“Clarence Thomas’s Wife Asks Anita Hill for Apology”: Charlie Savage will have this article Wednesday in The New York Times.
And Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “Justice Thomas’ wife tries to contact Anita Hill.”
“Judge denies delay of ban on ‘don’t ask'”: Josh Gerstein has this post at his “Under the Radar” blog at Politico.com.
“Virginia Thomas Leaves Anita Hill a Voicemail Asking for An Apology — Hill Says No”: ABCNews.com has this report.
Charlie Savage and Tamar Lewin of The New York Times have a news update headlined “Thomas’s Wife Reaches Out to Anita Hill.”
And online at The New Yorker, Jane Mayer — co-author of the book “Strange Justice” — has a blog post titled “Virginia Thomas’s Message for Anita Hill.”
“In Writings Allowed Into Steven Hayes Trial, Accomplice Asks Forgiveness And Declares ‘I Am Damned'”: The Hartford Courant has this news update.
The New Haven Register has a news update headlined “Komisarjevsky diaries to be introduced in Hayes trial.”
And The Associated Press reports that “Conn. home invasion defendant criticizes survivor.”
“AP Exclusive: Texas judge feels vindicated.” The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Texas’ top criminal judge said Tuesday she feels vindicated that a special court dismissed a public reprimand of her for closing her court and preventing lawyers from filing a last-minute appeal hours before their client was executed.”
“Refused by Supreme Court: Is death row inmate mentally retarded? The lawyers of a Texas death row inmate say he is ineligible for capital punishment because he is mentally retarded, but judges have disagreed; The Supreme Court won’t take up his appeal.” Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has this report.
“Felons denied hearing on bid to vote”: Today’s edition of The Boston Globe contains an article that begins, “The US Supreme Court has declined to hear a legal challenge to the Massachusetts Constitution’s prohibition against voting by convicted felons in prison.”
And Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor reports that “Supreme Court rejects Massachusetts felons’ voting rights challenge; Three Massachusetts felons alleged that the commonwealth violated the Voting Rights Act when it passed a referendum stripping incarcerated felons of the right to vote.”
“The Court’s Pre-emption Test”: The New York Times contains this editorial today.
“Witness reports reveal scheme in ‘pizza bomber’ plot”: This article appears today in The Erie (Pa.) Times-News.
“Justice William Brennan, a liberal lion who wouldn’t hire women”: In Sunday’s edition of The Washington Post, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David J. Garrow had this review of the book “Justice Brennan: Liberal Champion” by Seth Stern and Stephen Wermiel.
“Judge Sharon Keller Speaks Out About Dismissal of Misconduct Charges”: Mary Alice Robbins of Texas Lawyer has this report.