JON KATZ, P.C. - Highl (Free subscription) | 01/12/2010
Yesterday, the Supreme Court held oral argument in Briscoe v. Virginia , which will decide how much of Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts -- 129 S.Ct. 2527 (2009) -- survives. Melendez-Diaz holds that the " Sixth Amendment does not permit the prosecution to prove its case via ex parte out-of-court affidavits, and the admission of such evidence against Melendez-Diaz was error." Here are the Briscoe...
The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times (Free subscription) | 01/04/2010
The Green Bag, the unconventional law review, has just announced its "Exemplary Legal Writing" awards for 2009. Among the winners are three Supreme Court justices: Chief Justice John Roberts Jr., Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and now-retired Justice David Souter. Souter's...
The Political Carnival (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
By GottaLaff Meet Erick Erickson We've all heard of Dumb and Dumber . Meet Sick and Sicker: [Erick] Erickson, who runs the influential Web site RedState.com, drew fire on Wednesday from Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele, after Erickson expressed glee over the outcome of New York’s hotly contested 23rd Congressional District race. With help from Sarah Palin and Dick Armey,...
Blue Hampshire (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
Today, we drove up to New Hampshire for a pig-roast with Representative Paul Hodes, who is running for U.S. Senate. It was a special pig roast and jamfest, or perhaps a Hodes-down for bloggers. We live in Connecticut where we have our own hotly contested U.S. Senate race going on, but I've got lots of good friends who are bloggers up in New Hampshire and I always enjoy heading up to talk democracy...
NewsBusters (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin again turned to his usual labeling of the ideological split on the Supreme Court on Monday’s American Morning. Toobin labeled Justices Scalia, Thomas, Alito and Roberts “very conservative” three times, as opposed to the mere “liberal” justices on the Court. The analyst also bizarrely claimed that the “liberal side” of the body...
Examiner (Free subscription) | 10/04/2009
Justice David Souter never danced the salsa in public. Justice John Paul Stevens doesn't sing in karaoke bars. And Chief Justice John Roberts hasn't thrown out the first pitch at Yankee Stadium.
Examiner (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009
Justice David Souter never danced the salsa in public. Justice John Paul Stevens doesn't sing in karaoke bars. And Chief Justice John Roberts hasn't thrown out the first pitch at Yankee Stadium.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009
Justice David Souter never danced the salsa in public. Justice John Paul Stevens doesn't sing in karaoke bars. And Chief Justice John Roberts hasn't thrown out the first pitch at Yankee Stadium.
NewsBusters (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
Steven Ertelt at LifeNews.com reported on Wednesday that former CBS News anchor Dan Rather will be the keynote speaker for a Planned Parenthood fundraising dinner in Minneapolis on October 13. The pro-abortion group, in its announcement for the event, made no secret that it thought highly of the liberal journalist: “Dan Rather, the voice, heart and soul of American journalism, is one of the...
Lawyer News (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
Saidis, Flower & Lindsay, a law firm serving clients in Central Pennsylvania, is pleased to announce Attorney Dean E. Reynosa has been admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court and the 3rd District Court of Appeals. The Pennsylvania Bar Association, in conjunction with the Young Lawyers Division bestowed this honor upon Attorney Reynosa and 46 others in a May 18, 2009 ceremony. Those in attendance included...
The Corner (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009
Mark (H.), I actually thought the New York Times did a decent job Sunday morning (considering), except for one glaring reality: the issue of tone and signs. The third paragraph of the report explains: But as they sang verse after verse of patriotic hymns like “God Bless America,” sharp words of profane and political criticism were aimed at Mr. Obama and Congress. And before you click onto...
The Corner (Free subscription) | 09/09/2009
A good time was has last night at AEI kicking around Sam Tanenhaus and his new book The Death of Conservatism . Sam acquired a lot of street cred with conservatives for his magnificent biography of Whittaker Chambers a decade ago, and I remember him telling Brian Lamb on Booknotes at the time that he considered himself a "chastened liberal." It is tempting to say that with Death , he has...
Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 09/08/2009
New justice Sonia Sotomayor with Chief Justice John Roberts. Sonia Sotomayor was officially seated as a Supreme Court justice today, in a ceremony attended by President Obama and Vice-President Biden. She was administered the judicial oath by Chief Justice John Roberts (pictured here with Sotomayor in front of the courthouse), and duly took her seat at the far right of the bench. The seating is ordered...
Bench Memos (Free subscription) | 09/02/2009
Justice Stevens slows his hiring at high court By MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press Writer Mark Sherman, Associated Press Writer Wed Sep 2, 6:33 am ET WASHINGTON - Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens has hired fewer law clerks than usual, generating speculation that the leader of the court's liberals will retire next year. If Stevens does step down, he would give President Barack Obama his second...
Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) | 08/30/2009
DOWNLOADS: (38) PLAYS: (136) Conservative columnist George Will has joined many who are calling for a commission to investigate the use of enhanced interrogation techiniques. "We ought to have a commission. Fred Hiatt in The Washington Post suggests this morning, Sandra Day O'Connor and David Souter, bring them down, set it up and answer some factual questions," said Will.
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