http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Wed, 30 May 2012 23:07:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 alliancealert/benchandbarhttp://feedburner.google.com http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/dale-schowengerdt-on-the-janet-mefferd-show-an-unbelievable-animus-based-doma-ruling-in-california/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/dale-schowengerdt-on-the-janet-mefferd-show-an-unbelievable-animus-based-doma-ruling-in-california/#comments Wed, 30 May 2012 21:48:19 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134928 Dale Schowengerdt appeared on the Janet Mefferd Show to discuss the ruling. | MP3 audio 12:50 mins ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/dale-schowengerdt-on-the-janet-mefferd-show-an-unbelievable-animus-based-doma-ruling-in-california/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/holder-to-black-leaders-sacred-right-to-vote-under-attack/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/holder-to-black-leaders-sacred-right-to-vote-under-attack/#comments Wed, 30 May 2012 19:21:21 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134909 Politico: Attorney General Eric Holder told a council of African American church leaders Wednesday that the "sacred" right to vote is under assault nationwide, with federal lawsuits and at least a dozen state laws that could weaken — or block — minority access to the ballot box this fall. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/holder-to-black-leaders-sacred-right-to-vote-under-attack/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/harold-berman%e2%80%99s-revolution-in-western-legal-thought-part-i/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/harold-berman%e2%80%99s-revolution-in-western-legal-thought-part-i/#comments Wed, 30 May 2012 18:07:44 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134889 Library of Law and Liberty: In a series of posts, I will discuss the great enterprise of the late professor Harold Berman. That enterprise was nothing less than to relate fundamental developments in Christianity and other core beliefs to fundamental developments in law. In this post I will introduce Berman and his project. In the second, I will summarize some of the most important themes of his books. In the third and fourth, I will offer my own views on some of the implications of his narrative for liberty. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/harold-berman%e2%80%99s-revolution-in-western-legal-thought-part-i/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/thacker-sworn-in-as-federal-appeals-judge/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/thacker-sworn-in-as-federal-appeals-judge/#comments Wed, 30 May 2012 16:29:13 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134857 Charleston Gazette: Stephanie Dawn Thacker donned her vestment Tuesday afternoon as the first West Virginian woman to sit as a judge on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/30/thacker-sworn-in-as-federal-appeals-judge/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/vote-on-oklahoma-judicial-nominees-delayed-by-gop/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/vote-on-oklahoma-judicial-nominees-delayed-by-gop/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 19:49:22 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134806 NewsOK.com: Robert E. Bacharach and John E. Dowdell will get another chance on June 7 for a vote by the Senate Judiciary Committee ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/vote-on-oklahoma-judicial-nominees-delayed-by-gop/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/winston-and-crandall-the-law-firm-business-model-is-dying/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/winston-and-crandall-the-law-firm-business-model-is-dying/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 19:32:45 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134799 Wall Street Journal (via Google): Rules that were adopted to protect the legal profession from outside competition are actually stifling it. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/winston-and-crandall-the-law-firm-business-model-is-dying/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/georgia-carley-sworn-in-as-chief-justice/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/georgia-carley-sworn-in-as-chief-justice/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 19:02:03 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134789 Atlanta J. Constitution: A sometimes emotional George Carley on Tuesday was sworn in as the Georgia Supreme Court's 29th chief justice, a position he will hold until he retires from the court in mid-July. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/georgia-carley-sworn-in-as-chief-justice/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/calpers-must-offer-long-term-care-to-same-sex-couples-judge-rules-californiahealthline-org/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/calpers-must-offer-long-term-care-to-same-sex-couples-judge-rules-californiahealthline-org/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 17:31:04 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134747 CaliforniaHealthLine.org: Meanwhile, the Alliance Defense Fund -- a group that opposes gay marriage -- said the ruling likely will be appealed. Dale Schowengerdt, the group's legal counsel, said, "This will end up at the Supreme Court at some point, and we're confident and hopeful that the [Defense of Marriage Act] will be upheld" (Sacramento Bee, 5/26). ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/calpers-must-offer-long-term-care-to-same-sex-couples-judge-rules-californiahealthline-org/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/gay-marriage-judge-overturns-doma-stepping-up-pressure-on-supreme-court/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/gay-marriage-judge-overturns-doma-stepping-up-pressure-on-supreme-court/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 17:25:34 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134742 MinnPost ("Gay marriage: Judge overturns DOMA, stepping up pressure on Supreme Court"): She also cited a 1996 US Supreme Court decision on a Colorado anti-gay initiative that found gays and lesbians are protected from "burdensome legislation that is the product of sheer antigay animus and devoid of any legitimate governmental purpose." That argument is outrageous, says Dale Schowengerdt, legal counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, which supports DOMA. "To say that a law that was passed by overwhelmingly by Congress … to say that that’s the product of animus is — I don’t know how to say it — it's unbelievable,” he says. “It’s just unbelievable that a judge would be making that sort of value judgment against the entire government, the Congress, and President Bill Clinton." "Every civilization throughout history has found that marriage involves a man and a woman, and we're confident that once the Supreme Court has this case, they will find there’s no animus and that the opposite sex was granted in a rational basis," he says. