanamo prison camps by January still has a long way to go.”
“Court: Mass. can deny jailed felons right to vote.” The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued on Friday.
At his “Election Law Blog,” law professor Rick Hasen has a post titled “Felon Disenfranchisement Issue Heading to the Supreme Court?”
“Sonia Sotomayor is latest cultural icon to come out of the Bronx”: This article appears today in The New York Daily News.
The Associated Press reports that “McCain undecided on vote for Sotomayor.”
And today in The Philadelphia Inquirer, law professor John Yoo has an op-ed entitled “Sotomayor vote based on ideology, not race.”
“An Activist Itch On Campaign Finance Law”: Columnist Ruth Marcus has this op-ed today in The Washington Post.
“Retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter worried about lack of civics knowledge; Bar Association hosts retired justice”: This article appears today in The Chicago Tribune.
Abdon M. Pallasch of The Chicago Sun-Times today has an article headlined “Many in dark about judiciary: Souter.”
The Associated Press reports that “Retired justice urges rebirth of civic education.”
And “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times” has a post titled “An independent judiciary if we can keep it: Souter issues warning.”
You can view the video of retired Justice David H. Souter’s remarks by clicking here.
“Lefkow addresses judge safety at Bar Association convention”: Abdon M. Pallasch has this article today in The Chicago Sun-Times.
The Associated Press reports that “Tragedy struck after judge put off security system.”
And “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times” has a post titled “The reality of threats: Lefkow urges her fellow judges to add security.”
