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Tuesday Media Summary

By Nancy Palencia

JUSTICE AT STAKE
BusinessWeek/AP: W.Va. getting attention for election funding bill
LAWRENCE MESSINA – 3/8/2010

Register-Herald: Public financing of court races gains strength
Mannix Porterfield – 3/8/2010

Legal Newsline: Voters want candidates to use taxpayer money in W.Va., poll shows
JOHN O’BRIEN – 3/8/2010

ABA Journal: W. Va. Senate Committee Backs Publicly Funded Judicial Elections
Sarah Randag – 3/8/2010

NATIONAL SECURITY/COURTS

Time: Can Lindsey Graham Help the White House Reach a Deal on 9/11 Trials?
Massimo Calabresi – 3/9/2010

Washington Post: The ‘al-Qaeda seven’ and selective McCarthyism
Marc A. Thiessen – 3/8/2010

Jurist/Forum: Panic Legislation: The Wrong Response
Amos Guiora – 3/8/2010

Blog Of Legal Times: Former DOJ Officials, ABA Show Support for Guantanamo Lawyers
Mike Scarcella – 3/8/2010

CITIZENS UNITED/CAMPAIGN FINANCE

Huffington Post: In The Public Interest: Shareholder Roles & Rights
in the Brave New Post-Citizens United World
Lisa Gilbert – 3/8/2010

Anchorage Daily News: Campaign finance bill has tough road ahead
before election
RICHARD MAUER – 3/8/2010

FEDERAL NOMINATIONS

LA Times: 9th Circuit candidate’s career marked by rapid ascent,
wide-ranging roles
Carol J. Williams – 3/9/2010

Blog Of Legal Times: Debate Heats Up Over 9th Circuit Nominee
David Ingram – 3/8/2010

Delaware Online: Court vacancy demands that White House act now
Editorial – 3/9/2010

MERIT SELECTION

American Courthouse: Another Admission: "Merit" Selection Campaign is About Perception, Not Reality
Dan Pero – 3/8/2010

WEST VIRGINIA PUBLIC FINANCING

Charleston Daily Gazette: Public election funding bill passes Senate
committee
Phil Kabler – 3/8/2010

SOUTH CAROLINA MERIT SELECTION

Charleston Post And Courier: What’s at stake in judgeship case
Barbara Williams – 3/8/2010

MINNESOTA JUDICIAL SELECTION

MinnPost.com: Judicial elections: What’s wrong with letting the people choose?
Margaret M. Marrinan – 3/8/2010

NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC FINANCING

The Progressive Pulse: Judicial Voter-Owned Elections Could See Record Participation
Chase Foster – 3/8/2010

CONNECTICUT JUDICIAL ELECTIONS

Hartford Courant: It’s Time To Stop Electing Probate Judges
Rick Green – 3/9/2010

IMMIGRATION/COURTS

Chattanooga Times Free Press: Cases highlight competing interests in
immigration policy
Monica Mercer – 3/9/2010

Truthout: Department of Homeland Security Immigration Agencies Fall Short
William Fisher – 3/8/2010

NY Times: In Jury Selection for Hate Crime, a Struggle to Find Tolerance
MANNY FERNANDEZ – 3/9/2010

Texas Tribune: Starving for Reform
Julian Aguilar – 3/9/2010

STATE COURTS/BUDGETS

LA Times/L.A. Now: L.A. County Superior Court to lay off 329 staffers
April 1
Victoria Kim – 3/8/2010

PROP 8 CHALLENGE

On Top Magazine: Closing Arguments Of Gay Marriage Trial Won’t Be
Broadcast
3/8/2010

SCOTUS CASES

Wall Street Journal: High Court Wades Into Funeral Protests, Vaccines
JESS BRAVIN And BRENT KENDALL – 3/9/2010

NY Times/Greenwire: Supreme Court Won’t Review Decision That Closed EPA Emissions ‘Loophole’
Gabriel Nelson – 3/8/2010

SCOTUS RECUSAL

Blog Of Legal Times: Roberts Recuses in New Wyeth Case
Tony Mauro – 3/8/2010

SCOTUS DISSENTS

NY Times: In a Polarized Court, Getting the Last Word
ADAM LIPTAK – 3/9/2010

OBITUARY

Palm Beach Post: Retired federal judge James C. Paine, dies at 85
3/8/2010

Full post as published by The Gavel on March 09, 2010 (boomark / email).