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Thursday, June 10, 2010 "Leading GOP senators blast Kagan's work as clerk": The Associated Press has this report. Posted at 05:55 PM by Howard Bashman "Today, President Obama nominated James E. Graves, Jr. to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit." So begins a news release that the White House issued today. The nominee currently serves as a Justice on the Supreme Court of Mississippi. Posted at 05:30 PM by Howard Bashman "Liberal group: Pro-business tilt on Roberts court." Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this article. The report referenced in the article's headline can be accessed here. Posted at 03:28 PM by Howard Bashman "Senate panel approves Matheson for federal appeals court; But Arizona senator expresses reservations about nominee's war-on-terror writings": The Salt Lake Tribune has this news update. Posted at 02:31 PM by Howard Bashman "Chatigny Clears Senate Committee": The Hartford Courant has this news update. Alexander Bolton of The Hill has a news update headlined "Judiciary advances circuit court nominee after bitter fight over serial-killer case." And at "The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times," David Ingram has a post titled "Polarized Vote Advances Nominee for 2nd Circuit." They predicted this would happen: Today, the Court of Appeals of Maryland -- that State's highest court -- struck down on First Amendment grounds a Montgomery County, Maryland ordinance that prohibits accepting anything of value in exchange for fortunetelling. You can access today's ruling at this link. Update: Last August, as I previously noted here, The Washington Post published an article about the man who brought this lawsuit. "Kagan has many achievements, but her world has been relatively narrow": Ann Gerhart and Philip Rucker have this article today in The Washington Post. The Boston Globe reports today that "Groups seek forum by fighting Kagan; See chance to raise cash and profiles." The Oklahoman contains an article headlined "Sen. Tom Coburn meets Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, criticizes process for confirming high court justices; GOP Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma says Senate Judiciary Committee can't rely on what nominees tell them because Sonya Sotomayor said one thing and did another." The Associated Press has a report headlined "Coming Friday: 30,000 more pages of Kagan files." And The Washington Times has an editorial entitled "Kagan's threat to gun owners: Nominee has a past that is opposed to individual self-defense." Hagan meets Kagan: Details here. Posted at 07:32 AM by Howard Bashman 
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