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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;#8226;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;When the Supreme Court kicks off its new term on Monday, the docket will feature a cross in the desert, dog-fighting videos, eroding beaches, and oh so much more.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;(&lt;i&gt;Wall Street Journal&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;#8226;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Immediately following the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor, Mark (&lt;font color=&quot;#800080&quot;&gt;Blackhawk Down&lt;/font&gt;) Bowden was astonished to see that every major media outlet was running the same two video clips of &amp;#8220;damaging&amp;#8221; remarks by Judge Sotomayor: the &amp;#8220;&lt;font color=&quot;#800080&quot;&gt;wise Latina&lt;/font&gt;&amp;#8221; moment and the &amp;#8220;&lt;font color=&quot;#800080&quot;&gt;Court of appeals is where policy is made&lt;/font&gt;.&amp;#8221;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Bowden uncovers how this &amp;#8216;coincidence&amp;#8217; came about.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Long story short: ideological activists now often supplant the research and newsgathering function of journalists.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;An interesting detail: the &lt;font color=&quot;#800080&quot;&gt;conservative blogger&lt;/font&gt; who unearthed the snippets is dismayed at how they were used to portray Sotomayor as racist or radical: &amp;#8220;She&amp;#8217;s really fairly moderate,&amp;#8221; he concedes.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Read the whole thing &lt;font color=&quot;#800080&quot;&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;. &lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;(&lt;i&gt;The Atlantic)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;#8226;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Speaking of ideology, Jeffrey (&lt;font color=&quot;#800080&quot;&gt;The Nine&lt;/font&gt;) Toobin declares that &amp;#8220;conservative rhetoric, if not conservative views, had become the default mode for Supreme Court nominees.&amp;#8221;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;(&lt;i&gt;The New Yorker&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;#8226;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Will the Privileges or Immunities Clause of the 14&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; Amendment be given a new life in McDonald v. Chicago, a challenge to the city&amp;#8217;s gun ban?&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;(&lt;a href=&quot;http://reason.com/archives/2009/10/01/the-supreme-court-takes-on-gun&quot; target=&quot;&quot;&gt;Reason&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;#8226;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;The Supreme Court is&lt;font color=&quot;#800080&quot;&gt; irre&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/benched?page=0,1&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#800080&quot;&gt;levant&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; according to NYU law professor Barry Friedman.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;(&lt;i&gt;The New Republic&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;#8226;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;An extremely rare recording of Clarence Thomas speaking; Says Court too &amp;#8220;Northeastern&amp;#8221; in outlook, wishes he could go to Home Depot unrecognized.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;(C-SPAN)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;#8226;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;The UK&amp;#8217;s first-ever Supreme Court opened this week, prompting fears of an eventual &amp;#8220;American style&amp;#8221; judicial selection process.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;(&lt;i&gt;Times (London&lt;/i&gt;))&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; -posted by brian&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://joeydevilla.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2004/12/canadian_supreme_court_judges.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;The Canadian Supreme Court is&lt;span&gt;&amp;#8212; &lt;/span&gt;by far&lt;span&gt;&amp;#8212; &lt;/span&gt;the most stylish of all the&amp;nbsp;high courts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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