Litigation

Sunday 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).