“For Third Time, Blogger Charged With Menacing Judges Goes on Trial”: In Tuesday’s edition of the New York Law Journal, Mark Fass will have an article that begins, “Round three of the United States versus Harold ‘Hal’ Turner, the Internet shock jock charged with threatening to kill three Chicago appeals judges, begins this morning in Brooklyn federal court.”
“In Defense of the New Judicial Activists: In California and Arizona, Judge Walker and Judge Bolton are just doing their jobs.” Emily Bazelon has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
“In S.F., Ginsburg addresses standoff on appointments”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this news update.
And The Associated Press reports that “Ginsburg hopes Senate will resume collegial ways.”
You can view the video of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s remarks today at the ABA’s 2010 Annual Meeting by clicking here.
“State Supreme Court Rules Rearview Mirror Objects Are OK”: The Associated Press has this report.
Today’s 4-3 ruling of the Supreme Court of Connecticut consists of a majority opinion and a dissenting opinion.
“While most state courts face harsh budget cuts, the 1st District Court of Appeal gets a $48 million ‘Taj Mahal'”: The St. Petersburg Times contains this article today.
“Lawyers prepare to reopen ‘honest services’ cases in wake of Supreme Court ruling”: This article appears today in The Washington Post.
“Scalia unhurt after he tripped outside restaurant”: The Associated Press has this report.
The Third Circuit’s SCOTUS report card, in two parts: Since I began writing my monthly “Upon Further Review” column for The Legal Intelligencer — Philadelphia’s daily newspaper for lawyers — in December 2000, the July installment of my column has been devoted to reporting on how the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has fared before the U.S. Supreme Court in the just-completed Term.
This past Term included so many cases involving the Third Circuit that, for the second time in my column’s tenure, my report had to be published in two parts. The text of last month’s column can be accessed here, while the text of this month’s column (published today) can be accessed here.
“Supreme Court Rearranges Schedule With Kagan in Mind”: Tony Mauro has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”
And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a related post.
“A deep bench of substitute justices goes unused”: Robert Barnes has this article today in The Washington Post.
“Detainee’s trial to be peek into war on terror; Think you know everything you need to know about the upcoming war-crimes trial of alleged teen terrorist Omar Khadr? His upcoming trial should be revealing.” Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this article, along with an article headlined “Lawyer wants less show of force at Guantanamo trial.”
Today’s edition of The Toronto Globe and Mail contains an article headlined “As trial draws near, Omar Khadr lays bare his angst in letter to lawyer; Canadian’s long-delayed date with justice at Guantanamo slated to begin in coming weeks.”
And The Associated Press reports that “Guantanamo gears up for 1st trial under Obama.”