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Monday, August 3, 2009

“Court rules employer did not violate workers’ privacy; The California Supreme Court left worker privacy rights intact but ruled against the plaintiffs because the camera installed by the Pasadena firm was turned on only when workers were not present”: Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times has this news update.

You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of California at this link.

Posted at 10:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Keller to attack credibility of defense lawyers at her trial; Judge to dispute tale of computer problems causing delay”: Yesterday in The Austin American-Statesman, Chuck Lindell had an article that begins, “Judge Sharon Keller, facing potentially career-ending charges that she improperly closed her court to a death row appeal, will argue that defense lawyers fabricated — or at least exaggerated — computer problems the day Texas executed Michael Richard.”

Posted at 12:02 PM by Howard Bashman



Sunday, August 2, 2009

“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.”

Posted at 10:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“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.

Posted at 6:33 PM by Howard Bashman



Saturday, August 1, 2009

“Appeals Court Sets Rehearing on Ruling That Eased Gun Restrictions”: John Schwartz had this article yesterday in The New York Times.

Posted at 5:04 PM by Howard Bashman