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CQ's new reported blog on the courts

By Mark Obbie

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Congressional Quarterly has launched an important addition to legal reporting (and I emphasize reporting) with the new blog Legal Beat, by legal affairs writers Keith Perine and Seth Stern. The site describes itself thusly:

Legal Beat chronicles the relationship and tensions between Congress and the courts. It examines high-profile court cases that pit judges against lawmakers and takes you behind the scenes in the Senate battles over judicial nominations. It also explores lawmakers' attempts to rein in the courts and the judiciary's efforts to get more resources out of Congress.

The first posts do exactly that, in a smart way with original reporting. One in particular caught my eye. Last Thursday, the very day that the Supreme Court disclosed Justice Ruth Ginsburg's illness, Stern posted this informative bit of Court history on how illness has affected past justices' departure dates -- doing pretty much what I was wishing on Saturday more would do (unaware as I was that Legal Beat had launched). Stern is no slouch as a Court historian, as co-author of a long-awaited biography of Justice William Brennan.Some may confuse LawBeat with Legal Beat, even though we serve different purposes. But, given Legal Beat's quality, I guess I won't mind a bit.

Full post as published by Lawbeat on February 10, 2009 (boomark / email).