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Monday Media Summary

By Nancy Palencia

NATIONAL SECURITY/COURTS

Reuters: Obama aides push back on venue for terrorism trials
Jeremy Pelofsky – 2/26/2010

American Prospect/Tapped: Gates And Holder To Congress: Opposition To Trials “Unprecedented.”
Adam Serwer – 2/25/2010

National Review Online/The Corner: Mass Murder Civilians and Get
Gold-Plated Due Process
Andrew McCarthy – 2/26/2010

Huffington Post: Abuse of Language Threatens American Freedoms
James Zogby – 2/27/2010

Allentown Morning Call: Lawmakers strongly against bringing 9/11
trial to Pennsylvania
Colby Itkowitz – 2/27/2010

NPR: ‘Lady Al-Qaida’ Awaits Sentencing For Afghan Attack (w/audio)
Dina Temple-Raston – 3/1/2010

CITIZENS UNITED

NY Times: Decision Could Allow Anonymous Political Contributions by
Businesses
Griff Palmer – 2/28/2010

Wall Street Journal Law Blog: Will the Citizens United Ruling Prove Harmful to Capitalism?
Ashby Jones – 2/26/2010

Jurist: Citizens United ruling a victory for First Amendment free speech rights
Paul Sherman – 2/26/2010

Wall Street Journal: The Case for Corporate Political Spending
Bradley Smith – 2/27/2010

San Diego News Room: Brave new world for campaign finance
Michael Rosen – 2/26/2010

MERIT SELECTION

American Courthouse: "No Accountability"
Dan Pero – 2/26/2010

TORTURE MEMOS

NY Times: Justice Dept. Reveals More Missing E-Mail Files
ERIC LICHTBLAU – 2/27/2010

Jurist/Paper Chase: Leahy calls for release of DOJ e-mails from ‘torture memo’ lawyers
Bhargav Katikaneni – 2/27/2010

Main Justice: Feingold Statement on OPR Report
Leah Nylen – 2/26/2010

Blog Of Legal Times: On Capitol Hill, DOJ Official Defends Decision on Torture Memos
David Ingram – 2/26/2010

Talking Points Memo/Muckraker: Dem Rep Sends Yoo And Bybee Materials To Bar Associations For Potential Discipline
Justin Elliott – 2/26/2010

SCOTUS/SECOND AMENDMENT

Washington Post: Gun case presents quandary for Supreme Court justices
Robert Barnes – 3/1/2010

Seattle Times/McClatchy: Supreme Court to scrutinize state, local gun laws
Michael Doyle – 2/27/2010

LA Times: Gun rights case likely to be landmark Supreme Court ruling
David Savage – 2/28/2010

MISSOURI PLAN CHALLENGE

St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Political Fix: Ballot initiative to require direct election of judges gets court OK
Tony Messenger – 2/26/2010

IOWA JUDICIAL ELECTIONS

Des Moines Register: Don’t turn courts into political branch
Editorial – 2/27/2010

SCOTUS/JURIES

NY Times: Finding Untainted Jurors in the Age of the Internet
ADAM LIPTAK – 3/01/2010

PATRIOT ACT RENEWAL

Washington Post/AP: Obama signs one-year extension of Patriot Act
2/27/2010

Main Justice: Obama Signs Patriot Act Reauthorization
Stephanie Woodrow – 2/27/2010

FEDERAL NOMINATIONS

Wall Street Journal Law Blog: A First Punch in a Goodwin Liu Confirmation Battle?
Ashby Jones – 2/26/2010

Washington Post/The Crime Scene: Webb, Warner urge confirmation of 4th Circuit nominee
Jerry Markon – 2/26/2010

Main Justice: Hundreds Of Law Professors Push For Johnsen Confirmation
Andrew Ramonas – 2/26/2010

TEXAS COURT SYSTEM

The Atlantic: The State of Texas: Third-World Justice
Andrew Cohen – 2/25/2010

MINNESOTA SUPREME COURT/POLITICS

Minneapolis Star-Tribune: No doubt, the state’s high court tilts right
ROCHELLE OLSON – 2/27/2010

IMMIGRATION/DUE PROCESS

Huffington Post: Campaign Launched: Dignity, Not Detention
Arlene M. Roberts – 2/25/2010

NY JUDICIAL PAY

Albany Times Union: A legal opinion on judges’ salaries
Acting state Supreme Court justice
Joseph Farneti – 2/27/2010

WISCONSIN COURT RECORDS

State Bar Of Wisconsin: Supreme Court to continue studying record retention and removal petition
Adam Korbitz – 2/26/2010

HABEAS CORPUS/EQUITABLE TOLLING

NY Times: If the Lawyer Fails
Editorial – 3/1/2010

REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS/COURTS

Las Vegas Review Journal: Nevada high court to expedite anti-abortion initiative’s appeal
2/27/2010

KTVN/AP: Court fast-tracking Nevada ‘personhood’ appeal
2/26/2010

JUDICIAL BOYCOTT

San Diego Union-Tribune: Boycotting of judges nothing new to DA
Greg Moran – 2/28/2010

PROP 8 CHALLENGE

San Francisco Chronicle: 2 sides file pile of paperwork in Prop. 8 case
Bob Egelko – 2/28/2010

San Jose Mercury News: Lawyers on both sides of Prop. 8 trial make their case
Howard Mintz – 2/28/2010

The Advocate: Court May Televise Prop. 8 Closing Arguments
Ryan Holman – 2/26/2010

MARRIAGE EQUALITY

Washington Post: The Maryland attorney general takes a step in the direction of gay marriage
Editorial – 2/27/2010

Washington Post/Post Now: Same-sex marriage opinion was politics unusual in Maryland
Aaron C. Davis – 3/1/2010

CLEAR THE BENCH COLORADO

Pueblo Chieftain: CLEAR THE BENCH
MATTHEW ARNOLD – 2/28/2010

JAMES HARDESTY

Reno Gazette Journal: Nevada Supreme Court justice honored on Friday
2/26/2010

JUDICIAL MISCONDUCT

Clarion Ledger: Lawsuit vs. judge proceeds
Jimmie E. Gates – 2/28/2010

Full post as published by The Gavel on March 01, 2010 (boomark / email).