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Tuesday, September 25, 2007

"4th Circuit's 5-5 Split May Impact Hot-Button Cases; One closely watched case could set precedent on detention of 'enemy combatants' without a trial or the filing of charges": law.com provides this report.
Posted at 11:05 PM by Howard Bashman

Linda Greenhouse is reporting: Wednesday in The New York Times, she will have articles headlined "Justices Agree to Hear Case About Voter ID Laws" and "Justices to Enter the Debate Over Lethal Injection."
Posted at 11:00 PM by Howard Bashman

"Supreme Court to Examine Lethal Injection, Voter Identification; Justices grant 17 new cases, perhaps in response to concerns about shrinking docket": law.com's Tony Mauro provides this report.
Posted at 10:03 PM by Howard Bashman

"Review Doesn't Halt Texas Executions": The Associated Press provides a report that begins, "The nation's busiest death penalty state executed another inmate Tuesday night, undeterred by a Supreme Court review of whether the lethal injection method most states use is cruel and unusual."
Posted at 09:55 PM by Howard Bashman

Jeffrey Toobin is guest-blogging about his new book at "TPMCafe": You can view his posts by clicking here.
Posted at 09:04 PM by Howard Bashman

"Supreme Court agrees to weigh lethal injection executions": Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle provides this news update.

And James Oliphant of The Chicago Tribune has a news update headlined "High court to hear voter ID, death penalty cases."
Posted at 08:45 PM by Howard Bashman

"High court to hear voter ID case": Joan Biskupic of USA Today provides this news update.
Posted at 05:20 PM by Howard Bashman

"Supreme Court to Consider Lethal Injection": Robert Barnes of The Washington Post provides this news update.

And Joan Biskupic of USA Today has a news update headlined "High court to rule on lethal injections."
Posted at 05:10 PM by Howard Bashman

"Levels of Deception": In the current issue of CQ Weekly, columnist Kenneth Jost has this preview of Stoneridge Investment Partners v. Scientific-Atlanta, a case that will be argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on October 9, 2007.
Posted at 04:40 PM by Howard Bashman

"Supreme Court Considers Lethal Injection, Voter I.D." This audio segment (RealPlayer required) featuring Dahlia Lithwick appeared on today's broadcast of NPR's "Day to Day."
Posted at 03:52 PM by Howard Bashman

"Justices to hear Kentucky lethal-injection case": The Courier-Journal of Louisville provides this news update.

And The Associated Press provides a report headlined "Ky. Inmate Challenges Execution Method" that begins, "Ralph Baze admits he shot a sheriff and a deputy 15 years ago in eastern Kentucky. But he doesn't want his death sentence carried out with the three-drug formula commonly used in lethal injections across the nation. Baze, 52, had been scheduled to be put to death Tuesday until the Kentucky Supreme Court issued a stay of execution earlier this month. Now the U.S. Supreme Court has decided to hear his appeal, agreeing to review the first direct challenge to the constitutionality of how 37 states conduct executions."
Posted at 03:22 PM by Howard Bashman

"Mukasey Security Detail Filed Complaint": The Associated Press provides a report that begins, "Emptying the trash, carrying groceries and toting golf clubs were among duties allegedly assigned to U.S. marshals protecting two federal judges in New York over the last decade - one of whom has been nominated to be the next U.S. attorney general. The valet-like chores were outlined in a complaint two years ago against Michael B. Mukasey, another judge and their wives by deputy marshals assigned to the judges' security details."
Posted at 03:15 PM by Howard Bashman

"Lethal Injection Challenge Gets Top U.S. Court Review": Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News provides this report.
Posted at 01:55 PM by Howard Bashman

Reuters is reporting: James Vicini has articles headlined "Supreme Court to decide photo ID voting law" and "Top U.S. court to rule on lethal injections."

"Reopening a very old issue": At "SCOTUSblog," Lyle Denniston has a post that begins, "Not since March 17, 1879, has the Supreme Court faced a constitutional test over a method of carrying out the death penalty."
Posted at 01:10 PM by Howard Bashman

"Lawyer requests $750,000; Gordon cites complexity of Jefferson desegregation case": The Courier-Journal of Louisville, Kentucky today contains an article that begins, "The Louisville attorney who helped overturn Jefferson County Public Schools' student-integration policy is asking a federal judge to order the district to pay him $750,000 in fees and bonuses."
Posted at 01:05 PM by Howard Bashman

"Supreme Court to rule on voter ID laws": David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times provides this news update.
Posted at 01:03 PM by Howard Bashman

"Court Will Hear Lethal Injection Case": The Associated Press provides a report that begins, "The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to consider the constitutionality of lethal injections in the case of two death row inmates from Kentucky."

The ruling of the Supreme Court of Kentucky in Baze v. Rees, which the U.S. Supreme Court this morning agreed to review, can be accessed here. My earlier coverage of that ruling appears at this link.
Posted at 10:57 AM by Howard Bashman

"Breaking News: Supreme Court Grants Cert in Indiana Voter Identification Case." Rick Hasen has this post at his "Election Law" blog.
Posted at 10:26 AM by Howard Bashman

The Associated Press is reporting: Now available online are articles headlined "Supreme Court to Hear Voter ID Case"; "Court to Consider Technology Patent Case"; and "Court to Review Virginia Drug Case."
Posted at 10:19 AM by Howard Bashman

"Court grants 17 new cases": Lyle Denniston has this post at "SCOTUSblog." Today's Order List can be viewed at this link.
Posted at 10:08 AM by Howard Bashman

"Foreigners can't sue police for violating their legal rights": Today in The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko has an article that begins, "Foreigners who are arrested in the United States can't sue police for failing to tell them of their right to contact their consulate, despite a treaty requiring such notification, a federal appeals court ruled Monday."

My earlier coverage of Monday's Ninth Circuit ruling appears at this link.
Posted at 08:10 AM by Howard Bashman

"Ruling paves way for terrorism trials; A military review panel gives U.S. officials the authority to try Guantanamo Bay detainees": This article appears today in The Los Angeles Times.

And The Washington Post reports today that "Court Reverses Ruling on Detainees."
Posted at 08:04 AM by Howard Bashman

"The Case That the President's Reach Exceeds His Grasp": Today in The New York Times, Michiko Kakutani has this review of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charlie Savage's new book, "Takeover: The Return of the Imperial Presidency and the Subversion of American Democracy."
Posted at 07:48 AM by Howard Bashman

"Contingency-Fee Con-Men": Law Professor Lester Brickman has this op-ed today in The Wall Street Journal.
Posted at 07:44 AM by Howard Bashman