"The Sotomayor Test: Will she limit Obama's next pick?" Dahlia Lithwick will have this essay in the August 3, 2009 issue of Newsweek.
Posted at 05:20 PM by Howard Bashman

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"Kagan vows to defend some laws Obama dislikes": Bob Egelko had this article yesterday in The San Francisco Chronicle.
Posted at 05:10 PM by Howard Bashman

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"High Court Ruling Shapes Local Control; California Officials To Seek Relief from Court Oversight": Yesterday in The Daily Journal of California, Lawrence Hurley had an article that begins, "Lawyers for California's troubled Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation plan to file a motion Friday to test whether a little-noticed U.S. Supreme Court decision issued last month will help the state extricate itself from long-running institutional litigation."
Posted at 05:05 PM by Howard Bashman

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"Military and Media Clash In Complaint; Navy Spokesman Alleges Abuse by Miami Reporter": Today in The Washington Post, Howard Kurtz has an article that begins, "Tensions between journalists and military officials are nothing new. But a bitter series of clashes between a top Navy spokesman and a Miami Herald military reporter reached a new, eye-opening level this week."

And FOXNews.com has a report headlined "Naval Officer's Letter Accuses Newspaper Reporter of Sexual Harassment."

FishbowlDC has posted a copy of the Navy officer's letter at this link.

Carol Rosenberg's most recent article from Guantanamo Bay appeared Tuesday in The Miami Herald and was headlined "9/11 families' plea: Keep Guantanamo open; The families of Sept. 11 victims have emerged as powerful voices in the effort to stop the White House from closing the Guantanamo Bay war courts and prison camps."
Posted at 04:50 PM by Howard Bashman

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