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Sotomayor’s Nomination: Today’s News

Associated Press: “Senate GOP: Will Sotomayor uphold Constitution?” New York Times (op-ed): “When Judicial Activism Suits the Right” Politico: “Republicans drop niceties, go on attack on Sotomayor” Roll Call: “GOP Escalates Attacks on Sotomayor” Slate: “The Supreme Court Breakfast Table” Washington Times: “GOP strikes again at nominee” Washington Whispers (U.S.…

Jun 24, 2009 11:20 AM CDT

Bernard Madoff Should Get 12 Years in Stupendous Swindle, His Lawyer Argues

Convicted in a Ponzi scheme of stupendous scope that has reportedly left many of his formerly well-to-do victims virtually penniless, Bernard Madoff could get as much as 150 years in prison when he is sentenced Monday in Manhattan federal court. But his lawyer is arguing for a 12-year term, saying…

Jun 23, 2009 5:46 PM CDT

Sotomayor’s Nomination: Today’s News

ABAJournal.com: “Meet Sotomayor’s Mentor: José A. Cabranes” Boston Globe: “Obama’s unintended fusion in Sotomayor selection” In the Loop (Washington Post): “Do You Have Sotomayor’s Number?” National Law Journal: “Sotomayor, word by word” Philadelphia Daily News: “Judge Sotomayor & the Pa. death penalty” Think Again (New York Times opinion): “What Kind…

Jun 23, 2009 4:24 PM CDT

Meet Sotomayor’s Mentor: José A. Cabranes

In 1976, right after she got to Yale Law School, Sonia Sotomayor turned up unexpectedly at a lunch with the university’s general counsel. At the time, Sotomayor and another student were interested in an interview with then-35-year-old José A. Cabranes. Sotomayor was a Puerto Rican student activist, and Cabranes was…

Jun 22, 2009 10:45 AM CDT

Sotomayor’s Nomination: Today’s News

Associated Press: “Sotomayor quits women’s club after GOP criticism” Big Blog (Seattle Post-Intelligencer): “Chart of the Day: Sotomayor, Palin among top female newsmakers” Caucus (New York Times): “Conservative, and a Fan of Judge Sotomayor” Findlaw: “What is Fair Game for the Sotomayor Hearings?” New York Times (letter): “Sotomayor’s Justice” New…

Jun 19, 2009 11:31 PM CDT

Refco Execs Lied to Me, Mayer Brown Partner Testifies

Speaking forcefully and looking jury members straight in the eyes as he testified yesterday in federal court in Manhattan about his own role in a $2.4 billion corporate fraud case, a Mayer Brown partner said executives of Refco Inc. lied to him about financial issues underlying the loan transactions on…

Jun 19, 2009 5:53 PM CDT

Sotomayor Nomination: Today’s News

ABAJournal.com: “Library of Congress to Archive All Sotomayor Confirmation Tweets” ABC News: “Republicans Want More Sotomayor Records” Associated Press: “Republican: Will Sotomayor represent ‘all of us’?” Chicago Tribune: “Is Sotomayor really anti-gun?” Mother Jones: “Kenneth Starr Endorses Sotomayor” Newsbusters: “ABC Highlights Archival Footage of Sotomayor Complaining About Discrimination” Opening Arguments…

Jun 18, 2009 10:15 PM CDT

Sotomayor’s Nomination: Today’s News

ABAJournal.com: “Sotomayor Hinted at Legal Concerns over Terrorism War in 2003 Lecture” Caucus (New York Times): “Sotomayor: In Her Own Words” CBS News: “Poll: Sotomayor Still An Unknown” Marquette University Law School Faculty Blog: “Bork Reconsidered, Part II” National Law Journal: “Senate Lawyers Toil Behind the Scenes in Preparation for…

Jun 17, 2009 10:57 PM CDT

Feds Intervene in Exec’s Divorce, Argue It’s a Ruse to Avoid $3.3B Restitution

After Walter Forbes sold his Connecticut home to his wife of 27 years for $10, federal prosecutors decided they had to do something about his pending uncontested divorce. They are now seeking to intervene in the Bridgeport Superior Court matrimonial case, contending that the imprisoned former Cendant Corp. chairman is…

Jun 17, 2009 10:21 PM CDT

Sotomayor Nomination: Today’s News

ABAJournal.com: “Senator Once Denied a Judgeship Is Concerned About ‘Empathy’ Nominations” Associated Press: “Sotomayor answers GOP as Senate braces for debate” Cross Campus (Yale Daily News): “Miller: Sotomayor ‘a dedicated and serious young woman’” Dallas Morning News (editorial): “Editorial: John Cornyn, practicality and immigration” New York Times: “Sotomayor Defends Ties…

Jun 16, 2009 9:13 PM CDT

Sotomayor Nomination: Today’s News

ABAJournal.com: “Justice Ginsburg Says She’s ‘Cheered’ by Sotomayor’s Nomination” Associated Press: “Sotomayor Impresses in Interviews, Senators Say” Gannett News Service: “Sessions: Sotomayor nomination a ‘teaching moment’ for nation” Los Angeles Times: “Sotomayor Embracing Affirmative Action, Then and Now” National Public Radio: “Is Sonia Sotomayor Mean?” New York Times: “Issue of…

Jun 15, 2009 10:48 PM CDT

Justice Ginsburg Says She’s ‘Cheered’ by Sotomayor’s Nomination

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg told judges at a federal appeals conference on Friday that she was “cheered” to hear that Sonia Sotomayor had been nominated to replace David H. Souter. The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times reports on Ginsburg’s comments, noting that it is unusual but “not unheard of”…

Jun 15, 2009 1:51 PM CDT

Guantanamo Detainee Flown to US for Bombing Trial

The first Guantanamo detainee to be tried in civilian federal court arrived on U.S. soil today. Ahmed Ghailani will appear in a New York federal court later today on charges he helped build bombs detonated in U.S. embassies in Tanzania and Kenya in 1998, the Associated Press and Reuters report.…

Jun 9, 2009 11:19 AM CDT

Chrysler Sale to Fiat in ‘Legal Limbo’ After Ginsburg Order

The U.S. Supreme Court this afternoon put a temporary hold on the government-backed plan to sell most of Chrysler’s assets to Fiat, taking the side of a group of Indiana pension funds who say the sale would unconstitutionally favor junior creditors above senior lenders. SCOTUSblog says Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s…

Jun 8, 2009 8:52 PM CDT

Pension Funds, Tort Plaintiffs Ask Supreme Court to Delay Chrysler Sale

A group of Indiana pension funds and consumer protection groups have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to grant a stay that would block the sale of Chrysler assets to Fiat. The request submitted to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who oversees the New York City-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals,…

Jun 8, 2009 11:24 AM CDT

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