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/gay-marriage-judge-overturns-doma-stepping-up-pressure-on-supreme-court/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/calpers-offering-domestic-partner-benefits-to-gay-couples-live-insurance-news/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/calpers-offering-domestic-partner-benefits-to-gay-couples-live-insurance-news/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 17:20:02 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134738 LiveInsuranceNews.com: However, an Arizona group against gay marriage called the Alliance Defense Fund has asserted that the ruling made by the judge will be appealed. This could mean that the current regulations will be held over a number of months, or perhaps even years. Legal counsel for the group, Dale Schowengerdt, said that this case will, at some point, find itself before the supreme court, and that the group is both hopeful and confident that the current law will be held in place. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/calpers-offering-domestic-partner-benefits-to-gay-couples-live-insurance-news/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/judge-overturns-defense-of-marriage-act-doma-alaska-dispatch/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/judge-overturns-defense-of-marriage-act-doma-alaska-dispatch/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 17:06:54 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134726 Alaska Dispatch: She also cited a 1996 US Supreme Court decision on a Colorado anti-gay initiative that found gays and lesbians are protected from "burdensome legislation that is the product of sheer antigay animus and devoid of any legitimate governmental purpose." That argument is outrageous, says Dale Schowengerdt, legal counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, which supports DOMA. "To say that a law that was passed by overwhelmingly by Congress … to say that that’s the product of animus is – I don’t know how to say it – it's unbelievable,” he says. “It’s just unbelievable that a judge would be making that sort of value judgment against the entire government, the Congress, and President Bill Clinton." | Dragovitch v. U.S. Department of the Treasury ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/judge-overturns-defense-of-marriage-act-doma-alaska-dispatch/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/ruling-calif-pension-fund-must-offer-long-term-care-coverage-to-same-sex-couples/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/ruling-calif-pension-fund-must-offer-long-term-care-coverage-to-same-sex-couples/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 17:04:17 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134724 HeraldNet.com: The Alliance Defense Fund, an Arizona group that opposes gay marriage, said Friday the ruling will surely be appealed. That would keep the existing policy in place for months if not years. "This will end up at the Supreme Court at some point and we're confident and hopeful that the law will be upheld," said Dale Schowengerdt, the group's legal counsel. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/29/ruling-calif-pension-fund-must-offer-long-term-care-coverage-to-same-sex-couples/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/pro-lifers-angered-by-gop-support-for-pro-abortion-9th-circuit-nominee/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/pro-lifers-angered-by-gop-support-for-pro-abortion-9th-circuit-nominee/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 18:09:45 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134611 LifeNews: Republican senators received a letter today urging them to not support David Hurwitz, President Obama’s pro-abortion nominee to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/pro-lifers-angered-by-gop-support-for-pro-abortion-9th-circuit-nominee/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/nj-high-court-pick-has-his-work-cut-out-for-him/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/nj-high-court-pick-has-his-work-cut-out-for-him/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 16:51:04 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134578 NorthJersey.com: His nomination has yet to be heard, but already Democratic leaders have dismissed the first openly gay man picked for the Supreme Court, civil rights advocates are softening their support for him and Republicans are left struggling to prevent a second rejection of Governor Christie's nominees. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/nj-high-court-pick-has-his-work-cut-out-for-him/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/occupy-the-docket-how-the-supreme-court-selects-the-1/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/occupy-the-docket-how-the-supreme-court-selects-the-1/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 16:47:30 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134576 Circuit Splits Blog: Assuming this trend continues and all other things being equal, a petitioner is more likely to read about the discovery of life on Mars by the end of the year than to read the words “certiorari granted” next to their case—at least according to a website that bills itself as “the world’s leading prediction market.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/occupy-the-docket-how-the-supreme-court-selects-the-1/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/is-justice-ginsburg-risking-the-future-of-the-supreme-court/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/is-justice-ginsburg-risking-the-future-of-the-supreme-court/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 14:42:12 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134548 Daily Beast: The calls for her retirement started last year—she’s nearly 80 and a two-time cancer survivor—but Ruth Bader Ginsburg isn’t going anywhere. Chris Geidner looks into the tricky world of politicking and the court. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/is-justice-ginsburg-risking-the-future-of-the-supreme-court/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/the-public-trial-of-justice-roberts/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/the-public-trial-of-justice-roberts/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 19:27:19 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134490 Washington Post: Novelist John Grisham could hardly spin a more provocative fiction: The president and his surrogates mount an aggressive campaign to intimidate the chief justice of the United States, implying ruin and ridicule should he fail to vote in a pivotal case according to the ruling political party’s wishes. If only it were fiction. