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Saturday, June 21, 2008 "How to Complicate Habeas Corpus": Today in The New York Times, Law Professor Richard A. Epstein has an op-ed that begins, "Last week's Supreme Court decision in Boumediene v. Bush settled a key constitutional issue: all prisoners detained at Guantanamo Bay are constitutionally entitled to bring habeas corpus in federal court to challenge the legality of their detention." And today in The Wall Street Journal, Andrew McBride has an op-ed entitled "We'll Rue Having Judges on the Battlefield." "The Court and Workers": The New York Times today contains an editorial that begins, "The Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts quickly carved out a reputation for being reflexively pro-business. On Thursday, however, it issued a good ruling in favor of workers suing for age discrimination, the latest of several pro-worker decisions. The ruling is an encouraging sign that the court may be evolving in its approach to cases brought by workers who have been treated unfairly." Posted at 10:50 PM by Howard Bashman "Inside a 9/11 Mastermind's Interrogation": This article will appear Sunday in The New York Times. Posted at 10:40 PM by Howard Bashman Available online at Slate: Emily Bazelon has a jurisprudence essay entitled "Swing Your Partner: O'Connor vs. Kennedy as the justice in the middle." And coinciding with this upcoming week's announcement of the U.S. Supreme Court's remaining decisions in cases argued this Term, Slate's "The Supreme Court Breakfast Table" feature gets underway today with a post from Dahlia Lithwick titled "Is the court beginning its togetherness phase?" "Juveniles entitled to jury trials, Kansas court says": The Kansas City Star today contains an article that begins, "In a decision affecting every juvenile criminal case in Kansas, the state Supreme Court has guaranteed juvenile defendants the right to a trial before a jury. The court ruled Friday that young defendants should be afforded the protections of a jury because the distinctions between juvenile and adult justice have eroded over the past 20 years as lawmakers cracked down on juvenile crime. The decision sent a shock wave through the juvenile justice community. Prosecutors and judges said the likely result is more juries, longer trials and higher expenses." And The Topeka Capital-Journal reports today that "Jury trials for youths may strain local court; Justices rule juveniles entitled to same right as adult defendants." You can access yesterday's ruling of the Supreme Court of Kansas at this link. "Strip bar stripped of lease; High court ends 10-year fight over site owned by Intermountain Healthcare": The Deseret News contains this article today. And The Salt Lake Tribune reports today that "Top court rules landlord can boot strip club; Intermountain plans to use Murray site to expand its center." You can access yesterday's ruling of the Supreme Court of Utah at this link. "Blindness doesn't deter law clerk from high court": At CNN.com, Bill Mears has a report that begins, "Isaac Lidsky arrives in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, stops suddenly and, upon hearing a voice, extends his hand in greeting almost instinctively." This blog's earlier coverage appears at this link. "The High Court: A User's Guide: The next president could appoint up to three justices--the constitutional equivalent of a straight flush." Dahlia Lithwick will have this essay in the June 30, 2008 issue of Newsweek. Posted at 03:20 PM by Howard Bashman "The Controversy Over Judge Alex Kozinski and His Website: Why the Facts, as We Now Know Them, Do Not Provide Reason for This Talented Jurist to Step Down." Edward Lazarus has this essay online at FindLaw. Posted at 02:57 PM by Howard Bashman "Gay rights groups ask California Supreme Court to block initiative banning same-sex marriage; The supporters argue that an initiative on the November ballot would revise the state Constitution rather than just amend it and that requires the involvement of the Legislature": Maura Dolan has this article today in The Los Angeles Times. Today in The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko reports that "Gay marriage backers want ban issue off ballot." And in The San Jose Mercury News, Howard Mintz reports that "Groups seek to block gay-marriage initiative." "White House Dismissed Legal Advice On Detainees": The Washington Post today contains a front page article that begins, "Senior lawyers inside and outside the Bush administration repeatedly warned the White House that it was risking judicial scrutiny of its detention policies in Guantanamo Bay if it did not pursue a more pragmatic legal strategy that considered the likely reaction of the Supreme Court. But such advice, issued periodically over the past six years, was ignored or discounted, according to current and former administration officials familiar with the debates." Posted at 10:11 AM by Howard Bashman "BCE buyout gets go-ahead from Canada's high court": Reuters provides this report, along with a report headlined "Wall St relieved but concerns over BCE deal remain." The Associated Press reports that "Canadian court allows largest ever leveraged buyout." Bloomberg News reports that "BCE's Buyout Back on Track After Supreme Court Approves Deal." Today's edition of The Toronto Star contains articles headlined "Court clears BCE sale; Shares jump as ruling clears track for largest leveraged buyout; shifts focus to turnaround plan" and "BCE saga's end may still be long way off." Today's edition of The Toronto Globe and Mail contains an article headlined "The deal lives." In addition, Derek DeCloet has an essay entitled "A victory for sanity, capitalism and common sense." The New York Times reports that "Canadian Court Allows Phone Buyout to Proceed." And Financial Times reports that "Canada court clears $34bn BCE buy-out." You can access yesterday's ruling of the Supreme Court of Canada at this link.  
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