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Saturday, May 31, 2008 "States Seek Delay in California Marriage Ruling": The New York Times today contains an article that begins, "Concerned about the national ramifications of same-sex marriages in California, attorneys general from 10 states have asked the California Supreme Court to stay its decision legalizing the marriages, which are set to begin on June 17." And Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle reports today that "10 state ask delay in same-sex ruling." "Judge critical of Guantanamo war crimes case is dismissed; Army Col. Peter Brownback III had threatened to suspend proceedings unless prosecutors handed over key records to the defense": Carol J. Williams has this article today in The Los Angeles Times. And The New York Times reports today that "Army Judge Is Replaced for Trial of Detainee." "Court Upholds Key Provision of the Voting Rights Act": Neil A. Lewis has this article today in The New York Times. The Washington Post reports today that "Judges Uphold Voting Rights Act; Challenge to Law Called Key Test Case." The Austin American-Statesman reports that "Austin MUD loses Voting Rights Act challenge; Group did not want pre-clearance to move a voting location out of a garage." At "SCOTUSblog," Lyle Denniston has a post titled "Federal court upholds voting rights extension." And at his "Election Law" blog, Rick Hasen offers these thoughts on yesterday's ruling of a three-judge U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. "Strong Backing for Ex-Governor's Appeal": The New York Times today contains an article that begins, "Fifty-four former state attorneys general filed a brief Friday supporting the appeal of former Gov. Don Siegelman of Alabama, convicted two years ago on bribery and corruption charges in a prosecution depicted by his supporters as politically motivated." Posted at 05:30 PM by Howard Bashman "Vindicating Vioxx": Today's edition of The Wall Street Journal contains an editorial that begins, "Texas and New Jersey may have different political cultures, but appeals courts in both states this week delivered a one-two punch to the liability suits against Merck for its Vioxx painkiller." Posted at 05:15 PM by Howard Bashman "US judge in DUI case won't return to bench; Resignation delayed by his second thoughts": The Boston Globe today contains an article that begins, "US Bankruptcy Court Judge Robert Somma, who resigned after his arrest on a drunken driving charge in February and then tried to rescind it, will not be coming back to work, federal court officials said yesterday." The Boston Herald reports today that "Judge nabbed in sexy dress is off bench." And The Manchester (N.H.) Union Leader reports that "Drunk driving judge will stay resigned." You can access at this link yesterday's statement from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. "How Appealing" has completed its move to new web servers: If you attempted to access this blog late last night or this morning, you may instead have found yourselves at the law.com home page. As I recently mentioned, "How Appealing" was moving from one company's web servers to another company's web servers. The switch-over is now complete. Thanks again to rubystudio, which served as this blog's online host since the now-defunct "Legal Affairs" magazine began hosting this blog. This blog's new online host is pair Networks. If any aspect of this blog is not functioning normally for you as a result of the switch to new web servers, please let me know via email so that I can (if possible) get the issue resolved.  
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