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Thursday Media Summary

By Nancy Palencia

JUSTICE AT STAKE

Charleston Gazette: Finance court elections
Julie Archer and Carol Warren – 3/10/2010

NATIONAL SECURITY/COURTS

Time: Why the Jihad Jane Case is a Win for the Patriot Act
Massimo Calabresi – 3/11/2010

NY Times: Attacks on Detainee Lawyers Split Conservatives
JOHN SCHWARTZ – 3/10/2010

Wall Street Journal: Trial Move Could Hurt Holder (subscription required)
Evan Perez – 3/10/2010

McClatchy: Commentary: Justice for 9-11 victims shouldn’t involve
military commissions
Talat Hamdani – 3/9/2010

Salon: Military commissions: A bad idea
Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld and Joshua Dratel – 3/10/2010

Philadelphia Inquirer: Policy on terror trials in need of an overhaul
David H. Schanzer – 3/11/2010

OneNewsNow: Terrorist trial venue still in discussion
Chad Groening – 3/10/2010

NPR/Morning Edition: ‘Al-Qaeda 7′ Controversy: Detainees And Politics (w/audio) Ari Shapiro – 3/11/2010

Main Justice: Mukasey's 'Qaeda 7? Defense Helps Yoo and Bybee
Stephanie Woodrow – 3/10/2010

American Prospect/Tapped: Lindsey Graham’s Preventive Detention Proposal.
Adam Serwer – 3/10/2010

Washington Independent: 'Urban Myth' Behind Graham's Support for 9/11 Military Trials
Spencer Ackerman – 3/11/2010

PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES BOARD

The Hill: Time to restore the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
Lanny Davis – 3/10/2010

CITIZENS UNITED

NY Times/The Caucus:Campaign Finance Freak-Out
KATE PHILLIPS – 3/10/2010

Broadcasting & Cable: Senate Holds Hearing on Supreme Court’s Citizen’s United Ruling
John Eggerton – 3/10/2010

Courthouse News Service: Senate Judiciary Debates Supreme ‘Activism’
Nick Wilson – 3/10/2010

Point Of Law: Citizens United, the Senate Judiciary hearing
Carter Wood – 3/10/2010

Minneapolis Star Tribune/Hot Dish Politics: Franken squares off with former FEC chair at hearing
Eric Roper – 3/10/2010

Wall Street Journal: Organized Labor and Citizens United (subscription required)
STEVEN J. LAW – 3/10/2010

Charleston Gazette/Sustained Dispatch: Corporate personhood and judicial activism
Andrew Clevenger – 3/10/2010

Columbus Dispatch: Ohio House Democrats propose ban on business
donations to campaigns
Jim Siegel – 3/11/2010

Chicago Tribune: Enhancing democracy with a gag
Steve Chapman – 3/10/2010

Pro Publica: Higher Corporate Spending on Election Ads Could Be All
but Invisible
Chisun Lee – 3/10/2010

Huffington Post: Harry Reid Slams Supreme Court Justices John
Roberts, Anthony Kennedy For Campaign Finance Decision
Sam Stein – 3/10/2010

Des Moines Register: Legislature should respect free speech
Editorial – 3/10/2010

Des Moines Register: Bill respects free speech, clean politics
State Sen.
Jeff Danielson – 3/11/2010

WHITE HOUSE V. SCOTUS

ABC News/Crossroads: White House Vs. Supreme Court: It’s Getting Ridiculous
Jan Crawford – 3/10/2010

Daily Beast: Get Over It, Judge
Andrew Cohen – 3/10/2010

MINNESOTA RETENTION ELECTIONS

Minneapolis Star Tribune: Far from increasing independence, as supporters claim, it would likely reduce it.
JACK S. NORDBY – 3/10/2010

MARYLAND JUDICIAL SELECTION REFORM

Maryland Daily Record: Critics: Election reform disempowers voters
3/9/2010

FEDERAL NOMINATIONS

Hartford Courant: U.S. Senate Panel Postpones Chatigny Confirmation Hearing
EDMUND H. MAHONY – 3/11/2010

Connecticut Law Tribune: Prosecutor Questions Chatigny's Fitness For 2nd Circuit
DOUGLAS S. MALAN – 3/10/2010

Blog Of Legal Times: White House Rolls Out Two More Circuit Nominees
David Ingram and Mike Scarcella – 3/10/2010

Sacramento Bee: Magistrate judge nominated to federal district court in Sacramento
Denny Walsh – 3/11/2010

Greensboro News-Record/Capital Beat: Obama nominates Eagles for federal bench
Mark Binker – 3/10/2010

WEST VIRGINIA COURT REFORM

Legal Newsline: W.Va. Senate OKs business court plan
JOHN O’BRIEN – 3/10/2010

VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT

>> Washington Post: Mims selected for Va. Supreme Court seat
Anita Kumar – 3/10/2010

ACCESS TO COURTS

Minnesota Public Radio: Indigent defense gets a new look from Attorney General Eric Holder (w/ audio)
3/10/2010

JUDICIAL ELECTIONS

The Olympian: Third state justice to seek re-election
3/11/2010

Las Cruces Sun-News: District judge candidate challenged under federal law
Diana M. Alba – 3/11/2010

GAY RIGHTS

DesMoines Register: Don't define gays under domestic abuse protection, lawmaker proposes
Jason Clayworth – 3/10/2010

PROP 8 CHALLENGE

Huffington Post: Anti-Gay Marriage Legal “Ministry” Wants to Represent CA County in Prop 8 Trial
Tom Pfingsten – 3/10/2010

DOMA CHALLENGE

Examiner.com: DOJ moves to dismiss first federal DOMA case
Kelvin Lynch – 3/10/2010

ACORN FUNDING

AP: NYC judge: Govt must stop blocking money to ACORN
LARRY NEUMEISTER – 3/10/2010

JUDICIAL PAY

Txes Lawyer/Tex Parte Blog: Does it pay to be a judge? The Texas Commission on Judicial Compensation wants to know.
Mary Alice Robbins – 3/10/2010

PORTEOUS IMPEACHMENT

New Orleans Times-Picayune: Thomas Porteous impeachment vote scheduled for today
Bruce Alpert – 3/11/2010

HAL TURNER

Newark Star-Ledger/AP: Judge declares second mistrial for N.J. blogger accused of threatening federal judges
3/10/2010

National Law Journal: A Second Mistrial for Blogger Charged With Threatening Judges
Mark Fass – 3/11/2010

Full post as published by The Gavel on March 11, 2010 (boomark / email).