Greatest Deliberative Body: Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) announced he was lifting his holds on more than 70 pending nominations, having successfully gotten the White House's attention concerning some Alabama projects he'd like to save, the Washington Post reports. In other Senate news, Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) announced he'd join a filibuster against confirmation of Craig Becker to the NLRB, according to this article at Huffington Post. And the Wall Street Journal reveals that Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) urged the Fed to approve a bank merger that helped two big campaign contributors.
Race and the Supreme Court: Check out the terrific series of postings at SCOTUSblog on the occasion of Black History Month, focusing on race and the Supreme Court. The offerings are described here. Among the contributors so far: Michael Klarman, Heather Gerken, Roger Clegg, Abigail Thernstrom.
Jailhouse Lawyer: In today's New York Times, Adam Liptak tells the story of Shon Hopwood, who became an able jailhouse lawyer while in federal prison for a string of Nebraska bank robberies.
Rakoff and the BofA: New York federal judge Jed Rakoff is still not happy with a settlement reached between the Securities and Exchange Commission and Bank of America, the New York Law Journal reports here.
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