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Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines July 6, 2009

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: NLJ.com, July 6, 2009.

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Roberts Court takes narrow road to right

"Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. led a Court this term that often served up half-loaves for liberals and conservatives, businesses and consumers alike. The justices faced momentous shifts in Court doctrine on issues ranging from the Voting Rights Act to the exclusionary rule, campaign finance to the constitutionality of workplace affirmative action, and then stepped back from the precipice."

 

Term's five key bias decisions were mixed

"Twenty years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court rewrote the textbook on employment discrimination law through an aggressive series of rulings limiting the rights of employees with job bias claims. Congress retaliated with the Civil Rights Act of 1991. Could the just-ended high court term trigger a Civil Rights Act of 2009?"

 

A dozen themes frame Sotomayor hearing

"Most of the story lines are already set for Sotomayor's hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, and just about all of them end with her winning confirmation as the next justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. That doesn't mean, though, that she'll have an easy time."

 

Immigration docket all tied up in knots

"Lawyers in Los Angeles involved in representing immigrants seeking permanent residency in the United States are increasingly frustrated with multiple governmental agencies that often don't coordinate with one another. The problem, they said, is particularly acute in Los Angeles, which has more immigration judges than any other region and a noticeably crowded docket. But, as the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reasoned in a recent decision, a busy calendar alone isn't necessarily enough reason to deny a continuance."

 

Supreme Court says states can regulate national banks

"State attorneys general won a major turf war in the U.S. Supreme Court on June 29 as the justices held that states may enforce their anti-discrimination and consumer protection laws against national banks. The high court, in a 5-4 ruling, struck down a regulation issued by the chief federal regulator of national banks that pre-empted the states' power to enforce those laws. "

 

Illinois revises code of conduct for lawyers

"The Illinois Supreme Court announced this week that it has adopted new and revised rules of professional conduct for lawyers licensed to practice in the state, adding guidelines on Web advertising, the sale of a firm, and even sex with clients."

 

OPINION

No cause for panic

"Angie Zapata's killer claims that he simply 'snapped' when he learned the woman he had begun to date was transgender. This legal strategy, often referred to as 'gay panic' or, in the case of Angie Zapata, "trans panic," is still depressingly common in American courtrooms."

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on July 06, 2009 (boomark / email).