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National Law Journal: Selections from Legal Times Afternoon Update February 3, 2010

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: NLJ.com, February 3, 2010.

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Democrats Keep Up Pressure on Citizens United

"Congressional Democrats are continuing to gather ideas for limiting corporate involvement in elections as they prepare legislation responding to last month's U.S. Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. FEC."

 

Idea of Banning Books Hangs Over Campaign Finance Debate

"In September, when the U.S. Supreme Court held its second round of oral argument in Citizens United v. FEC, Solicitor General Elena Kagan took the unusual step of backing away from a point made months earlier by a deputy. 'The government's answer has changed,' she said, and it no longer believes that the Federal Election Commission has the authority to restrict or ban books. But opponents of strict campaign finance limits aren't ready to let the point go."

 

Covington Seeks Summary Judgment in Discrimination Case

"Covington & Burling asked a federal judge yesterday to grant summary judgment in the closely watched race discrimination suit against the firm. The suit, filed by former Covington staff attorney Yolanda Young, accuses the firm of discriminating against black staff attorneys by not allowing them to be promoted to associate. "

 

AG Holder Defends Investigation of Christmas Day Terror Defendant

"In a letter to leading Senate Republicans, Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. today defended the department's handling of the investigation and prosecution of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, charged in federal district court in Michigan with attempting to blow up a commercial jet Dec. 25"

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Briefer Briefs Ahead for Supreme Court

"Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. used to write full-length Supreme Court briefs for a living, as a Hogan & Hartson partner. But now, as a consumer of such briefs, he's become something of a critic, once famously stating that he never read a brief that was so good that he wished it were longer."

 

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on February 04, 2010 (boomark / email).