“Appeals Court says nude pics OK for sex offender”: The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued today.
“Orie sisters ordered to stand trial”: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has a news update that begins, “A Common Pleas judge today ordered state Sen. Jane Clare Orie, R-McCandless, and her sister, Janine Orie, held for trial on charges they used the senator’s state office to campaign for a third sister, Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin.”
And The Associated Press reports that “Pa. senator, sister to be tried on ethics charges.”
Meanwhile, in earlier coverage, today’s edition of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports that “Staffer shares Orie messages.”
“Margaret Marshall, author of Mass. gay marriage decision, to retire”: The Boston Globe has this news update.
And The Associated Press reports that “Mass. judge who wrote gay marriage ruling retires.”
Today, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts issued a news release headlined “Chief Justice Margaret H. Marshall Will Retire.”
“Judge sets ex-mogul Conrad Black’s bond at $2M”: The Associated Press has this report.
“Ex-media mogul Conrad Black may leave prison Wed.” The Associated Press has this report.
Bloomberg News reports that “Conrad Black Might Be Set Free Today in Florida as He Appeals Conviction.”
And Reuters reports that “Bond hearing set for ex-media mogul Conrad Black.”
“Flag mutilation charge dropped”: Today’s edition of The Omaha World-Herald contains an article that begins, “Sarpy County prosecutors on Tuesday dropped charges of flag mutilation and contributing to the delinquency of a minor against a high-ranking member of the controversial Westboro Baptist Church.”
“Schwarzenegger to name appeals judge to fill chief justice post; Tani Gorre Cantil-Sakauye, 50, would be the first Asian American to lead the state’s judiciary and give the court a female majority for the first time in history”: Maura Dolan has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.
And The Sacramento Bee reports today that “Schwarzenegger to pick Cantil-Sakauye as chief justice.”
“Senate Panel Backs Kagan Nomination, With One Republican Vote”: The New York Times contains this article today.
Today in The Los Angeles Times, David G. Savage reports that “Elena Kagan approved by Senate Judiciary Committee in 13-6 vote; Kagan’s Supreme Court nomination wins approval in a nearly party-line vote, with Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina joining the majority Democrats.”
The Washington Post reports that “Kagan nomination approved by Senate judiciary panel.” And Dana Milbank’s “Washington Sketch” column is headlined “Lindsey Graham stands apart from other Republican senators on Kagan vote.”
The Boston Globe reports that “With one GOP vote, Kagan wins Senate panel’s backing.”
In USA Today, Joan Biskupic reports that “Kagan clears Senate panel; Supreme Court nominee heads for full vote next month.”
In The Wall Street Journal, Naftali Bendavid reports that “Senate Panel Approves Kagan For High Court; Committee Votes Largely on Party Lines; She Would Become Fourth Female Justice.” The newspaper also contains an editorial entitled “What Case Was That Again? Kagan says she had no opinion on the ObamaCare lawsuits.” And Peter Hegseth has an op-ed entitled “Kagan and the Military: What Really Happened; Her intellectually dishonest opposition to our armed forces during a time of war shows bad judgement; She doesn’t belong on the Supreme Court.”
The Washington Times contains articles headlined “Senate panel OKs Kagan’s nomination; Obama’s Supreme Court nominee now awaits full Senate vote” and “Graham explains Kagan vote; S.C. senator says he followed his conscience, not politics.”
James Rosen of McClatchy Newspapers reports that “Graham only GOP senator on panel to vote for Kagan.”
Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has an article headlined “Elena Kagan’s role on Supreme Court: defender of ‘ordinary people’? Elena Kagan moved one step closer Tuesday to becoming the third woman on the US Supreme Court, to the satisfaction of President Obama and women’s groups; Next up: full Senate debate and a vote before the August recess.”
The Des Moines Register reports that “Grassley votes no on Kagan nomination, says her answers were vague.”
The Tulsa World reports that “Coburn outlines vote against Kagan.”
The Vermont Press Bureau reports that “Leahy says Kagan confirmation guaranteed.”
And online at Slate, Dahlia Lithwick has a jurisprudence essay entitled “Closing Arguments: The case against Kagan is a case against these hearings.”
“For Those Deported, Court Rulings Come Too Late”: This article appears today in The New York Times.
“3rd Circuit Judge Orders Feds to Trim Big Brief in Fumo Case”: Shannon P. Duffy has this article today in The Legal Intelligencer.
My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Third Circuit order appears at this link.
