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Monday, January 24, 2011

“Thomas Says He Erred on Disclosure”: Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times will contain an article that begins, “Under pressure from liberal critics, Justice Clarence Thomas of the Supreme Court acknowledged in filings released on Monday that he erred by not disclosing his wife’s past employment as required by federal law.”

And in Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, David B. Rivkin Jr. and Lee A. Casey will have an op-ed entitled “Common Cause v. Scalia and Thomas: The liberal lobby tries to quiet two conservative voices.” You can freely access the full text of the op-ed via Google News.

Posted at 9:12 PM by Howard Bashman



“Obama Names Verrilli for Solicitor General Post”: Marcia Coyle has this entry at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

Evan Perez of The Wall Street Journal has a news update headlined “Obama to Nominate White House Lawyer Verrilli as Solicitor General.”

At “The Caucus” blog of The New York Times, Charlie Savage has a post titled “Obama Selects Donald Verrilli as Solicitor General.”

Pete Yost of The Associated Press reports that “White House lawyer picked to be solicitor general.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Verrilli Chosen by Obama to Be Solicitor General After Kagan.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Verrilli chosen for SG post.”

Posted at 5:25 PM by Howard Bashman



“W.H. may allow new tribunals”: Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has an article that begins, “The Obama administration, with its plan to close Guantanamo largely stymied, is edging toward one option that is still available: trying detainees in military commissions at the island prison, according to officials and outside analysts.”

Posted at 1:23 PM by Howard Bashman



Access online today’s Order List and decisions in argued cases of the U.S. Supreme Court: The Court today issued three decisions in argued cases.

1. Justice Sonia Sotomayor delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in Chase Bank USA, N.A. v. McCoy, No. 09-329. You can access the oral argument via this link.

2. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivered the opinion of the Court in Ortiz v. Jordan, No. 09-737. Justice Clarence Thomas issued an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Justices Antonin Scalia and Anthony M. Kenendy joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.

3. Justice Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court in Thompson v. North American Stainless, LP, No. 09-291. All Justices joined in the opinion except for Justice Elena Kagan, who did not take part in the decision. Justice Ginsburg issue a concurring opinion in which Justice Stephen G. Breyer joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.

Lastly, the Court issued a summary per curiam reversal in Swarthout v. Cooke, No. 10-333. Justice Ginsburg issued a concurring opinion.

You can access today’s Order List at this link. The Court today granted review in two cases and called for the views of the Solicitor General’s Office in one case.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press has reports headlined “Court says company can’t fire employee’s fiancee“; “Court: Chase could increase interest rates“; “High court rules for prison victim of sex assault“; and “High court rejects farmer who tangled with Tyson.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Scope of Miranda in jail.”

Posted at 10:07 AM by Howard Bashman