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Wednesday Media Summary

By Nancy Palencia

JUSTICE AT STAKE

American Courthouse: Judicial Selection: What Does it Mean to have Judges "Answerable to the Law"?
Dan Pero – 4/6/2010

NATIONAL SECURITY/COURTS

Miami Herald/McClatchy: Guantanamo war court resumes hearings amid
uncertainty
CAROL ROSENBERG – 4/6/2010

Reason.com: The 9/14 Presidency
Eli Lake – 9/14/2010

CNS News: Justice Dept. Included Non-Terrorists on List Supporting
Obama's Claim That Hundreds of Terrorists Have Been Convicted in
Civilian Court
Fred Lucas – 4/6/2010

CITIZENS UNITED/CAMPAIGN FINANCE

Slate: Hushed Money
Richard L. Hasen – 4/6/2010

Huffington Post: O’Connor’s Voice of Conscience
Hans Johnson – 4/6/2010

Colorado Independent: Colorado campaign spending quadrupled from 2004 and 2008
John Tomasic – 4/6/2010

Madison Capital Times: Common Cause's Jay Heck: Insist on disclosure of campaign ad funding
Jay Heck – 4/7/2010

Politics In Minnesota: Campaign Finance Board ponders its next move
after Supco decision
Betsy Sundquist – 4/6/2010

MERIT SELECTION

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: A better way to choose justices
John Ridley – 4/6/2010

MINNESOTA JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS

MinnLawyerBlog: Checks needed on governor's power to appoint justices
Mark Cohen – 4/6/2010

HEALTHCARE REFORM/COURTS

Pittsburgh Post Gazette: Constitutional experts seem all the rage
Reg Henry – 4/7/2010

FEDERAL NOMINATIONS

FOX News: Republicans Slam Obama Judicial Nominee Over 117 Omissions From Record
Judson Berger – 4/6/2010

Wall Street Journal: GOP Senators Step Up Attacks on Appellate Court
Nominee (subscription required)
Jess Bravin – 4/6/2010

CBS News/Political Hot Sheet: Republicans Attack Judicial Nominee
Goodwin Liu for Omissions
Brian Montopoli – 4/6/2010

Political Punch: Controversial Appellate Court Nominee Apologizes for Omissions in Senate Questionnaire; GOP Says ‘Nomination in Jeopardy’
Jake Tapper – 4/6/2010

Confirm Goodwin Liu: GOP Seeks Double Standard in Delaying Goodwin
Liu Confirmation Hearing
Jonathan Singer – 4/6/2010

Washington Post/In The Loop: Obama continues to lag when it comes to judges
Al Kamen – 4/7/2010

JUSTICE STEVENS RETIREMENT WATCH

Huffington Post: Memo to Justice Stevens: Don’t Listen to Arlen Specter
Carl Jeffers – 4/6/2010

Reuters: Obama may face election-year Supreme Court battle
James Vicini – 4/7/2010

Huffington Post: No Justices, No Peace
Daniel Cluchey – 4/6/2010

Real Clear Politics: Obama Faces Tougher Fight Over Next Supreme Court Choice
Mike Memoli – 4/6/2010

GOVERNMENT SURVEILLANCE

The Philadelphia Inquirer: Need limits on spying
Editorial – 4/7/2010

CAPERTON V. MASSEY

NPR/The Two-Way: Massey Energy’s Blankenship Has Been Center Of Attention Before
Peter Overby – 4/6/2010

SCOTUS/DIVERSITY

NPR/Morning Edition: Supreme Court May Soon Lack Protestant Justices (w/audio)
Nina Totenberg – 4/7/2010

OHIO JUDICIAL ELECTIONS

Cleveland News-Herald: Judiciary contests hint of benchmarks
David W. Jones – 4/7/2010

REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS

Jurist/Paper Chase: Oklahoma governor signs 3 anti-abortion bills into law
David Manes – 4/6/2010

Las Vegas Sun: Supreme Court hears abortion arguments tied to proposed amendment
Cy Ryan – 4/6/2010

Washington Examiner/AP: Nevada court hears ‘personhood’ measure appeal
Ken Ritter – 4/6/2010

DON’T ASK DON’T TELL

ABC News/Political Punch: White House Suggests Justice Department Brief Upholding ‘Don't Ask,Don't Tell’ Was ‘Odd’
Jake Tapper – 4/6/2010

O’CONNOR COMMENTARY

AP: O’Connor: More justices may skip State of Union
LARRY NEUMEISTER – 4/6/2010

Voice Of America: Pioneering US Supreme Court Justice Wants More
Women, Diversity on Court
Carolyn Weaver – 4/6/2010

NET NEUTRALITY

Jurist/Paper Chase: Federal appeals court strikes down FCC ‘net
neutrality’ rules
Sarah Miley – 4/6/2010

KANSAS COURTS/BUDGETS

Wichita Eagle: Courts across Kansas to go dark on furlough Fridays
Rick Plumlee – 4/7/2010

JUDICIAL MISCONDUCT

The Saratogian: Milton judge Carlos Calderon III censured for
judicial misconduct
EMILY DONOHUE – 4/6/2010

JUSTICE MOYER MEMORIALS

Columbus Dispatch: Memorials set for Ohio’s chief justice
James Nash – 4/7/2010

Full post as published by The Gavel on April 07, 2010 (boomark / email).