Libby Judges Orders More Briefs on Releasing Support Letters

By Jeralyn, Section Lewis Libby Trial Coverage
Posted on Wed May 30, 2007 at 02:28:30 PM EST
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Things are heating up in the Scooter Libby sentencing. The Judge today ordered "that the media and, to the extent they have position on the issue, the parties shall submit to the Court by 5:00 p.m. on May 30, 2007, their legal views regarding what right, if any, the media has to access the sentencing letters prior to the June 5, 2007 imposition of the defendant's sentence."

Jane Hamsher and Marcy Wheeler, as credentialed bloggers for Firedoglake and Daily Kos, have submitted their letter. More from Jane here and Marcy here.

My view on the letters is here.

The Judge also ordered Team Libby reply to the government's sentencing memoranda (here and here, pdf) by 5:00 p.m. on May 31, 2007.

Update: Here is Team Libby's response.

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and, now -- big media makes itself known. . . (none / 0) (#1)
by the rainnn on Wed May 30, 2007 at 09:15:11 PM EST

as i assume everyone here knows
by now, "big media" has also filed
a brief in support of access to
the libby-supporter-letters. . .

i'll be blogging on their very-
compelling arguments shortly, but
i will note that even libby's defense
team, in its filings of today, seems
to concede that most of the letters
will be public -- now, it is all over,
save for the shouting -- that being,
whether they get released before
sentencing -- or only after. . .

particularly important is that judge
walton has requested briefs on that
issue, specifically -- "before or after"?

btw, the "big media" brief really nails
libby/ted wells' team for not playing
straight with the kushner precedent. . .

a very entertaining read, indeed. . .

great work here, jeralyn. . .

News? (none / 0) (#2)
by squeaky on Wed May 30, 2007 at 09:24:26 PM EST

Judge Walton has announced [pdf] that he will permit at least some kind of disclosure on the letters submitted in support of Libby's sentencing.

emptywheel

i've ended up with a different. . . (none / 0) (#3)
by the rainnn on Thu May 31, 2007 at 12:55:18 AM EST

. . .more populist piece, on
the "access" legal arguments
story tonight -- mainly due
to serendipity -- in comments on
my blog. . . so -- while the
"big media" argument may be more
concise, and mostly free of tire-
some legal jargon, the populist
"amicus petition" has a rather
alluring charm, all its own. . .

do take a squint. . .