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Tuesday, June 9, 2009 In posts of note from Lyle Denniston at "SCOTUSblog": This afternoon, he had posts titled "A new Second Amendment case" and "Digging up a discredited precedent." Posted at 11:55 PM by Howard Bashman "A Second Blush for Dirty Words in Workplace; 11th Circuit to rehear Ala. woman's bias victory over men's salty language": law.com has this report. Posted at 11:54 PM by Howard Bashman "Justices to Weigh Constitutionality of Controversial Bankruptcy Reform Act": Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal has this report. Posted at 11:50 PM by Howard Bashman "Impeachment of Galveston judge goes to full House Judiciary Committee": The Houston Chronicle has this news update. And today's edition of The Washington Post contains an editorial entitled "Impeach Judge Kent: A convicted felon continues to collect his salary." "Hearings on Sotomayor Are Set to Begin on July 13": This article will appear Wednesday in The New York Times, along with an article headlined "A Supreme Court Nomination Stirs Up Bad Memories." Meanwhile, in today's newspaper, John Schwartz has an article headlined "An Ivy-Covered Path to the Supreme Court." The Los Angeles Times reports today that "Sotomayor is remembered as a zealous prosecutor; Her experience as an assistant district attorney in New York made her something of a law-and-order judge, experts say, especially when it came to police searches and the use of evidence." David Lightman of McClatchy Newspapers reports that "Senate sets July 13 hearing date for Sotomayor." Gail Russell Chaddock of The Christian Science Monitor has an article headlined "GOP's new Sotomayor strategy: Attack Obama; As a senator, Obama voted against Justices Roberts and Alito on the basis of their ideology, Republicans say; Why can't we do the same? they ask." And today in The Washington Post, Kevin Baine has an op-ed entitled "Making Law on the Court." "Tribes lose Snowbowl battle; High court refuses to hear case on wastewater for snowmaking": The Arizona Republic today contains an article that begins, "Would artificial snow made from purified wastewater defile a mountain Native Americans hold sacred? The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to consider that question, essentially ending a five-year court battle over the future of Arizona Snowbowl on Flagstaff's San Francisco Peaks." Today's edition of The Arizona Daily Sun contains articles headlined "Snowmaking wins legal OK; The U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear a final appeal by tribes, clearing the way for Arizona Snowbowl to make snow with reclaimed wastewater"; "What next for Snowbowl? Construction could start soon; But a tribal attorney says his clients are weighing further legal action and asking federal officials to revoke the construction permit"; "Snowbowl: When is religious belief 'substantially burdened?'"; "Snowbowl: City contract locked in"; and "Snowbowl: Snowplay tourists mostly from Phoenix." And The Associated Press reports that "Court steers clear of Ariz. ski resort dispute." Further proof that all law bloggers end up in Cincinnati eventually: Tomorrow I'll be traveling to Covington, Kentucky (just across the river from Cincinnati) where, on Thursday, I'll be a CLE presenter at the 2009 Kentucky Bar Association Convention. The subject of my presentation, which will begin at 10:50 a.m. on Thursday, is "U.S. Supreme Court: Review of the 2008-2009 Term," sponsored by the Young Lawyers Section. My last visit to Covington, Kentucky was on my way home from the Galapagos Islands last August. And my last visit to Covington before that, if I recall correctly, was on my way to argue an appeal in the Sixth Circuit. Of course, the recently revealed Ann Althouse "alt-house" is in Cincinnati. If any readers have restaurant suggestions for Cincinnati, please let me know via email. And, of course, if you'll be at the 2009 Kentucky Bar Association Convention, please do say hello. You might even see me at another presentation or two to stock up on CLE credits to satisfy my own home state's requirements. "Beware of the Appellate Pitfalls of E-Filing": law.com has made freely available to all this month's installment of my "Upon Further Review" column published in The Legal Intelligencer, Philadelphia's daily newspaper for lawyers. Posted at 10:28 PM by Howard Bashman "Chrysler Sale to Fiat Allowed to Proceed by Top Court": Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report. James Vicini of Reuters reports that "Supreme Court allows Chrysler sale to Fiat." The Associated Press reports that "Supreme Court to let Chrysler sale go forward." The New York Times has a news update headlined "Supreme Court Clears Way for the Sale of Chrysler to Fiat." Michael Doyle of McClatchy Newspapers reports that "Supreme Court clears way for Chrysler's sale to Fiat." CNNMoney.com reports that "Supreme Court clears way for Chrysler; One day after intervention, the high Court decides not to hear case from Indiana pension funds." And at "SCOTUSblog," Lyle Denniston has a post titled "Court clears Chrysler sale, without dissent." You can access this evening's order of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link. "Nacchio: Case never should have gone to trial." The Associated Press has a report that begins, "Lawyers for former Qwest CEO Joseph Nacchio filed a brief Tuesday rebutting federal prosecutors who oppose a Supreme Court review of Nacchio's insider trading conviction, saying he never should have been prosecuted in the first place." Posted at 02:40 PM by Howard Bashman "Sotomayor's confirmation hearings to begin July 13": The Associated Press has this report. Posted at 01:25 PM by Howard Bashman  
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