“Bush lawyers who approved waterboarding to face no discipline”: Carrie Johnson of The Washington Post has this news update.
Marisa Taylor of McClatchy Newspapers reports that “Justice Department clears Bush lawyers for ‘torture memos.’”
The Associated Press has a report headlined “DOJ: No misconduct for Bush interrogation lawyers.”
Reuters reports that “Bush lawyers criticized on interrogation advice.”
Bloomberg News reports that “Punishment Rejected for Interrogation Memo Authors.”
CNN.com reports that “Report clears Bush officials of misconduct over ‘torture’ memos.”
At “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Mike Scarcella has a post titled “No Ethics Charges in DOJ Investigation of Bybee, Yoo.”
And at Salon.com’s “War Room” blog, Alex Koppelman has a post titled “DOJ bails out torture memo authors Yoo, Bybee; Justice official overruled recommendation that Bush lawyers face disciplinary action.”
The report was made public today via this web page of the House Judiciary Committee.
“Both sides take tobacco fight to Supreme Court”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.
Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Tobacco Companies, U.S. Seek Supreme Court Hearing.”
Reuters reports that “U.S., Altria appeal tobacco ruling to top court.”
Dow Jones Newswires report that “U.S. Appeals Landmark Tobacco Ruling to Supreme Court.”
At “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “U.S. seeks $280 billion tobacco remedy; New appeals on RICO.”
At “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Tony Mauro has a post titled “Tobacco Briefs Descend on Supreme Court.”
And earlier, in related news, today’s edition of The New York Times contains an article headlined “Coded to Obey Law, Lights Become Marlboro Gold.”
“Avoiding Confrontation”: At SSRN, Mark Egerman has posted an article whose abstract begins, “This article takes seriously Justice Scalia’s facetious aside in Giles v. California and examines whether there should be a separate confrontation doctrine for domestic violence cases.” (Via “Legal Theory Blog“).
“Local Gun-Control Laws Come Into Sights of U.S. Supreme Court”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.
“Philip Morris takes tobacco fight to Supreme Court”: The Associated Press has this report.
“Sex-change surgery and universal grammar”: Neal Goldfarb has this guest post at “Language Log.”
My earlier coverage of the tax court’s ruling appears at this link.
“Louisiana must issue birth certificate to men who adopted baby boy, federal court rules”: This article appears today in The Times-Picayune of New Orleans.
And The Associated Press has a report headlined “Court: La. must put 2 adoptive fathers on document.”
You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit at this link.