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/the-public-trial-of-justice-roberts/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/duke-launching-the-master-of-laws-in-judicial-studies/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/duke-launching-the-master-of-laws-in-judicial-studies/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 19:19:52 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134486 Duke Law School: The inaugural class of the new Duke Law Master of Laws in Judicial Studies program has begun the first of two in-residence summer terms. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/duke-launching-the-master-of-laws-in-judicial-studies/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/gov-christies-n-j-supreme-court-nominee-will-not-clear-senate-judiciary-committee-sources-say/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/gov-christies-n-j-supreme-court-nominee-will-not-clear-senate-judiciary-committee-sources-say/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 16:44:10 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134438 NJ.com: The nomination of Mayor Bruce Harris of Chatham Borough to the state Supreme Court appears doomed because he does not have enough votes to clear the Senate Judiciary Committee next Thursday, sources familiar with the panel’s deliberations told The Star-Ledger today. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/gov-christies-n-j-supreme-court-nominee-will-not-clear-senate-judiciary-committee-sources-say/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/obama-health-care-hangs-on-clause-queried-by-u-s-court/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/obama-health-care-hangs-on-clause-queried-by-u-s-court/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 16:41:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134436 Bloomberg: When the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the justices said next to nothing about racial equality, the ideal that drove the landmark law’s enactment. Instead, the court cited the constitutional clause that lets Congress regulate interstate commerce, saying the law barred discrimination at hotels and restaurants used by travelers moving across state lines. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/obama-health-care-hangs-on-clause-queried-by-u-s-court/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/9th-cir-schedules-arguments-in-golinski-suit-challenging-federal-doma/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/9th-cir-schedules-arguments-in-golinski-suit-challenging-federal-doma/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 21:55:40 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134386 How Appealing links to the court order and a news report. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/9th-cir-schedules-arguments-in-golinski-suit-challenging-federal-doma/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/harvard-law-succeeds-in-taking-down-anti-holder-fast-and-furious-protest-website/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/harvard-law-succeeds-in-taking-down-anti-holder-fast-and-furious-protest-website/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 21:39:24 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134380 Legal Insurrection: This is an update to my post yesterday regarding the protest organized against Eric Holder’s visit to Harvard Law School tomorrow, specifically his stonewalling the Fast and Furious investigations. The protest was organized by a website using the name Harvard Law Unbound which has been operating since early April. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/harvard-law-succeeds-in-taking-down-anti-holder-fast-and-furious-protest-website/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/watford-confirmed-to-9th-circuit-senate-vote-61-34/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/watford-confirmed-to-9th-circuit-senate-vote-61-34/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 23:15:27 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134280 U.S. Senate website vote results. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/watford-confirmed-to-9th-circuit-senate-vote-61-34/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/five-ks-supreme-court-justices-recuse-wont-sit-in-judgment-of-kline/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/five-ks-supreme-court-justices-recuse-wont-sit-in-judgment-of-kline/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 22:52:13 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134272 ProLife Blogs: Just four days after former Kansas prosecutor Phill Kline filed a motion asking for the recusal of two biased State Supreme Court Justices who were slated to decide the outcome of a politically motivated ethics complaint against him, five out of seven of the Justices recused themselves from hearing the case. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/five-ks-supreme-court-justices-recuse-wont-sit-in-judgment-of-kline/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/virginia-senate-hopefuls-differ-on-judges-who-engage-in-homosexual-behavior/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/virginia-senate-hopefuls-differ-on-judges-who-engage-in-homosexual-behavior/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 21:59:57 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134260 Washington Post: When the four Republicans running for U.S. Senate in Virginia gather for their third and final debate Friday, they’ll have before them a brand-new issue: gay judges. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/virginia-senate-hopefuls-differ-on-judges-who-engage-in-homosexual-behavior/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/gop-senators-compare-planned-ninth-circuit-conference-in-hawaii-to-vacation/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/gop-senators-compare-planned-ninth-circuit-conference-in-hawaii-to-vacation/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 21:43:45 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134252 Blog of the Legal Times: Two top Republican senators on the judiciary and budget committees are questioning the cost of the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference planned for Hawaii in August, saying “the program reads more like a vacation than a business trip to discuss the means of improving the administration of justice.