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Friday Media Summary

By Nancy Palencia

CITIZENS UNITED

NY Times/Opinionator: Missing the Tea Party
LINDA GREENHOUSE – 2/25/2010

American Constitution Society: ACS Panel Discussion – Citizens United v. FEC: The Decision, Its Implications, and the Road Ahead
2/24/2010

NATIONAL SECURITY/COURTS

Washington Post/AP: Holder, Gates: Congress should not restrict trials
Pete Yost – 2/25/2010

Business Week: Holder, Gates Urge House Not to Tie Their Hands on Terror Cases
Jeff Bliss – 2/25/2010

Washington Post: Bring Sheik Mohammed’s trial to D.C.
Thomas Penfield Jackson – 2/26/2010

Washington Times: Identifying the Gitmo Nine
Editorial – 2/25/2010

Kansas City Star: Judge orders another Guantanamo detainee freed
CAROL ROSENBERG AND MARK SEIBEL – 2/25/2010

NY Times/City Room: Judge Expanded Review on Terrorism Suspect
BENJAMIN WEISER – 2/25/2010

IowaPolitics.com: U.S. Sen. Grassley: Questions president’s request for a half billion in taxpayer dollars
Press Release – 2/24/2010

The Hill: Graham’s talks with White House on Gitmo frustrate House GOP
Susan Crabtree – 2/25/2010

MERIT SELECTION

Arizona Business Gazette: Bill would alter way most judges selected
Howard Fischer – 2/25/2010

Judges On Merit: JSPAN Endorses Merit Selection Plan for Pennsylvania
Appellate Judges
David – 2/25/2010

FIFTH AMENDMENT/INTERROGATION

Washington Post: Supreme Court rules that request for lawyer in questioning has expiration
Robert Barnes – 2/25/2010

NY Times: Court Says Miranda Rights Don't Bar Requestioning
Adam Liptak – 2/25/2010

LA Times: Supreme Court puts expiration date on ‘right to remain silent’
David Savage – 2/25/2010

Huffington Post: Obama’s Justice Department Sticks a Fork in Miranda – Why?
Charles Weisselberg – 2/25/2010

FEDERAL NOMINATIONS

Honolulu Advertiser: District Court nominee likely to be Kobayashi
Jim Dooley – 2/26/2010

Denver Business Journal: Martinez nominated for federal court bench
2/25/2010

The Hill/Congress Blog:
CAPAC applauds President Obama’s nomination of Goodwin Liu for Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Rep. Michael Honda (D-Calif.) -
2/25/2010

National Review Online/Bench Memos: The ABA and Ninth Circuit
Nominee Goodwin Liu
Ed Whelan – 2/25/2010

TORTURE MEMOS

Washington Post/AP: Senate panel to delve into internal DOJ probe
Pete Yost – 2/26/2010

Huffington Post: What We Need to Hear About the Torture Report
Daphne Eviatar – 2/25/2010

IMMIGRATION/COURTS

Time: Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses Yearning to
Homeschool
Tristana Moore – 3/8/2010

PROP 8 CHALLENGE

San Francisco Chronicle: Prop. 8 suit closing arguments may be televised
Bob Egelko – 2/26/2010

PATRIOT ACT EXTENSION

MSNBC/AP: House sends extension of Patriot Act to Obama
LARRY MARGASAK – 2/25/2010

Jurist/Paper Chase: Senate votes to extend Patriot Act provisions
Bhargav Katikaneni – 2/25/2010

REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS/COURTS

Las Vegas Sun: State Supreme Court to rule on petition to ban abortion
Cy Ryan – 2/25/2010

STATE COURTS/BUDGETS

Ocala.com: Fla. high court says overloaded system needs 90 judges
Suevon Lee – 2/25/2010

Duluth News Tribune: Court cuts to hit small counties hardest
Don Davis – 2/25/2010

CA STATE OF THE JUDICIARY

Metropolitan News-Enterprise: Text of Chief Justice Ronald M.
George's State of the Judiciary Address
2/24/2010

SHARON KELLER

Wall Street Journal Law Blog: You Thought the Sharon Keller Story was Done? Think Again
Ashby Jones – 2/25/2010

HAL TURNER

National Law Journal: 7th Circuit judges may testify in retrial over Web threats
Lynne Marek – 2/25/2010

JUDICIAL PHILOSOPHY

American Spectator: Let’s Get Original
Robert VerBruggen – 2/26/2010

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT/JUDICIAL MISCONDUCT

NY Times/AP: Court Throws Out Death Penalty for Texas Man
2/24/2010

JUDICIAL MISCONDUCT

Orlando Sentinel: Broward circuit judge accused of misconduct
Paula McMahon – 2/25/2010

Full post as published by The Gavel on February 26, 2010 (boomark / email).