“Court deals blow to public money match for Bill McCollum campaign; In a blow to Bill McCollum’s bid for governor, a U.S. appeals court has reversed a ruling that could have given him millions of public dollars”: This article appears today in The Miami Herald.
The Orlando Sentinel reports today that “Ruling lets Rick Scott spend all he wants in governor’s race vs. Bill McCollum; Appeals court tosses out campaign-spending limits, hurting McCollum’s chance of matching funds.”
The Palm Beach Post reports that “Court reversal of Fla. campaign-finance law a win for Scott in GOP gov race.”
The Ledger of Lakeland, Florida reports that “Court Blocks Public Funds for McCollum.”
And Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor reports that “Key Florida campaign-finance provision blocked by federal court; A panel of the Eleventh US Circuit Court of Appeals issued an injunction on a provision of Florida’s campaign-finance law aimed at leveling the playing field for candidates, citing free-speech rights.”
Circuit Judge William H. Pryor, Jr. is the author of yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
“Senate stalling on judges is like an old family feud; Obama has been able to fill only 36 of 134 seats that have opened on his watch; For some Republicans, it’s simple payback”: David G. Savage will have this article Sunday in The Los Angeles Times.
“Voting Behind Bars”: Linda Greenhouse has this post at the “Opinionator” blog of The New York Times.
“Edwin Kneedler a ‘savvy’ choice to argue suit against Ariz. immigration law”: Jerry Markon has this article today in The Washington Post.
“‘Birther’ movement attorney Orly Taitz keeps fighting legal battle, thinks Obama can’t be the president”: This article appeared yesterday in The Ledger-Enquirer of Columbus, Georgia.
“Supreme Court leery of broad challenges to yet-to-take-effect state laws; Some experts say the tack of the judge who blocked parts of the Arizona law leaves her ruling vulnerable to reversal on appeal; But it may stand if the high court follows precedent on immigration”: David G. Savage had this article yesterday in The Los Angeles Times.
“Legal Scholarship Doesn’t Always Fall on Deaf Ears, Conclude Law Professors”: Karen Sloan of The National Law Journal has this report.
My earlier coverage of this paper, available online from SSRN, appears at this link.
“Judge Sharon Keller wants her rebuke voided; Criminal appeals court chief says commission’s ‘public warning’ earlier this month violated state constitution”: Chuck Lindell had this article yesterday in The Austin American-Statesman.
And Mary Alice Robbins of Texas Lawyer reports that “Judge Sharon Keller Asks Texas High Court to Vacate Public Warning.”
You can access a copy of the Petition for Writ of Mandamus at this link.