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Thursday Media Summary

By Nancy Palencia

NATIONAL SECURITY/COURTS

NY Times: Holder Won't Rule Out N.Y. 9/11 Trial
CHARLIE SAVAGE – 4/15/2010

NY Times: The K.S.M. Files
Editorial – 4/15/2010

FOX News: No Decision Yet on Where to Try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, 9/11 Conspirators
4/14/2010

Washington Independent: Just Like That, Graham and Holder Find Indefinite Detention Consensus
Spencer Ackerman – 4/14/2010

The Atlantic: On Terror Trials, Obama’s Policy Is No Policy
Max Fisher – 4/14/2010

NY Post: Schumer: No way 9/11 trial will be in NYC
MAGGIE HABERMAN – 4/14/2010

PBS NewsHour: Holder Defends Terror Trial, Guantanamo Decisions Before Senate (Video)
4/14/2010

The Hill/Blog Briefing Room: King urges Obama to strip Holder of authority on trials
Eric Zimmermann – 4/14/2010

Washington Post: Eric Holder’s Guantanamo Bay morass
Dana Milbank – 4/15/2010

The Guardian: Crimes without punishment
J Patrice McSherry – 4/14/2010

Common Dreams/ACLU: Attorney General Stands Behind Use of Criminal Courts for 9/11 Terrorism Suspects
Press Release – 4/14/2010

AP: Holder to look into gov’t use of FOIA exemptions
SHARON THEIMER – 4/14/2010

The Hill: Holder right on terror trials
Lanny Davis – 04/14/2010

Council On Foreign Relations: For Obama, Vexing Detainee Decisions Loom
John B. Bellinger III – 4/14/2010

Family Security Matters: America’s War On Islamist Terror…Or Is It?
Andrew McCarthy – 4/15/2010

Huffington Post: Eric Holder Denounces Liz Cheney’s Ad Campaign As ‘Reprehensible’
Sam Stein – 4/14/2010

Washington Examiner: Holder defends DOJ ‘kids’ who represented Gitmo detainees
By: Byron York 04/14/10

Main Justice: Judge Schedules Court Date for Christmas Day Bomber
Stephanie Woodrow – 4/14/2010

CITIZENS UNITED/CAMPAIGN FINANCE

Common Dreams/People For The American Way: Rep. Hodes Introduces Constitutional Amendment to Reverse ‘Citizens United’
Press Release – 4/14/2010

Common Dreams/People For The American Way: Florida Special Election Shows Strength of Opposition to ‘Citizens United’
Press Release – 4/14/2010

Albany Times Union: Bill would raise the bar for corporate giving
Bryan Fitzgerald – 4/14/2010

Election Law Blog: “Citizens United Foes Seek a McCain Stand-In”
Rick Hasen – 4/14/2010

DOJ/TRANSPARENCY

DesMoines Register: Grassley attacks Justice Department for withholding information
4/14/2010

Main Justice: Holder Misses Civil Rights Commission Deadline
Ryan J. Reilly – 4/14/2010

FEDERAL NOMINATIONS

CNN: Democratic senators urge action now on Obama’s judicial nominees
Ed Hornick – 4/13/2010

Main Justice: Holder to Senate: Move 'More Expeditiously' on Nominations
Joe Palazzolo – 4/14/2010

Investor’s Business Daily: A Judge Too Far
Editorial – 4/14/2010

Constitution Project: Constitution Project Sends Letter from Former Law Enforcement Officials Rejecting Death Penalty Attacks on Goodwin Liu
Press Release – 4/14/2010

MISSOURI PLAN CHALLENGE

Kansas City Star: Don’t change to elected judges in Missouri
Editorial – 4/14/2010

GABLEMAN/JUDICIAL CAMPAIGN ETHICS

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: One sentence too many
Patrick McIlheran – 4/14/2010

PENNSYLVANIA SUPREME COURT/CAMPAIGN ETHICS

Philadelphia Inquirer: Confidence has been lost
Editorial – 4/15/2010

NEVADA JUDICIAL SELECTION REFORM

Nevada News & Views: Keep Your Right to Elect Your Judges
Todd Bailey – 4/14/2010

HEALTHCARE REFORM/COURTS

Miami Herald/AP: Judge to speed federal health care challenge
MELISSA NELSON – 4/14/2010

Pensacola News Journal: Health reform challenge heads to court today
Kris Wernowsky – 4/14/2010

Jurist/Paper Chase: Georgia to join health care constitutionality lawsuit
Erin Bock – 4/14/2010

OHIO SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENT

Columbus Dispatch: New chief justice will stick out on court
James Nash – 4/15/2010

TEXAS SUPREME COURT ELECTIONS

San Marcos Mercury: Green out of the running for state Supreme Court
BRAD ROLLINS – 4/14/2010

MISSOURI JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS

Sallatin north Missourian: Gov. Nixon appoints long-time former judge Daniel Chadwick as new circuit judge for the 43rd Circuit
4/14/2010

DOMA CHALLENGE

Proposition 8 and the Right to Marry: New challenge to federal DOMA filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco
Michael Ginsborg – 4/14/2010

LA Times: Same-sex Social Security benefits? Not while DOMA lives
Michael McGough – 4/14/2010

PATRIOT ACT REFORM

Truthout: Senator Leahy Pushes for More Patriot Act Oversight
Grace Huang – 4/14/2010

ACCESS TO COURTS

Detroit Free Press/AP: Chief justice: Legal aid too inaccessible
Tim Martin – 4/15/2010

MARRIAGE EQUALITY/COURTS

Salt Lake Tribune: Suit demands secrecy for ethics petition signers
Cathy McKitrick – 4/14/2010

IMMIGRATION

AP: Arizona may crack down hard on illegal immigrants
JONATHAN J. COOPER – 4/14/2010

NEVADA JUDICIAL ELECTIONS

Las Vegas Review-Journal: Court asks for more details in justice of the peace case
4/14/2010

ARKANSAS JUDICIAL ELECTIONS

Stuttgart Daily Leader/AP: Ex-Pulaski County judge’s lawsuit dismissed
4/14/2010

STATE COURTS/BUDGETS

Dothan Eagle: Supreme Court justice to Riley: Delay local judge appointments
Lance Griffin – 4/14/2010

JUDICIAL MISCONDUCT

Birmingham News: The Alabama Supreme Court votes to keep rules that make it more difficult for people to file complaints against unethical judges
Editorial – 4/15/2010

Full post as published by The Gavel on April 15, 2010 (boomark / email).