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Monday, March 15, 2010

“Wife of justice Thomas starts group for ‘citizen activists'”: Robert Barnes and Dan Eggen will have this article Tuesday in The Washington Post.

Posted at 10:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“Military Tribunal Brings Knots, Too”: Today in The Wall Street Journal, Jess Bravin has an article that begins, “The Obama administration is leaning toward a military tribunal for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, but reversing course from a civilian trial would bring its own complications, because the long-troubled military commission system has yet to resolve fundamental questions and remains under legal challenge.”

Posted at 3:10 PM by Howard Bashman



“Ga. Supreme Court upholds ER statute”: Bill Rankin of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has a news update that begins, “The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday upheld a key provision of the state’s tort reform law that makes it more far more difficult for patients to win damages in cases involving emergency room care.”

The Associated Press reports that “Ga. court upholds key medical malpractice changes.”

And the Atlanta Business Chronicle reports that “Georgia Supreme Court upholds ER liability provision.”

You can access today’s 4-3 ruling of the Supreme Court of Georgia at this link.

Posted at 2:07 PM by Howard Bashman



“U.S. Supreme Court tosses career criminal sentence in Jacksonville case; High court puts shackles on career criminal guidelines”: This article appears today in The Florida Times-Union.

Posted at 7:20 AM by Howard Bashman



“Butler rejects U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts as commencement speaker; Students’ commencement suggestion of Roberts came too late, prof says”: Saturday’s edition of The Indianapolis Star contained an article that begins, “If U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts comes to his niece’s graduation at Butler University, it won’t be as the commencement speaker. A student-led proposal to invite Roberts, an Indiana native whose niece is in Butler’s senior class, to speak at Butler’s May 8 graduation was shot down by faculty members. The move disappointed students and raised the ire of some conservatives on campus, but university leaders said they wanted to avoid the controversy that a visit by the Supreme Court jurist might bring.”

Posted at 7:14 AM by Howard Bashman



“Obama losing chance to reshape judiciary; Liberals had hoped he would counter a slew of conservative appointments in federal courts made by his Republican predecessors; But that hasn’t happened”: James Oliphant has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

Posted at 7:08 AM by Howard Bashman



“After Stevens: What will the Supreme Court be like without its liberal leader?” Jeffrey Toobin has this profile in the March 22, 2010 issue of The New Yorker.

Posted at 7:02 AM by Howard Bashman