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Thursday Media Summary

By Nancy Palencia

NATIONAL SECURITY/COURTS

Miami Herald: Judge: Detainee’s trial won’t begin til 2011
Carol Rosenberg – 4/7/2010

Yahoo News/McClatchy: Guantanamo war court resumes hearings amid
uncertainty
Carol Rosenberg – 4/7/2010

Common Dreams: 9/11 Families Denounce Resumption of Military trials
on Guantanamo
Press Release – 4/7/2010

Blog Of Legal Times: Group Presses Defense Department To Open Rule-Making For Military Commissions
Marcia Coyle – 4/7/2010

CITIZENS UNITED/CAMPAIGN FINANCE

Bloomberg: Secret Funding of Chamber's Political Ads May Change
Jonathan D. Salant and Mark Drajem – 4/7/2010

Raw Story: Chamber of Commerce attacks effort to ban secretly funded ads
Sahil Kapur – 4/7/2010

FireDogLake/The Seminal: Getting the money out of politics – possible? (w/video)
Jason Rosenbaum – 4/7/2010

OMB Watch/The Fine Print: Groups Continue to Look For Ways Around Campaign Finance Disclosure
Amanda Adams – 4/07/2010

Politics in Minnesota: Campaign finance board weighs post-Citizens United rules
Betsy Sundquist – 4/7/2010

FEDERAL NOMINATIONS

LA Times: Battle brews over Obama nominee for 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
Clement Tan – 4/8/2010

BusinessWeek/Bloomberg: Leahy Insists on Hearing for Obama Judicial Choice
Laura litvan – 4/7/2010

FOX News: Leahy Refuses to Delay Hearing for Controversial Judicial Nominee
4/7/2010

Washington Post: Appeals court nominee Liu causes battle in Senate
Ben Pershing – 4/8/2010

ABC News: Obama Court Nominee Causing a Firestorm on Capitol Hill
ARIANE de VOGUE – 4/8/2010

FOX News/Speaker’s Lobby: Gettin’ Ready for a SCOTUS Nom…sigh
Trish Turner – 4/7/2010

Media Matters For America: Fox distorts record of judicial nominee Liu
4/7/2010

GOVERNMENT SURVEILLANCE

Huffington Post/Shadow Elite: Warrantless Wiretap Case & Obama: Abuse of Executive Power?
Janine R. Wedel – 4/8/2010

TEXAS SUPREME COURT ELECTION

Dallas Morning News/Trail Blazers: Rick Green looks to Christian conservatives for Supreme Court bid
Christy Hoppe – 4/7/2010

Talk Points Memo/Muckraker: Leading Texas Supreme Court Candidate Has Checkered Ethical Past, Religious-Right Worldview (w/video)
Justin Elliott – 4/7/2010

Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Texas Supreme Court race hinges on experience
Martha Deller – 4/7/2010

WISCONSIN JUDICIAL ELECTIONS

Wisconsin Law Journal: Two new court of appeals judges elected
Jack Zemlicka – 4/7/2010

ILLINOIS JUDICIAL ELECTIONS

Legal Newsline: Illinois Supreme Court justice could face retention battle
Andrea Holecek – 4/7/2010

MINNESOTA JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS

Finance & Commerce: Judicial selections need more review
Mark A. Cohen – 4/7/2010

NEW MEXICO JUDICIAL ELECTION/CAMPAIGN REGULATION

NMPolitics.net: Hatch Act may not apply to prosecutor's candidacy for judgeship
Heath Haussamen – 4/7/2010

NEW MEXICO SUPREME COURT

News West 9/AP: NM Supreme Court swears in new chief justice
4/8/2010

IMMIGRATION/COURTS

The Crime Report: Justice Delayed
Steve Yoder – 4/7/2010

REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS/LEGISLATION

Wall Street Journal: States Reignite Abortion Debate
ANNA WILDE MATHEWS – 4/8/2010

MASSEY ENERGY

USA Today: Massey Energy is a key player in region
4/7/2010

Politico: Mine deaths highlight role of West Virginia powerbroker
JOHN BRESNAHAN – 4/7/2010

Think Progress/Wonk Room: Don Blankenship's Record Of Profits Over Safety: 'Coal Pays The Bills'
Brad Johnson – 4/7/2010

Washington Post: Mining interests are heavily invested in Capitol Hill
Dan Eggen – 4/8/2010

PHILADELPHIA COURT REFORM

Philadelphia Inquirer: Justice for all
Editorial – 4/8/2010

VERMONT JUDICIAL REFORM

Vermont Public Radio: Reiber Says Change To Judicial Restructuring Bill Possible
Bob Kinzel – 4/7/2010

DOJ/FOIA

Main Justice: Justice Fell Behind in FOIA Processing in 2009
Ryan J. Reilly – 4/7/2010

Concurring Opinions: FOIA in a Holder World: Cloudy with a Chance of Rain
Danielle Citron – 4/7/2010

TENNESSEE ATTORNEY GENERAL SELECTION

The Tennessean: Committee endorses election of state’s attorney general
4/7/2010

CAMPAIGN MISCONDUCT/COURTS

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Powerful Pa. senator, sister face charges
Dennis B. Roddy and Paula Reed Ward – 4/7/2010

WTAE: Sen. Jane Orie Arrested, Has Harsh Words For DA
4/7/2010

NET NEUTRALITY

Washington Post: Comcast ruling raises questions on FCC regulation
Cecilia Kang and Frank Ahrens – 4/8/2010

Washington Post/Post Tech: Three options for the FCC
Cecilia Kang – 4/7/2010

D.C. CIVIL SERVICES/COURTS

Washington Post/Post Now: Judge rejects D.C.’s demand to end lawsuit over care for disabled citizens
Henri E. Cauvin – 4/8/2010

Blog Of Legal Times: D.C. Attorney General Spars With Federal Judge
Jordan Weissmann – 4/7/2010

THREATS AGAINST JUDGES

Seattle Post Intelligencer/AP: Militia member is 1st sentenced for retaliation
4/7/2010

SCOTUS/DIVERSITY

Daily Record/Generation J.D.: Justice Stevens and military experience on the Supreme Court
Ryan S. Perlin – 4/7/2010

ROBERTS APPEARANCE

Wall Street Journal/Law Blog: Chief Justice Roberts on Obama, Justice Stevens, Law Reviews, More
Jess Bravin – 4/7/2010

Full post as published by The Gavel on April 08, 2010 (boomark / email).