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/gop-senators-compare-planned-ninth-circuit-conference-in-hawaii-to-vacation/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/george-f-will-when-the-looter-is-the-government/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/george-f-will-when-the-looter-is-the-government/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 19:42:31 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134236 Washington Post: In the lawsuit titled United States of America v. 434 Main Street, Tewksbury, Massachusetts, the government is suing an inanimate object, the motel Caswell’s father built in 1955 . . . Since 1994, about 30 motel customers have been arrested on drug-dealing charges . . . Yet this is the government’s excuse for impoverishing the Caswells by seizing this property, which is their only significant source of income and all of their retirement security. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/george-f-will-when-the-looter-is-the-government/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/clinton-era-roadless-rule-headed-to-the-supreme-court/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/clinton-era-roadless-rule-headed-to-the-supreme-court/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 17:33:43 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134196 Findlaw: Colorado Mining Association President Stuart Sanderson wants the Supreme Court to reverse the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals decision. Sanderson claims, "If allowed to stand, the roadless rule will effectively prevent future mining operations on roadless lands, leading to a decrease in mineral and coal production, job losses and sharp decreases in taxes and revenues from the coal mining industry that are critical to local governments and public school systems," the Denver Post reports. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/clinton-era-roadless-rule-headed-to-the-supreme-court/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/obama-may-stay-clear-of-court-fight-over-prop-8-san-francisco-chronicle/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/obama-may-stay-clear-of-court-fight-over-prop-8-san-francisco-chronicle/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 15:39:45 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134169 San Francisco Chronicle: In fact, when he said the federal government should leave marriage to the states, he may have signaled that he's staying out of the case. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/obama-may-stay-clear-of-court-fight-over-prop-8-san-francisco-chronicle/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/legal-decay-follows-cultural-decay-in-marriage-the-devolution-of-law/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/legal-decay-follows-cultural-decay-in-marriage-the-devolution-of-law/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 15:05:03 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134234 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/legal-decay-follows-cultural-decay-in-marriage-the-devolution-of-law/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/another-nj-high-court-nominee-faces-skepticism-marriage-at-issue/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/another-nj-high-court-nominee-faces-skepticism-marriage-at-issue/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 22:57:31 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134141 NECN.com (AP): Democrats who control the Senate Judiciary Committee have agreed to give Gov. Chris Christie's third nominee to the state Supreme Court a hearing, but the gay, black Republican will face difficulty being confirmed because of his lack of courtroom experience and his vow to stay out of same-sex marriage cases. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/another-nj-high-court-nominee-faces-skepticism-marriage-at-issue/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/federal-circuit-will-hear-judges-back-pay-challenge/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/federal-circuit-will-hear-judges-back-pay-challenge/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 21:16:24 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134117 Blog of the Legal Times: A group of federal judges who charge that Congress violated the Constitution by withholding pay increases will get a hearing before the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/federal-circuit-will-hear-judges-back-pay-challenge/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/democrats-seek-to-force-vote-on-watford-9th-cir-nomination-monday/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/democrats-seek-to-force-vote-on-watford-9th-cir-nomination-monday/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 17:40:01 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134087 Metropolitan News-Enterprise: Senate Democrats said yesterday that they will try to end debate Monday on the nomination of Los Angeles attorney Paul J. Watford to serve as a judge of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. On their web page, the party conference said that Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., had filed a cloture petition, and that a vote likely will occur at about 5:30 p.m. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/democrats-seek-to-force-vote-on-watford-9th-cir-nomination-monday/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/justice-joan-orie-melvin-to-step-away-from-state-supreme-court-to-fight-charges/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/justice-joan-orie-melvin-to-step-away-from-state-supreme-court-to-fight-charges/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 16:21:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134071 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: State Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin this morning informed the court that she will voluntarily recuse from all duties because nine criminal counts will be filed against her today. | The PA Supreme Court has issued a couple of orders relieving her of duties. How Appealing reports and links to them. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/justice-joan-orie-melvin-to-step-away-from-state-supreme-court-to-fight-charges/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/crooks-target-supreme-court-justice-breyer-for-second-time-in-three-months/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/crooks-target-supreme-court-justice-breyer-for-second-time-in-three-months/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 14:57:51 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134047 Fox News: Less than three months after he was robbed at his vacation home in the Caribbean, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer has been targeted again -- this time by burglars at his Washington, D.C., house. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/18/crooks-target-supreme-court-justice-breyer-for-second-time-in-three-months/feed/ 0