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: The GavelSunday Media Summary
By Nancy Palencia
CITIZENS UNITED
The New Republic: Roberts versus Roberts
Jeffrey Rosen – 2/17/2010
Salon: Discussing Citizens United with Larry Lessig
Glenn Greenwald – 2/17/2010
NATIONAL SECURITY/COURTS
The New Republic: "A War Is A War. A War Is Not A Crime, And You
Don't Bring Your Enemies To A Courthouse."
Marty Peretz – 2/23/2010
MERIT SELECTION
ABA Journal: Let's Leave Politics Out of It
Carolyn B. Lamm – 3/1/2010
TORTURE MEMOS
Slate: David Margolis Is Wrong
David Luban – 2/22/2010
Slate: Torture Bored
Dahlia Lithwick – 2/22/2010
The Atlantic: “Poor Judgment” — Yoo, Bybee And The Torture Memos
Marc Ambinder – 2/19/2010
U.S. News & World Report: John Yoo Defends 'Torture Memo,' Blasts
Bush Administration
Alex Kingsbury – 2/18/2010
ABA Journal: Lawmakers Call for Wider Probe Into Yoo & Bybee Terrorism Memos
Martha Neil – 2/26/2010
Newsweek/Declassified: Justice Report Provides Gruesome New Details
About CIA Program
Michael Isikoff – 2/23/2010
PATRIOT ACT RENEWAL
National Review Online/The Corner: Shhhhh, Don’t Tell Anyone - The Patriot Act Was Reauthorized
Andrew McCarthy – 2/26/2010
NY COURT MERGER
ABA Journal: 'Unconstitutional' Merger of NY Courts Puts 1000s of
Misdemeanor Convictions in Doubt
Martha Neil – 2/23/2010
FEDERAL SENTENCING
ABA Journal: You Say You Want a Revolution
Mark Hansen – 3/1/2010
SCOTUS/MATERIAL SUPPORT
ABA Journal: Today at SCOTUS: Mohammed Atta & His Harmonica Quartet
Mike Sacks – 2/23/2010
Salon: Salon Radio: Supreme Court terrorism case today
Glenn Greenwald – 2/23/2010
SCOTUS CRITICISM
ABA Journal: Justice Thomas Says Critics Shouldn't Assign 'Ulterior
Motives' to Judges
Debra Cassens Weiss – 2/22/2010
LAW AND DIVERSITY
ABA Journal: Making Herstory
Susan A. Berson – 3/1/2010
JUDICIAL MISCONDUCT
ABA Journal: Judge Accused of Paddling Defendants Is Disbarred
Debra Cassens Weiss – 2/23/2010
REHNQUIST PROFILE
ABA Journal: Meet The William Rehnquist You Didn't Know
Herman Obermayer – 2/28/2010
BOOK REVIEW
The New Republic: 1937, 2010
Richard Posner – 2/17/2010
Full post as published by The Gavel on March 01, 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.

UPDATE: Debating TV for Prop. 8 trial
District Court Denies Summary Judgment Motion in Media Case; Rules That New Jersey Law Applies
Turkey generals object to military court law - media (The Star)
CA - Sunday School Teacher Booked in Sandra Cantu's Murder








