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Saturday, January 3, 2015

“Public pays millions for legal fees of federal judges under investigation; Judges in trouble have unlimited funding to fight disciplinary action against them; The Lori Douglas inquiry cost taxpayers $4.5 million”: The Toronto Star has this report.

Posted at 11:26 PM by Howard Bashman



“G.O.P. Turns to the Courts to Aid Agenda”: In Sunday’s edition of The New York Times, Michael D. Shear will have an article that begins, “As Republicans prepare to take full control of Congress on Tuesday, the party’s leaders are counting on judges, not their newly elected majority on Capitol Hill, to roll back President Obama’s aggressive second-term agenda and block his executive actions on health care, climate change and immigration.”

Posted at 9:57 PM by Howard Bashman



“Prince Andrew and Alan Dershowitz Are Named in Suit Alleging Sex With Minor”: Emma G. Fitzsimmons will have this article in Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.

According to the article, “On Saturday, Mr. Dershowitz said he ‘categorically and unequivocally’ denied all of the allegations. He said he would file disbarment proceedings against the lawyers who filed the motion, Bradley J. Edwards, a lawyer in Florida, and Paul G. Cassell, a former federal judge and a law professor at the University of Utah.”

Posted at 9:27 PM by Howard Bashman



“Appeals court won’t intervene in Marathon bombing trial”: The Boston Globe has this news update.

The Boston Herald has a news update headlined “Appeals court denies bid to postpone Tsarnaev trial.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Appeals court won’t delay or move Tsarnaev trial.”

You can access at this link today’s judgment of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit denying the defendant’s petition for writ of mandamus.

Update: In other coverage, Katharine Q. Seelye of The New York Times reports that “Change of Venue Denied for Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect.”

Posted at 4:56 PM by Howard Bashman



“Fighting red maps in purple states: Dems look to the judiciary to combat the GOP’s redistricting advantage.” Tarini Parti of Politico.com has this report.

Posted at 9:54 AM by Howard Bashman