By: Steve Lash
Welcome to Monday and the start of a three-game home series against that team from New York. Here are some news items to get your week started.
– Did a town board in Greece (New York, again) violate the First Amendment with its pre-session prayer?
– Obama administration’s search for leakers reaches new high (or low).
– Evanston, Ill., residents hope their Chicago suburb becomes a no drone zone.
– Civil rights challenge to New York Police Department’s stop, question and frisk tactic nears conclusion.
By: Steve Lash
Welcome to Monday and a reminder to reserve your infield spot for Saturday. Here are some news items to get your week started.
– Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg criticizes Roe v. Wade.
– The family of NHL player sues National Hockey League for wrongful death.
– Male lawyers will don stilettos to make a point.
– The family behind the Bananas Foster fights over its New Orleans restaurant.
By: Danny Jacobs
Here’s another argument for cameras in the Supreme Court — it would make the judges more trustworthy.
That’s my conclusion after reading about Readers’ Digest’s list of the 100 most trusted Americans.
Among all members of the bench, Judge Judy had the highest score, of 51 percent. Next was Judge Joe Brown at 48 percent.
In between the two television judges was Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who ranked 36th on the list, according to the ABA Journal. Justice Stephen G. Breyer was 43rd, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. was 44th and Justice Anthony M. Kennedy was 49th.
The rest of the justices: Sonia Sotomayor (53); Elena Kagan (62); Samuel A. Alito Jr. (60); Antonin Scalia (66); and Clarence Thomas (88).
Tom Hanks tops the list, with 65 percent of those surveyed finding him trustworthy, followed by Sandra Bullock and Denzel Washington.
By: Steve Lash
Welcome to Monday, the 98th anniversary of Baltimore native Babe Ruth’s first major league home run. Here are some news items to get your week started.
– The West, Texas, fertilizer plant was woefully under insured.
– Is there “a fundamental right … to engage in intimate contact“?
– A new book on The Roberts Court will hit stores this week.
– Businesses speak well of the aforementioned court.
By: Steve Lash
Welcome to the final Monday of April, a day to recall singing siblings. Here are some news items to get your week started.
– Russian parole hearings can get messy.
– Michael Jackson’s family heads to court in case against concert promoter.
– Fired football coach wins nearly $3.5 million court award — in England.
– Justice Clarence Thomas was a fan of country crooner George Jones.
By: Steve Lash
Welcome to Monday — and Tax Day 2013. Here’s hoping for many happy returns as you take these news items into account.
– Two Maryland Court of Appeals judges watched as the U.S. Supreme Court considered their DNA-case opinions.
– Delays in justice reportedly afflict New York courts.
– A lawyer became a hero in a dispute between Chicago and apartment tenants.
– A Minnesota Supreme Court justice — and former Purple People Eater — has written a children’s book.
(Photo: Melissa Golden for The Wall Street Journal)
By: Steve Lash
Welcome to Monday and the final day of the 2013 Maryland General Assembly session. Here are a few news items to get the week started.
– The dean of the Supreme Court press corps explains the same-sex marriage cases to a foreign audience.
– The National Football League will urge federal judge to kick a lawsuit out of court.
– A friend’s call for a Navy investigation of an alleged suicide sounds like an “NCIS” episode.
– New York politicians urge city to settle lawsuit that followed 1990 attack on Central Park jogger.
By: Steve Lash
Welcome to Monday and a day for fools. Here are some news items to get the first week of the baseball season started.
– A law professor provided perhaps the best explanation of what happened last week at the Supreme Court.
– Should detained immigrants have a right to counsel?
– Colorado prosecutors weigh seeking the death penalty for accused movie-theater murderer.
– Utah opens courtrooms to television and radio coverage.
By: Steve Lash
Welcome to the Monday following a Blast of a weekend. Here are some items to get your week started.
– The Tennessee Legislature also has a dogfight.
– Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg hits the big 8-0.
– Gideon v. Wainwright hits the half-century mark.
– Israelis urge President Barack Obama to free a spy.
By: Steve Lash
Welcome to Monday and a week in which we might crown another Baltimore sports champion. Here are some news items to get it all started.
– Retired justice pens book about the Supreme Court.
– Can a condemned killer reject a governor’s reprieve?
– Small-state advantage in U.S. Senate faces legal challenges.
– One lawyer’s “copyright protection” is another’s “fraud on the court.”
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