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Monday, January 4, 2016

“Court: Stores don’t have to pay for right to sell books on Rosa Parks.” Kent Faulk of The Birmingham News has this report.

At the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter, Eriq Gardner has a post titled “Rosa Parks Heirs Lose Legal Battle Over Movie, Books Sold at Target.”

And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Eugene Volokh has a blog post titled “Target has right to sell Rosa Parks biographies, commemorative plaque.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit at this link.

Posted at 10:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“Christian pharmacists appeal ‘conscience’ case to Supreme Court; Oppose Wash. law that says they must dispense Plan B, other products”: Cheryl Wetzstein of The Washington Times has this report.

This post from earlier today contains a link to the petition for a writ of certiorari.

Posted at 8:33 PM by Howard Bashman



“This Boy’s Life: At 16, Taurus Buchanan threw one deadly punch — and was sent away for life; Will the Supreme Court give him, and hundreds like him, a chance at freedom?” Corey G. Johnson and Ken Armstrong have this article online today at The Marshall Project.

Posted at 8:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“The First Amendment, the right of publicity, video games and the Supreme Court”: Eugene Volokh has this blog post today at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

Posted at 8:26 PM by Howard Bashman



“Unions, Abortion, Obamacare: 3 Supreme Court Cases to Watch in 2016; The 2015-2016 SCOTUS term heats back up.” Damon Root has this post today at the “Hit & Run” blog of Reason.com.

Posted at 8:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“As Justices Weigh Affirmative Action, Michigan Offers an Alternative”: Anemona Hartocollis will have this article in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 8:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court’s next big class action controversy: ascertainability.” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report today.

Posted at 8:15 PM by Howard Bashman



“Argument preview: New threat to public-employee unions.” Lyle Denniston has this post today at “SCOTUSblog.”

Posted at 8:00 PM by Howard Bashman



Cert. petition filed today: You can access at this link the petition for a writ of certiorari that I filed today in the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of a criminal defendant client in a case arising from the Third Circuit that presents a split among the circuits on an issue of federal statute of limitations law.

Posted at 2:04 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court, in Recusal Case, May Find Itself Looking Inward”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 11:36 AM by Howard Bashman



“D.C. Circuit Review — Reviewed: Resolved.” Aaron Nielson has this post at the blog of the Yale Journal on Regulation.

Posted at 9:46 AM by Howard Bashman



“In U.S., Justice Kennedy Was ‘Person of Year'”: Kenneth Jost had this post yesterday at his blog, “Jost on Justice.”

Posted at 9:44 AM by Howard Bashman