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Wednesday Media Summary

By Nancy Palencia

CITIZENS UNITED/CAMPAIGN FINANCE

The Defenders Online:
The Cost of "Free Speech" in 'Citizens United' for Black Candidates Olympia Duhart – 4/13/2010

The Atlantic Wire: Democrats Aim to Curb Corporate Political Influence
Max Fisher – 4/13/2010

Politico: Citizens United answer almost ready
KENNETH P. VOGEL – 4/14/2010

OpEdNews.com: Corporatocracy and Its Discontents
David Swanson – 4/13/2010

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Senate votes to turn back ban on corporate election spending
Jason Stein and Patrick Marley – 4/13/2010

NATIONAL SECURITY/COURTS

Main Justice: Holder, Justice and Terror
George J. Terwilliger III – 4/14/2010

MISSOURI PLAN CHALLENGE

St.Louis Post-Dispatch: Groups battling over Missouri Plan are fuzzy
on donors
Tony Messenger – 4/14/2010

TEXAS SUPREME COURT ELECTIONS

Dallas Morning News/AP: Lehrmann wins GOP Texas Supreme Court race
4/13/2010

FEDERAL NOMINATIONS

FOX News/Speaker’s Lobby: Democratic Senators Bemoan Delays for Judicial Nominees
John Brandt – 4/13/2010

BusinessWeek/Bloomberg: Democrats to Move Judicial Nominees as High Court Battle Looms
Laura Litvan – 4/13/2010

Politico: Democrats launch push for judicial nominations
KASIE HUNT & MEREDITH SHINER – 4/13/2010

AllGov: Obama Judicial Nominees More Diverse than Bush's
Noel Brinkerhoff – 4/14/2010

Right Side News: Worst Obama Court Pick Yet: Goodwin Liu
Andrea Lafferty – 4/13/2010

NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC FINANCING

Mountain Xpress: State judicial candidates belly up to the reform bar
Nelda Holder – 4/14/2010

ACCESS TO COURTS

Michigan Public Radio: Defending The Poor
Rick Pluta – 4/13/2010

Michigan Messenger: Indigent defense on trial with state high court
Ed Brayton – 4/14/2010

CONSITUTIIONAL INTERPRETATION

NY Times: Our Fill-in-the-Blank Constitution
GEOFFREY R. STONE – 4/14/2010

PROP 8 CHALLENGE

California Progress Report: Prop 8 Supporters Target New Enemy: Impartial Judges of California Courts
Dan Aiello – 4/12/2010

FireDogLake: Prop 8: No 2010 Re-Vote; Judge Walker Wants to Close Evidence Record
Teddy Partridge – 4/13/2010

LA Times: The politics of Prop. 8
Editorial – 4/14/2010

KANSAS COURTS/BUDGETS

Topeka Capital-Journal: Furloughed workers to get some pay
Steve Fry – 4/13/2010

REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS

Neb. governor signs landmark abortion bills
Nate Jenkins – 4/13/2010

PORTEOUS IMPEACHMENT

New Orleans Times-Picayune: Judge Thomas Porteous will get ‘expeditious but fair trial’ in Senate
Bruce Alpert – 4/13/2010

JUDICIAL ETHICS OVERSIGHT

OANow.com: Judges should not be immune to public inquiries
Editorial – 4/13/2010

RHODE ISLAND SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS

Providence Journal: Indeglia nears seat on Supreme Court
Michael P. McKinney – 4/14/2010

JUDICIAL MISCONDUCT

The Recorder: Judge Receives a Scolding After Hugging Defendant
Cheryl Miller – 4/14/2010

SUPREME COURT STUDY

NY Times: 10 Ways to Study the U.S. Supreme Court With The New York Times
SARAH KAVANAGH AND KATHERINE SCHULTEN – 4/13/2010

Full post as published by The Gavel on April 14, 2010 (boomark / email).