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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

“En Banc Briefing Complete, Oral Argument Approaches in Michigan Affirmative Action Appeal”: The “Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog” has this post today.

Posted at 10:56 PM by Howard Bashman



“Wesley E. Brown, Oldest Judge in Nation’s History, Dies at 104”: A.G. Sulzberger is the author of this obituary, which will appear in Thursday’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 10:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Second Chances”: At the “Opinionator” blog of The New York Times, Linda Greenhouse has a post that begins, “The Supreme Court’s decision last week giving an Alabama death-row inmate who was abandoned by his lawyers a second chance at an appeal has been justly celebrated.”

Posted at 10:25 PM by Howard Bashman



“Joan Biskupic is coming to Reuters as legal affairs editor-in-charge, a big title for a very talented journalist.” So states Jack Shafer via Twitter.

Posted at 6:17 PM by Howard Bashman



“2nd Circuit throws wrench in GE tax machinations”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report.

Posted at 6:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“Top Pa. court nixes district maps”: The Philadelphia Inquirer has a news update that begins, “The Pennsylvania Supreme Court, by a 4-3 vote Wednesday, rejected a plan to remap the state’s 203 House districts and 50 Senate districts.”

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has a news update headlined “Court orders more work on new state House, Senate districts.”

And The Associated Press reports that “State high court throws out legislative redistricting.”

Today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania consists of an order and a dissenting statement.

Posted at 5:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“House GOP to draft bill replacing Obama health law”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “House Republican leaders are drafting a bill to replace President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul if the Supreme Court strikes it down this summer.”

Posted at 3:09 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justice John Paul Stevens on How the Supreme Court Works; Supreme Court Justice Stevens discusses affirmative action, Citizens United, and his favorite chief justice”: This interview appears online at U.S. News & World Report.

Posted at 11:11 AM by Howard Bashman



“Roberts to America: Trust us.” At Politico.com, law professors William Yeomans and Herman Schwartz have an essay that begins, “Chief Justice John Roberts’s response in his year-end report to the increasing controversy over the ethics of Supreme Court justices served to drive home the need for the high court to adopt reforms immediately.”

Posted at 8:30 AM by Howard Bashman



“Gov. Christie’s effort to bring diversity to N.J. Supreme Court deserves praise”: This editorial appears today in The Newark Star-Ledger.

Posted at 8:22 AM by Howard Bashman



“Walmart Faces Long Battle On Sex Discrimination, Despite Supreme Court Ruling”: Lila Shapiro of The Huffington Post has this report.

Posted at 8:09 AM by Howard Bashman



“Penn Law students assist professor in Supreme Court; The Supreme Court Clinic prepared 12 students for a case involving immigration law”: The Daily Pennsylvanian contains this article today.

Posted at 8:07 AM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court, Legal Issues Stay Out of the Spotlight at State of the Union”: Tony Mauro has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

Posted at 8:06 AM by Howard Bashman