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Saturday, January 16, 2016

“Supreme Court agrees to hear case over separation of church and state”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court will rule on church-state divide in playground case.”

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court to Consider Churches’ Rights to State Grants; Justices to review whether funds must be offered on same terms as for secular groups.” You can freely access the full text of the article via Google.

The Associated Press reports that “Justices to hear church’s appeal of exclusion from state aid.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. top court to hear Missouri church’s religious rights case.”

And Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Church Playground Funding Case Accepted by U.S. Supreme Court.”

Posted at 1:55 PM by Howard Bashman



“In symbolic move, Judge orders Tsarnaev to pay victims”: Milton J. Valencia of The Boston Globe has this report.

Bob McGovern of The Boston Herald reports that “Dzhokhar Tsarnaev ordered to pay victims $101M.”

The Associated Press reports that “Marathon bomber loses bid for new trial, told to pay $101M.”

And Reuters reports that “U.S. judge rejects bid for new trial for Boston Marathon bomber.”

You can access yesterday’s opinion and order of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts at this link.

Posted at 1:46 PM by Howard Bashman



“Lamar 3rd Miss. Supreme Court justice departing”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A third justice is leaving the Mississippi Supreme Court, continuing turnover on the nine-member body.”

Posted at 9:50 AM by Howard Bashman



“Justices to Hear Appeal by Bob McDonnell, Ex-Governor of Virginia”: Adam Liptak has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court will review corruption conviction of former Va. governor Robert McDonnell.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court to decide corruption case of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court to define corruption by public officials in McDonnell case.”

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court to Review Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell’s Corruption Conviction; Once a rising star in GOP, he was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment.”

Andrea Noble of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court to hear corruption appeal of former Va. Gov. Bob McDonnell.”

Jim Nolan and Frank Green of The Richmond Times-Dispatch report that “U.S. Supreme Court to hear appeal of former Gov. Bob McDonnell.”

David Smith of The Guardian (UK) reports that “Supreme court to revisit corruption conviction of former Virginia governor; Bob McDonnell and his wife were convicted of taking gifts and loans from a businessman in exchange for promoting his company’s dietary supplement.”

Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “Justices will hear ex-Virginia Gov. McDonnell’s appeal.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. top court to hear Virginia ex-governor’s corruption appeal.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Corruption Gets Review at U.S. High Court With McDonnell Appeal.”

Ariane de Vogue of CNN.com reports that “Supreme Court to hear appeal of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell.”

Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post reports that “Supreme Court Spares Bob McDonnell From Prison For A While Longer; The justices agreed to hear the gifty gov’s appeal over whether his ‘official action’ amounted to corruption.”

And Josh Gerstein of Politico.com reports that “Supreme Court to hear Bob McDonnell case.”

Posted at 9:18 AM by Howard Bashman