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The Docket: 10/20

By Mark Obbie

Before we get to this week's excellent samples of legal journalism, I wanted to remind readers to feel free to send any thought-provoking articles to rsmascarenhas [at] gmail [dot] com. The internet's just too big for this intern to handle.While Gov. Sarah Palin has quickly become Alaska's most famous export, it's hard to keep the state's other luminary, Ted Stevens, out of the picture for too long. The 84-year-old senator took the stand during his corruption trial, and the Legal Times and the New York Times happily describe the ensuing drama. Meanwhile, in Nebraska, the law of unintended consequences strikes again. The state, hoping to reduce the number of abandoned infants and newborns, passed a statute that unwittingly allows Americans from all states to hand over even their teenagers to authorities. The Detroit Free Press reports on one local mother's decision to abandon her child. And finally, with elections around the corner, more attention has been paid to the future of the Supreme Court. The Chicago Tribune focuses on Justice John Paul Stevens, who, like Sen. Barack Obama, hails from Chicago. His advanced age has led many to assume he will retire sooner than later, but this article suggests he has a little spunk left in him yet. -- Rohan Mascarenhas

Full post as published by Lawbeat on October 21, 2008 (boomark / email).