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Wednesday Media Summary

By Nancy Palencia

JUSTICE AT STAKE

Justice At Stake: Justice at Stake Cites 'Big Money' Threat in Md.
Court Elections
Press Release – 3/9/2010

West Virginia Record: W.Va. voters want candidates to use taxpayer
money, poll shows
John O’Brien – 3/9/2010

WEST VIRGINIA PUBLIC FINANCING

Watchdog.org: Senate Judiciary Passes Supreme Court Public Financing Pilot Program
Steven Allen Adams – 3/9/2010

PhillyBurbs.com/AP: Proposed fees may doom W.Va. election funding bill
Lawrence Messina – 3/9/2010

NATIONAL SECURITY/COURTS

NY Times: Experts Urge Keeping Two Options for Terror Trials
CHARLIE SAVAGE and SCOTT SHANE – 3/9/2010

Wall Street Journal: Decision on 9/11 Trial Could Undercut Holder
Evan Perez – 3/10/2010

National Review: 'Acceptable' Risk
Bill Burck and Dana Perino – 3/10/2010

Cato @ Liberty: The Case against Domestic Military Detention
David Rittgers – 3/9/2010

Washington Independent: Graham Moves Forward With Indefinite Detention Proposal
Spencer Ackerman – 3/9/2010

The Hill/Blog Briefing Room:
Sen. Graham: Give released Guantanamo Bay detainees to Homeland Security
Eric Zimmermann – 03/09/2010

Wall Street Journal: Why You Shouldn’t Judge A Lawyer by His Clients (subscription)
Michael B, Mukasey – 3/10/2010

Chicago Tribune: Gitmo defense?
Editorial – 3/9/2010

Huffington Post: Liz Cheney Visits the Sins of the Client on the Lawyer
Judge H. Lee Sarokin – 3/9/2010

Truthout: “Values” of a Smear
Eugene Robinson

CITIZENS UNITED/CAMPAIGN FINANCE

LA Times: U.S. Chamber of Commerce grows into a political force
Tom Hamburger – 3/8/2010

Politico: Corporate justice at our expense
SEN. SHELDON WHITEHOUSE – 3/10/2010

Washington Post/AP: Roberts: Scene at State of Union ‘very troubling’
Jay Reeves – 3/9/2010

LA Times: Chief justice unsettled by Obama’s criticism of Supreme Court
David G. Savage – 3/10/2010

MERIT SELECTION

Greensboro News-Record: O’Connor’s latest role
Editorial – 3/10/2010

Charlotte News & Observer: O’Connor says judges shouldn’t be elected
3/10/2010

American Courthouse: More on the "Perception" Problem
Dan Pero – 3/9/2010

PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD

The Hill/Hilicon Valley: Leahy urges Obama to reinstate privacy oversight for counterterrorism policies
Kim Hart – 03/09/2010

Cato @ Liberty: The Least Obama Could Do for Civil Liberties
Julian Sanchez – 3/9/2010

RECUSAL

Election Law Blog: “Judicial Recusals & Evolving Notions of Due Process”
Rick Hasen – 3/9/2010

JUDICIAL ELECTIONS/POLITICS

Judges On Merit: New Study: Campaign Contributors Often Appear Before the PA Supreme Court Justices Whose Campaigns They Helped Fund
Shira Goodman – 3/9/2010

San Diego News Network: Judges get ready for 'big fight' against conservative challenge
Khari Johnson – 3/9/2010

FEDERAL NOMINATIONS

FOX News: Hearing Delayed for Obama Judicial Nominee Who Supported Serial Killer
Judson Berger – 3/10/2010

Huffington Post: Vetting Obama’s Judges: The Case for Chris Schroeder
Victor Williams – 3/9/2010

REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS/COURTS

NY Times: Laws, Lies and the Abortion Debate
Editorial – 3/9/2010

Jurist/Paper Chase: Utah governor signs bill criminalizing attempted illegal abortions
Haley Wojdowski – 3/9/2010

SCOTUS/SECOND AMENDMENT

U.S. news & World Report: Supreme Court Takes Aim at Chicago Gun Ban
Alex Kingsbury – 3/9/2010

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

Houston Chronicle: Houston judge backs off ruling that death penalty unconstitutional
Brian Rogers – 3/9/2010

ACCESS TO COURTS

NY Times: An Advocate for Equal Justice
Editorial – 3/10/2010

PORTEOUS IMPEACHMENT

NY Times/The Caucus: House Considers Judge's Impeachment
ASHLEY SOUTHALL – 3/9/2010

Politico: House may impeach federal judge
Jake Sherman – 3/9/2010

CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM

WHSV: Webb Urges Vote On National Criminal Justice Commission Act
3/9/2010

San Francisco Chronicle/Politics Blog: State lawmaker calls for changes to sex offender laws
Marisa Lagos – 3/9/2010

MARRIAGE EQUALITY

Washington Post/Breaking News Blog: First gay marriages in District performed
Ann E. Marimow and Keith L. Alexander – 3/10/2010

FOX News: Same-Sex Couples Begin Saying ‘I Do’ in Washington
3/9/2010

MATERIAL SUPPORT

OMB Watch: Supreme Court Hears Charities’ First Amendment Challenge to Patriot Act
3/9/2010

HAL TURNER

Bergen County Record: Jurors deadlocked in trial of shock jock Hal Turner
Mike Kelly – 3/9/2010

Full post as published by The Gavel on March 10, 2010 (boomark / email).