MNDAILY.com wrote:
Pawlenty appoints U law prof to Minn. Supreme Court
U law professor David Stras will take the place of Associate Justice Lorie Gildea, who will become chief justice June 30. Stras described U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas as "my mentor in the law."

Published: 05/13/2010
Associated Press

Gov. Tim Pawlenty named a sitting Supreme Court Justice to lead the state's high court and a fresh-faced newcomer to fill her spot on Thursday, deepening his imprint on Minnesota's judiciary.

Associate Justice Lorie Gildea will become chief justice on June 30. Taking her place will be David Stras, a law professor who described U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas as "my mentor in the law."

Gildea, 48, will replace Eric Magnuson, another Pawlenty appointee who is stepping down. She dissented from a 4-3 ruling last week that overturned budget cuts the governor made …

New York Times wrote:
May 3, 2010

Christie, Shunning Precedent, Drops Justice From Court
By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA

Once again showing that he means to shake up Trenton, Gov. Christopher J. Christie declined on Monday to reappoint a sitting justice to the New Jersey Supreme Court, instead appointing someone who he said would show the restraint that was missing from the court.

The justice, John E. Wallace Jr., became the first one to seek reappointment and be refused by a New Jersey governor since the current State Constitution was adopted 63 years ago.

Justice Wallace’s departure also means that for the first time in 16 years, the court will not have a black justice. If confirmed by the State Senate, Mr. Christie’s appointment of Anne M. Patterson, a Morris County lawyer, will give the court its first female majority.

Speaking to reporters in Trenton, Mr. Christie had only kind words for Justice …

The Indiana Law Blog wrote:Ind. Law - More on "Grandparents testify in Indy to establish visitation rights"

Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 19, 2010, about SB 59 (which passed third reading in the Senate Jan. 25th with a vote of Yeas 44 and Nays 6), here is a letter published in the Jan. 30th Terre Haute Trib-Star, headlined "Intrusive expansion of visitation litigation", written by Karen A. Wyle, a Bloomington attorney:

Most Hoosiers have no idea that in Indiana, widowed, divorced and single parents can be sued for grandparent visitation. If such parents make the difficult decision that contact with a grandparent is bad for their child or even dangerous, a trial judge can overrule this decision. Now, bills are racing through the Indiana House and Senate that would undermine the parental authority of parents in …