Legal Commentary

Sunday Morning News and Open Thread

By Jeralyn

Some things I'm reading this morning:

• Update: Melissa Rycroft, the bachelor contestant weepy Jason Mesnick proposed to and then crassly broke up with on-air, will be replacing the injured Nancy O'Dell on Dancing With Stars Monday night. A former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader, she's been dancing her whole life. And now ABC gets another shot at those Bachelor viewers who were very angry at the finale. Smart move.

• The LA Times reports the US Attorney in Los Angeles did a switcheroo on medical pot raids. After AG Holder's speech last week, the prosecutor ordered his local AUSA's to hold off on their medical pot cases. Then he lifted the ban. What's up with that? No one's talking.

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• An editorial in the Washington Post urges the Obama Administration to let the Bagram detainees challenge their detention in court.

• An LA Times editorial argues "The Supreme Court must rule that access to DNA information is a constitutional right. Otherwise, states would be free to withhold evidence that could free a wrongly convicted person.."

• Robert Ambrogi at Law.Com selects the best Twitter tools and explains what they do.

This is an open thread, all topics welcome.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on March 08, 2009 (boomark / email).