“Gun case presents quandary for Supreme Court justices”: Robert Barnes will have this article Monday in The Washington Post.
And in Monday’s edition of The San Jose Mercury News, Howard Mintz will have an article headlined “U.S. Supreme Court to take on battle over gun rights.”
“Finding Untainted Jurors in the Age of the Internet”: In Monday’s edition of The New York Times, Adam Liptak will have an article that begins, “When Enron collapsed in 2001, thousands of employees at its Houston headquarters lost their jobs and savings, and the city’s economy reeled. Much of the public’s anger was directed at Jeffrey K. Skilling, the company’s former chief executive.”
Monday’s edition of The Times of London contains an article headlined “Enron appeal argues failure is not a crime.”
And The Associated Press reports that “Former Enron CEO could see new trial.”
“Prosecutors could try 9/11 suspect despite waterboarding, experts say”: Marisa Taylor of McClatchy Newspapers has an article that begins, “U.S officials once described the confession of accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed as a gold mine of intelligence that proved his role in a litany of terrorist plots. However, now his admissions – because they were made during interrogations in which he was waterboarded 183 times – have become a liability for the Justice Department as it readies to hold him accountable in a U.S. court.”
“Webinar”: Antonin Scalia’s co-author, Bryan A. Garner, has this “On Language” column in today’s edition of The New York Times Magazine.
“No doubt, the state’s high court tilts right; The court isn’t unfailingly conservative yet, but its rulings have begun to reflect the governor’s conservative philosophy; It is into that legal atmosphere that the issue of Pawlenty’s solo budget-trimming, called unallotment, will land next month”: Rochelle Olson has this article today in The Minneapolis Star Tribune.
“Liu is more than qualified to serve on appeals court”: This editorial appears today in The Sacramento Bee.
“U.S. Supreme Court: Gun case on way to Supreme Court creates strange bedfellows.” UPI has this report.
“2 sides file pile of paperwork in Prop. 8 case”: Bob Egelko has this article today in The San Francisco Chronicle.
“Finally, an end to Justice Dept. investigation”: In today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer, law professor John Yoo has an op-ed that begins, “I’ve been under investigation for more than five years for legal advice that I gave in the immediate wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. This month, the Justice Department’s top career lawyer finally put an end to the farce.”