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Thursday Media Summary

By Nancy Palencia

JUSTICE AT STAKE

ABC News: ABC News Exclusive: Study Shows Money
Flooding into Campaigns for State Judgeships
Matthew Mosk – 3/17/2010

NATIONAL SECURITY/COURTS

Washington Post: KSM’s dispensable trial
Benjamin Wittes and Jack L. Goldsmith – 3/19/2010

Wall Street Journal: Liz Cheney’s Big Question
Daniel Henninger – 3/18/2010

Huffington Post: Pressure Building for Executive
Decision on the Trial of 9/11 Mastermind
Nathaniel Cahners Hindman – 3/16/2010

Politico: Liz Cheney group to Eric Holder: ‘We’re at war’
Andy Barr – 3/17/2010

Truthout: Guantanamo: Obama’s Crockery
William Fisher – 3/17/2010

AP: ‘Jihad Jane’ due in federal court in Philadelphia
MARYCLAIRE DALE – 3/18/2010

CITIZENS UNITED

Reason/Hit & Run: Larry Lessig’s ‘Simple’ Solution to Excessive Speech
Jacob Sullum – 3/17/2010

SCOTUS V. OBAMA

St. Louis Post-Dispatch/The Platform: Chief Justice's partisanship weakens U.S. Supreme Court
Editorial – 3/17/2010

The New Republic: POTUS v. SCOTUS
Jeffrey Rosen – 3/16/2010

JUDICIAL CAMPAIGN MONEY

Arkansas Times/Arkansas Blog: More judges, more money
Max Brantley – 3/17/2010

TEXAS SUPREME COURT ELECTION

Texas Tribune: Can Rick Green Be Stopped?
Morgan Smith – 3/18/2010

FEDERAL COURT TRANSPARENCY

U.S. Courts.gov: Judiciary Approves PACER Innovations To Enhance Public Access
Press Release – 3/16/2010

Las Vegas Review-Journal: Open court
Editorial – 3/18/2010

IMMIGRATION REFORM

The Hill/Congress Blog: Obama on immigration: then and now
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) – 03/17/2010

New America Media: America’s Disappeared
El Diario/La Prensa NY – 3/17/2010

FEDERAL CRIMINAL CASES

Main Justice: Immigration, Drug, Fraud Cases on the Rise
Leah Nylen – 3/17/2010

FEDERAL NOMINATIONS

Atlanta Journal Constitution: Amy Totenberg nominated
to be federal judge
Bill Rankin – 3/17/2010

Providence Journal: Senate confirms Thompson for
federal bench
John E. Mulligan – 3/18/2010

Law Week Colorado: Judicial Nominee Martinez Gets Light Grilling From Senate Judiciary Committee
Matt Masich – 3/17/2010

Huffington Post: Unprecedented and Inexcusable Obstructionism
Nan Aron – 3/17/2010

IOWA JUDICIAL SELECTION

Iowa City Press-Citizen: Iowa must protect the independence of its judiciary
Editorial – 3/17/2010

PRIVACY AND LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD

NPR/Morning Edition: Bid To Revive Privacy Board
Awaits Nominees (w/audio)
Ari Shapiro – 3/17/2010

STATE COURTS/BUDGETS

Yakima Herald: Lawyers prepare to sit on the bench
MARK MOREY – 3/16/2010

National Law Journal: Los Angeles Court System Lays

Off 329 Workers, Closes Courtrooms
Amanda Bronstad – 3/18/2010

ALASKA CAMPAIGN DISCLOSURE

Anchorage Daily News: Campaign disclosure bills make
headway in Legislature
RICHARD MAUER – 3/17/2010

PROP 8 CHALLENGE

San Francisco Chronicle/AP: Evidence skirmish could
delay end of Prop 8 trial
3/16/2010

Business Insider: This Is Why We Need Cameras In The
Prop 8 Courtroom: Judge Walker Walks Out
Erin Geiger Smith – 3/17/2010

FEDERAL DOMA

Bay Windows: CT attorney general candidates pledge to
join fight against DOMA
Hannah Clay Wareham – 3/17/2010

CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM

Counterpunch: The Persecution of Curtis Flowers
JOE ALLEN – 3/17/2010

MARRIAGE EQUALITY

Newark Star-Ledger/AP: N.J. gay rights advocates
prepare legal action to get state to legalize same-sex
marriage
3/17/2010

NBC NY: NJ Gay Marriage Advocates Go Back to Court for
Equality
Brian Thompson – 3/17/2010

Philadelphia Inquirer: Pa. Senate panel tables bill to ban gay marriage
Amy Worden – 3/17/2010

Reuters: NY gay groups renew push for same-sex
marriage vote
Edith Honan – 3/17/2010

Houston Chronicle: In census, same-sex couples counted
LINDSAY WISE – 3/17/2010

PORTEOUS IMPEACHMENT

Roll Call: Senate Moves Closer to Impeachment of Louisiana Judge
Jessica Brady – 3/17/2010

WGNO: Sen. Landrieu Signals Support for Impeachment Trial Process For Judge Porteous
3/17/2010

HAL TURNER

The Jersey Journal: 10 of 12 in favor of acquittal for
shock jock Turner at latest trial, ‘family’ Web site
claims
3/17/2010

TORTURE/PUBLIC OPINION

Salon: Those authoritarian, torture-loving French
Glenn Greenwald – 3/17/2010

POLITICAL CORRUPTION/COURTS

Chicago Sun Times: Judge denies request for delay in
Blagojevich trial
NATASHA KORECKI – 3/17/2010

Boston Globe: Separate trials ordered for Wilkerson,
Turner
Shelley Murphy – 3/17/2010

INMATE LAWSUITS

Lex18/AP: Judiciary Panel Approves Limits On Inmate
Lawsuits
3/17/2010

HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE/ETHICS

San Francisco Chronicle: Conyers is the wrong guy to
chair Judiciary Committee
Debra J. Saunders – 3/18/2010

SCOTUS REPORTING

Greensboro News & Record/Off The Record: Totenberg on
the court
Doug Clark – 3/17/2010

SCOTUS MERCHANDISING/HISTORY

NY Times: Relax, Legal Scholars: Bobbleheads Are Safe
at Yale
Adam Liptak – 3/18/2010

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE/CLIMATE CHANGE

NY Times/Climatewire: Senate Climate Bill Authors Court Industry Group to Pre-empt Ad War
DARREN SAMUELSOHN – 3/17/2010

Huffington Post: Where Businesses That Support Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions Should Go
Jonathan Kim – 3/17/2010

The Hill/E2 Wire: U.S. Chamber: Senate climate bill moving closer to industry's liking
Ben Geman – 3/17/2010

MARYLAND JUDICIAL SELECTION REFORM

Maryland Daily Record: Gansler faces fire on judicial elections bill
Steve Lash – 3/17/2010

Full post as published by The Gavel on March 18, 2010 (boomark / email).