If you’ve been reading this blog, you already  know it’s been a busy, busy legal news week in Washington. Here are a couple of other news items we haven’t mentioned yet:

Consumer retorts: A group of consumer and legal advocacy groups are urging President Barack Obama to halt the Chrysler and General Motors bankruptcy plans, contending that that they say will strip consumers of protections against defective vehicles. (Lawyers USA)

Cert-ain success: The U.S. Supreme Court grants approximately 1 percent of the 7,500 cert petitions it receives each year. So how do you make a petition stand out? Thomas Goldstein has some insight. (On The Record)

Sotomayor on the Second Amendment: Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor told a senator Thursday that she would follow a historic ruling affirming Americans’ right to own guns for self-defense, but pro-gun activists aren’t sold. (AP)

What a (debt) relief it is: Less than four years after the new bankruptcy reform law went into effect, the U.S. Supreme Court has granted certiorari to determine the constitutionality of some of the Act’s most controversial provisions. This fall, the justices will hear oral argument on who qualifies as a ‘debt relief agency’ and on what the required disclosures are for such entities. (Lawyers USA)

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