Litigation

Monday Media Summary

By Nancy Palencia

JUSTICE AT STAKE

Crain’s Cleveland Business: Proposal to end elections for high court
gains steam
Jay Miller – 1/25/2010

Illusory Tenant: Ask the Brennan Center
1/23/2010

GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEES/COURTS

New York Magazine/Daily Intel: 50 Prisoners to Remain at Guantánamo
Chris Rovzar – 1/22/2010

BBC News: Indefinite Guantanamo detention plans condemned
1/23/2010

Washington Independent: Why Not Just Keep GTMO Open?
Spencer Ackerman – 1/22/2010

Courthouse News Service: DOJ Appears to Flip Flop on Guantanamo
1/22/2010

TownHall.com: Don’t Keep This Campaign Promise, Mr. President
John Boehner – 1/22/2010

PROP 8 CHALLENGE

National Law Journal: Televising trials
David R. Fine – 1/25/2010

FireDogLake/The Seminal: Prop 8 Trial Closing Arguments To Be Delayed
Teddy Partridge – 1/22/2010

San Francisco Chronicle: Federal court has become the new feelings forum
Debra J. Saunders – 1/24/2010

REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS/COURTS

Christian Science Monitor: Abortion in spotlight with Roe v. Wade anniversary, Kansas trial
Mark Guarino – 1/22/2010

WISCONSIN RECUSAL RULES

State Bar Of Wisconsin: Wisconsin Supreme Court adopts amended recusal rules
Alex De Grand – 1/22/2010

WTAQ: High Court Rules Judges Don’t Have To Withdraw From Campaign Donors’ Cases
1/22/2010

PORTEOUS IMPEACHMENT

Blog Of Legal Times: Judge, Facing Impeachment, Mounts His Defense
David Ingram – 1/22/2010

RECUSAL

National Law Journal: Judge’s About-Face on Recusal Didn’t Violate Defendant’s Rights, Court Rules
Amanda Bronstad – 1/25/2010

SHARON KELLER

Dallas Morning News/Crime Blog: Defense attorney responds to judge’s findings in Keller inquiry
Diane Jennings – 1/22/2010

FindLaw: Texas Judge “Vindicated” by Ethics Report?
Tanya Roth – 1/22/2010

San Antonio Express-News:
Remove Sharon Keller from appeals court post
Editorial – 1/23/2010

TORTURE MEMO INVESTIGATION

San Francisco Chronicle: A memo on John Yoo’s memos
Editorial – 1/24/2010

MERIT SELECTION

San Antonio Express-News: Time to consider judicial reform
Editorial – 1/25/2010

JUDICIAL ELECTION

Chicago Sun-Times: Firefighters hot that ousted union chief running for judge
FRAN SPIELMAN – 1/23/2010

COURT REFORM (PHILADELPHIA)

Philadelphia Inquirer: Pa. jurists’ focus: Fixing city courts
Nancy Phillips and Craig R. McCoy – 1/24/2010

JUDICIAL MISCONDUCT

New Orleans Times Picayune: 24th Judicial District Court removes portraits of judges who disgrace bench
Paul Purpura – 1/22/2010

Full post as published by The Gavel on January 25, 2010 (boomark / email).