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Friday Media Summary

By Nancy Palencia

NATIONAL SECURITY/COURTS

The New Yorker: Bin Laden's Body
Amy Davidson – 3/17/2010

Washington Post/Post Partisan: Eric Holder’s bizarre comments on Osama’s corpse
Eva Rodriguez – 3/18/2010

Washington Post: U.S. commander says bringing bin Laden to justice remains goal
Craig Whitlock – 3/17/2010

Wall Street Journal: Deal Near on Gitmo, Trials for Detainee
(subscription required)
JONATHAN WEISMAN AND EVAN PEREZ – 3/19/2010

Washington Post: Eric Holder, the attorney general of ineptness
Michael Gerson – 3/19/2010

Washington Post: Hard questions for Holder
David Davenport – 3/19/2010

Time: Eric Holder’s Trials and Tribulations
Massimo Calabresi – 3/29/2010

NY Daily News: Alleged ‘Jihad Jane’ Colleen LaRose pleads not guilty
in federal court
Larry Mcshane – 3/18/2010

Main Justice: Judiciary Asks for $22 Million for Terrorism Trials
Joe Palazzolo – 3/18/2010

DETAINEE LAWYERS

The New Republic: Lawyer Up
Jonathan Chait – 3/17/2010

Huffington Post: The Big Lie About Guantánamo Lawyers
Jonathan Hafetz – 3/18/2010

CITIZENS UNITED/CAMPAIGN FINANCE

Washington Post/Economy Watch: A way for corporations to contribute to political campaigns and preserve democracy at the same time
Frank Ahrens – 3/18/2010

Point Of Law: Dingell: Citizens United ruling was ‘an abomination,’ ‘evil’
Carter Wood – 3/18/2010

Reason/Hit & Run: The Pro-Corporate Legacy of Justice John Paul
Stevens
Damon W. Root – 3/18/2010

In These Times: How to Fairly Fund an Election
Melinda Tuhus – 3/19/2010

WKOW/AP: Wis. group stops using Citizens United name
3/18/2010

MINNESOTA JUDICIAL SELECTION REFORM

Minnesota Public Radio: Judicial election reform opponents speak at
Capitol
Mark Zdechlik – 3/18/2010

St. Paul Pioneer Press: Minnesota ‘tea party’ group opposes retention
elections for judges
Bill Salisbury – 3/18/2010

ARIZONA JUDICIAL SELECTION REFORM

KOLD/AP: Arizona measure on picking judges awaits changes
3/19/2010

FEDERAL NOMINATIONS

Charleston Gazette: Judicial nominees: 2012 and beyond?
Andrew Clevenger – 3/18/2010

Womenstake.org: Delays in Judicial Confirmation Must Stop
Rachel Peck – 3/18/2010

Axcexx News: Filibusters slow judicial nominations, critics suggest changes
Sarah Lutz – 3/19/2010

Salt Lake Tribune: Matheson on merits
Michael W. McConnell – 3/18/2010

TEXAS SUPREME COURT ELECTIONS

Dallas Morning News: 5 former justices endorse Lehrmann for Texas
Supreme Court
TERRENCE STUTZ – 3/19/2010

CALIFORNIA COURTS/POLITICS

Sacramento Bee: Court decisions become political
Dan Walters – 3/18/2010

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

Seatlle Times/AP: WA Supreme Court to hear death penalty debate
3/18/2010

IMMIGRATION REFORM

Huffington Post: The Case for Immigration Reform
John Carlos Frey – 3/18/2010

Washington Post: Senators draft plan to rework U.S. immigration policy
Spencer S. Hsu 3/18/2010

VIRGINIA THOMAS TEA PARTY

LA Times: Virginia Thomas's Group Not Registered
3/18/2010

GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY/FOIA

Blog Of Legal Times: High Cost of Transparency
Marcia Coyle – 3/18/2010

MARRIAGE EQUALITY/COURTS

Dallas Voice: Hearing set in Dallas gay divorce case
John Wright – 3/18/2010

Jurist/Paper Chase: New Jersey same-sex couples sue for equal marriage rights
Zach Zagger – 3/18/2010

Philadelphia Inquirer: Gay-marriage advocates go to N.J. justices again
Jonathan Tamari – 3/19/2010

REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS/LEGISLATION

The Atlantic: The New Push for Abortion Restrictions
Sara Rubin – 3/18/2010

FEDERAL SENTENCING REFORM

Jurist/Paper Chase: Senate passes bill to reduce cocaine sentencing disparity
Bhargav Katikaneni – 3/18/2010

PORTEOUS IMPEACHMENT

Salt Lake Tribune: Hatch to lead impeachment trial of judge
Matt Canham – 3/18/2010

STATE COURTS/BUDGETS

Charlotte News & Observer: Chief justice says courts overloaded
MARTHA QUILLIN – 3/18/2010

HEALTH CARE REFORM/COURTS

Politics Daily: Don’t Give the Roberts Court the Chance to Kill Health Reform
Walter Shapiro – 3//19/2010

SCOTUS/DIVERSITY

National Review Online/Bench Memos: Justice Stevens on Military Diversity
Ed Whelan – 3/18/2010

CALIFORNIA BETTER COURTS NOW

Capitol Weekly: Founder of group seeking to elect conservative judges dies of heart attack
Malcolm Maclachlan – 3/18/2010

SCOTUS PREVIEW

The Flat Hat: Greenhouse discusses Supreme Court
Alex Guillen – 3/19/2010

Full post as published by The Gavel on March 19, 2010 (boomark / email).