“Look of top court to change with two new Harper government nominees”: In Monday’s edition of The Toronto Globe and Mail, Kirk Makin will have an article that begins, “The face of the Supreme Court of Canada is poised to change dramatically — perhaps as early as this week — as the Harper government puts an indelible stamp on the court by naming two new nominees.”
Update: CTV reports that “Harper has chosen Justice Andromache Karakatsanis and Justice Michael J. Moldaver to fill two vacancies on the Supreme Court of Canada.”
And Makin of The Globe and Mail has an updated report headlined “Harper to appoint Ontario judges Karakatsanis and Moldaver to Supreme Court: CTV.”
“Miss. court weighing damage limitations”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “The Mississippi Supreme Court has asked attorneys for more information as it considers whether the state’s limitation on damages in civil cases is constitutional.”
“4 hospitals in Illinois risk losing status as charities; The court has ruled that at least one nonprofit has not done enough for poor”: This article appears today in The Des Moines Register.
“Obama Team’s Al-Awlaki Memo Furthered Bush Legacy”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg News.
“If everyone is unhappy with the Supreme Court, has it found the right spot?” Robert Barnes will have this article Monday in The Washington Post.
“Activist West arrested in Supreme Court protest”: The Associated Press has this report.
“Wayne State University to open Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights this week”: The Detroit Free Press contains this article today.
“Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg offers advice to female Newark judges”: This article appears today in The Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger.
“Former Supreme Court justice now pushing education”: The Chicago Tribune today contains an article that begins, “After more than 24 years in the U.S. Supreme Court, former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor now strives to make civics and government more interesting for young children than it was for her growing up in El Paso, Texas.”
“Under the U.S. Supreme Court: Unreliable eyewitnesses put defendants on death.” Michael Kirkland of UPI has this report.
