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: The GavelTuesday Media Summary
By Nancy Palencia
PROP 8 CHALLENGE
Wall Street Journal: Gay-Marriage Foes Make Their Case
Stu Woo – 1/25/2010
San Francisco Chronicle: Gays have political power, Prop. 8 defense says
Bob Egelko – 1/26/2010
RECUSAL
Wall Street Journal: States Weigh Judicial Recusals
NATHAN KOPPEL – 1/26/2010
GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEES
NY Times: Poetic Justice in a Trial Offshore
CLYDE HABERMAN – 1/26/2010
FEDERAL NOMINATIONS
Seattle Post Intelligencer/AP: Peterson confirmed for EWash fed bench
Associated Press
NATIONAL SECURITY/COURTS
Washington Post: Court won’t block extradition of former Panamanian leader Noriega
Robert Barnes – 1/26/2010
Washington Examiner: Senators rebel over treating Detroit airline terrorist as a civilian
Byron York – 1/26/2010
JUSTICE STEVENS
NY Times: After 34 Years, a Plainspoken Justice Gets Louder
ADAM LIPTAK – 1/26/2010
MERIT SELECTION
Philadelphia Inquirer/Say What?: A case for merit selection
1/26/2010
GABLEMAN/WISCONSIN
Twin Cities Pioneer Press/AP: Wisconsin’s top public defender questions Justice Gableman’s fairness to black defendants
Ryan J. Foley – 1/25/2010
FEDERAL JOURNALIST SHIELD LAW
Alva Review-Courier/AP: W. Kansas case could hasten debate on shield law
JOHN HANNA – 1/25/2010
REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS/KANSAS JUDICIAL SELECTION
KWCH: Kansans for Life Campaigns Against Kansas Supreme Court Justice
Cliff Judy – 1/24/2010
Kansas City Star: Abortion foes keep Kansas court fuss alive
John Hanna – 1/24/2010
PA JUVENILE COURT CORRUPTION
Wilkes-Barre Times Leader: Unsettled juvie cases won't be retried
Mark Guydish – 1/26/2010
ILLINOIS JUDICIAL MENTORING PROGRAM
The Times: Illinois Supreme Court makes peer mentor program available to Illinois judges
1/24/2010
STATE JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS
Wilkes-Barre Times Leader: Cosgrove closer to becoming a judge
Sheena Delazio – 1/26/2010
JUDICIAL MISCONDUCT
Arkansas Times: Supreme Court orders judge’s removal
Max Brantley – 1/25/2010
Full post as published by The Gavel on January 26, 2010 (boomark / email).
Marketing Spam
Member Source Media pays $200,000 civil penalty for deceptive online advertising.
Nielsen Media Challenged
TV ratings company to pay undisclosed settlement in antitrust lawsuit.
Media/Telecom
consumer rights involving print, radio, television, video, DVD, video games, and mobile telephones.
Wireless Entertainment
Kangaroo Media pays Immersion Entertainment $2 million patent infringement settlement.

HEH: Attempted Iran media clampdown meets Internet age. Iran clamped down Tuesday on independent
District Court Denies Summary Judgment Motion in Media Case; Rules That New Jersey Law Applies
ADF attorney available to media following right of conscience hearing
LMA Los Angeles New Media Program See you Tuesday








