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Wednesday Media Summary

By Nancy Palencia

CITIZENS UNITED

Wall Street Journal: Repealing the First Amendment
(Subscription Required)
2/24/2010

USA Today: States weigh campaign-finance changes
Fredreka Schouten – 2/23/2010

Charleston Daily Mail/AP: W.Va. lawmakers reacting to major elections ruling
2/23/2010

Center For Responsive Politics/Capital Eye Blog: Midterm Elections Will Cost at Least $3.7 Billion, Center for Responsive Politics Estimates
2/23/2010

SCOTUS/MATERIAL SUPPORT

LA Times: Supreme Court weighs anti-terrorism law, free-speech rights
David G. Savage – 2/23/2010

Washington Post: Supreme Court weighs free speech against aid to terrorists
Robert Barnes – 2/24/2010

NPR: Does The Patriot Act Violate Free Speech? (w/audio)
Nina Totenberg – 2/23/2010

NY Times/AP: High Court Weighs Anti-Terror Material Support Law
2/23/2010

NATIONAL SECURITY/COURTS

NY Times: A Terrorist in Court? Life Goes On
JIM DWYER – 2/24/2010

Denver Post: Zazi plea deal shows strength of civilian court
Editorial – 2/24/2010

Main Justice: Holder: Appropriate to Work With White House on KSM Trial
Ryan J. Reilly – 2/23/2010

TORTURE MEMOS

Wall Street Journal: My Gift to the Obama Presidency
John Yoo – 2/24/2010

Main Justice: Ex-DOJ Whistleblower Calls OPR Report a 'Whitewash'
Ryan J. Reilly – 2/22/2010

Sacramento Bee: ‘Torture memos’ can’t be forgotten
2/24/2010

CAMPAIGN FINANCE

DesMoines Register/Iowa Politics Insider: National group blasts Iowa
Democrats campaign finance bill
William Petroski – 2/22/2010

St. Louis Post Dispatch/Political Fix: Remember that vow to revisit Illinois campaign reform? Never mind.
Kevin McDermott – 2/23/2010

FEDERAL NOMINATIONS

LA Times: Obama zeros in on law professor for 9th Circuit post
Christi Parson – 2/24/2010

OHIO SUPREME COURT ELECTIONS

Cleveland Plain Dealer/AP: Democrats see change on Ohio court
JULIE CARR SMYTH – 2/23/2010

SCOTUS CASES

Jurist/Paper Chase: Supreme Court rules police warnings satisfied
Miranda requirements
Jaclyn Belczyk – 2/23/2010

NY Times/Greenwire: Supreme Court Denies 3 High-Profile Environmental Cases
Gabriel Nelson – 2/23/2010

FOX News: Supreme Court to Hear Sex Offender Case Sotomayor Set Aside in Lower Court
2/23/2010

JUDICIAL PAY

NY Times/City Room: Lawmakers Erred on Raises for Judges, Court Finds
NICHOLAS CONFESSORE – 2/23/2010

Hudson Valley Journal News: Court rules state Legislature wrong to
delay pay raises for judges
JOSEPH SPECTOR – 2/23/2010

Alabany Business Review: Court: Lawmakers violated constitution over judges’ pay
Adam Sichko – 2/23/2010

UTAH SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS

Deseret News: Utah Legislature: Issue of judiciary control in disarray
Bob Bernick Jr. – 2/23/2010

MISSOURI SENTENCING GUIDELINES

St. Joseph News-Press: Improve sentencing advice
Editorial – 2/23/2010

JUDICIAL ELECTIONS

Fort Worth Star-Telegram: In race for justice of the peace in
Precinct 6, Democrats target incumbent and each other’s petitions
ELIZABETH ZAVALA – 2/23/2010

RECUSAL

Wisconsin Law Journal: Law review article not grounds for recusal
David Ziemer – 2/23/2010

NY COURT MERGER

NY Daily News: Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson fears ‘chaos’
as court merger kayoed
Alison Gendar – 2/24/2010

REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS/COURTS

Muskogee Phoenix/AP:Judge: Okla. abortion law violates 1-subject rule
2/20/2010

STATE COURTS/BUDGETS

Legal Newsline: Calif. chief justice laments court closures
CHRIS RIZO – 2/24/2010

FEDERAL JUDGES/HEALTH

BUffalo News: Veteran federal judge is back in the hospital
Dan Herbeck – 2/23/2010

SCOTUS APPOINTMENT PREDICTIONS

SCOTUSBlog: On October 4, 2010, Elena Kagan Will Ask Her First
Question As A Supreme Court Justice
Tom Goldstein – 2/23/2010

SCALIA/MEDIA

Reuters: Justice Scalia advises aspiring screenwriter
Eriq Gardner – 2/24/2010

Full post as published by The Gavel on February 24, 2010 (boomark / email).