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Sunday, January 18, 2015

“Supreme Court to Review Bans on Solicitations in Judge Races”: Adam Liptak will have this article in Monday’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 10:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“Opening argument”: Today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer contains an editorial that begins, “Word that a flock of candidates has already gathered to replenish the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s ranks might remind wary judiciary observers of watching Sisyphus’ boulder make its mournful return to the bottom of the hill. Having lost two justices to scandal in as many years, the court is poised to regenerate through the same benighted political process that yielded the last crop.”

Posted at 4:23 PM by Howard Bashman



“States Stand Pat Ahead of Supreme Court Health-Law Ruling; Political and Practical Obstacles to Reworking Exchanges Raise Stakes in Legal Battle”: Louise Radnofsky had this article in Friday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

You can freely access the full text of the article via Google.

Posted at 4:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“From traffic ticket to Supreme Court: a gay couple’s legal odyssey”: Samantha Masunaga of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

In today’s edition of The Tulsa World, columnist Ginnie Graham has a front page essay headlined “More than 3,200 same-sex couples marry in Oklahoma in less than three months; Some businesses have benefited since same-sex couples have been allowed to marry in Oklahoma.”

And today at his “Jost On Justice” blog, Kenneth Jost has a post titled “Law, Politics Combined on Path to Marriage Equality.”

Posted at 4:15 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court to weigh hospitals’ right to higher Medicaid reimbursement”: In Friday’s edition of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Steve Twedt had an article that begins, “The U.S. Supreme Court next week will hear oral arguments on an Idaho case that could carry implications for Pennsylvania hospitals and others who treat medical assistance patients. The issue: Do providers have the right to sue a state for not adequately reimbursing them?”

Posted at 10:28 AM by Howard Bashman



“U.S. Supreme Court to hear Wisconsin inmate’s excessive force claim”: Sharif Durhams of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has an article that begins, “The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal of a Wisconsin man who claims Monroe County deputies violated his civil rights when he was forcibly pulled from his cell and subdued with a stun gun while he was facing charges of cocaine possession four years ago.”

Posted at 10:25 AM by Howard Bashman