“Prop. 8 judge wants a discussion of ‘choice’ in sexual orientation; Closing arguments in the constitutionality case are due Wednesday; Lawyers have been told to address specific issues”: Maura Dolan has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.
And today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition” contained an audio segment entitled “Lawyers To Wrap Up Gay-Marriage Trial.”
“Fellow law school deans embrace Kagan for court”: The Associated Press has this report.
“Federal appeals court reinstates charges against L.A. attorney Pierce O’Donnell; The prosecutors plan to move forward with the 2004 John Edwards campaign finance case”: Scott Glover has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.
And law.com reports that “9th Circuit Reinstates Campaign Finance Charges Against Pierce O’Donnell.”
My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Ninth Circuit ruling appears at this link.
“Families in 9/11 Financing Case Ask to Have Judge Replaced”: Today’s edition of The New York Times contains an article that begins, “Lawyers for families of 9/11 victims have taken the unusual legal step of asking a federal appeals court in Manhattan to replace a judge overseeing a group of terrorism-financing lawsuits, saying he is moving too slowly in resolving key motions.”
“Justices Ease Deportation Rule in Minor Drug Cases”: Adam Liptak has this article today in The New York Times. The newspaper also contains an editorial entitled “A Good Day for Judicial Discretion.”
In today’s edition of The Washington Post, Robert Barnes has an article headlined “No automatic deportation of immigrants for minor drug offenses, justices rule.”
David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has articles headlined “Court blocks deportation over minor drug convictions; The justices rule that a legal Texas resident’s two possession arrests do not constitute an ‘aggravated felony’ and that he should not have been sent to Mexico” and “U.S. Supreme Court to rule on California inmate release; Ordered by federal judges to free 46,000 prisoners to relieve overcrowding, Gov. Schwarzenegger sought the top court’s intervention; The case will be heard this fall and a ruling is expected early next year.”
Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle reports that “High court to rule on state inmate reductions.”
Howard Mintz of The San Jose Mercury News reports that “U.S. Supreme Court to hear California prison overcrowding case.”
Denny Walsh of The Sacramento Bee reports that “U.S. Supreme Court to hear California prison population case.”
Michael Doyle of McClatchy Newspapers reports that “Supreme Court eases restriction on prisoners’ appeals.”
Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has articles headlined “Supreme Court to hear California prison overcrowding case; A federal panel ordered the release of 38,000 from California’s prisons to alleviate strain on inmate health care; Gov. Schwarzenegger wants the Supreme Court to overturn the order“; “Supreme Court gives hope to some death-row inmates; The Supreme Court ruled Monday that, under extraordinary circumstances, courts should accept death row appeals even after a one-year statute of limitations has expired“; “Supreme Court: judges have leeway on criminal restitution deadline; A federal law mandates that judges decide restitution in criminal cases within 90 days of sentencing; But the Supreme Court ruled Monday that judges could impose the dollar figure after the deadline so long as they said beforehand that they were going to order restitution“; and “Supreme Court refuses Maher Arar torture case; The US Supreme Court declined to take the case of Canadian citizen Maher Arar, who alleged that US officials deported him to Syria in 2002 knowing he would be tortured during terrorism interrogations.”
Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal reports that “Supreme Court Delivers Rare Victory to Death Penalty Defendants.” And Marcia Coyle reports that “High Court Lets Government Take Fee Awards for Clients’ Debts.”
“Few attend court disposition of Unabomber’s writings”: Denny Walsh has this article today in The Sacramento Bee.
“Trial looks at knife allegedly used in Wone death”: This article appears today in The Washington Post.
And at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Julio Menache has a post titled “Friend of Defendants Testifies in Robert Wone Trial.”
“Governor Rebuffs Clemency Board in Murder Case”: Adam Liptak has this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in today’s edition of The New York Times.
“If Chicago’s gun control law is overturned, what next? The Supreme Court will decide soon if Chicago’s controversial handgun ban is unconstitutional; Both sides say such a decision would spur a slew of challenges to gun control laws elsewhere.” The Christian Science Monitor has this report.
“Lawyer: Yoo not liable for prisoner’s torture.” Bob Egelko has this article today in The San Francisco Chronicle.
And Dan Levine of The Recorder reports that “9th Circuit Appears Divided on Torture Suit Against Former DOJ Attorney.”
You can access the audio of yesterday’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit via this link (6.98MB Windows Media Audio file).
“As Aide, Kagan Battled Colleague Over Policy”: This article appears today in The New York Times.
And at that newspaper’s “Opinionator” blog, Stanley Fish has a post titled “Styles of Judging: The Rhetoric and the Reality.”
