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Monday, January 11, 2010

“With New Member, Supreme Court Takes New Look at Crime Lab Ruling”: Adam Liptak will have this article Tuesday in The New York Times.

In Tuesday’s edition of USA Today, Joan Biskupic will have an article headlined “Court revisits lab tests ruling; Analysts must testify in person.”

This evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered” contained an audio segment entitled “Court Revisits Ruling Forcing Lab Analysts To Testify” featuring Nina Totenberg.

And this evening’s broadcast of the PBS program “The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer” contained a segment entitled “Is It a Right to Confront Your Accuser in Court?” featuring Marcia Coyle.

Posted at 10:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“At the Supreme Court, Life is One Big Vocabulary Lesson”: Tony Mauro has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

Posted at 3:17 PM by Howard Bashman



“Fans should laud Brees for siding against NFL”: In yesterday’s edition of The San Francisco Chronicle, columnist Gwen Knapp had an essay that begins, “During a playoff bye weekend for his Saints, Drew Brees threw deeper than he had all season. The New Orleans quarterback submitted an op-ed piece to the Washington Post, saying that the Supreme Court should stiff-arm the NFL in an antitrust case the justices will hear on Wednesday.”

Posted at 12:18 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justices Decline Appeal on Student T-Shirts”: Mark Walsh has this post today at the “School Law” blog of Education Week.

Posted at 12:15 PM by Howard Bashman



Access online today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: The Court’s posting of today’s Order List appears to be delayed. Once the list is posted online, it should be available at this link. [Update at 10:29 a.m. — The Order list is now online.]

According to “SCOTUSblog,” the Court today did not grant review in any new cases, although the Court did call for the views of the Solicitor General in two cases.

The Court today also issued a summary reversal in McDaniel v. Brown, No. 08-559, a case arising from the Ninth Circuit.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Supreme Court rejects school dress code challenge.”

Posted at 10:27 AM by Howard Bashman



“Prop. 8 trial begins today”: Bob Egelko has this article today in The San Francisco Chronicle. The newspaper also reports that “Berkeley couple to testify in trial.”

The Sacramento Bee reports today that “Prop. 8 federal case opens in S.F. today.”

Reuters reports that “Gay marriage ban goes on trial in California.”

Today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition” contained an audio segment entitled “Gay Marriage Ban Goes On Trial In California.”

The Los Angeles Times contains an editorial entitled “The public and Prop. 8: In the age of YouTube, it’s only fitting that a court challenge to the amendment banning same-sex marriage is broadcast.”

The New York Times contains an op-ed by Edwin Meese III entitled “Stacking the Deck Against Proposition 8.”

And the organization American Foundation for Equal Rights has issued a news release headlined “Ted Olson to Make Opening Statement in Prop. 8 Trial; Trial on Unconstitutionality of Prop. 8 Begins in U.S. District Court; Plaintiffs To Testify First.”

Posted at 7:40 AM by Howard Bashman