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Friday, February 6, 2015

“Debate Escalates Over Cameras in Supreme Court”: Tony Mauro has this post today at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.” You can freely access the full text via Google.

Posted at 10:46 PM by Howard Bashman



“Health-Law Challenger’s Standing in Supreme Court Case Is Questioned; Lead Plaintiff Appears to Qualify for Medical Coverage Due to Veteran Status, Possibly Weakening Suit”: Louise Radnofsky, Jess Bravin, and Brent Kendall will have this article in Saturday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 10:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“Tsarnaev trial should be moved to another venue”: Columnist Thomas Farragher will have this op-ed in Saturday’s edition of The Boston Globe.

Posted at 10:38 PM by Howard Bashman



“Ala. Chief Justice Stirs Controversy Before Gay Marriage Becomes Legal”: This audio segment appeared on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”

Posted at 3:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“Face of Supreme Court case hates Obama, Obamacare”: Jennifer Haberkorn of Politico.com has this report about David M. King, “the lead plaintiff on the Supreme Court case that challenges the government’s right to grant tax subsidies to millions of Americans in certain states to make health insurance more affordable.”

Posted at 1:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“We hold only that, where members of the press unlawfully obtain sensitive information that, in context, is of marginal public value, the First Amendment does not guarantee them the right to publish that information.” So holds a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in a ruling issued today in a case captioned Dahlstrom v. Sun-Times Media, LLC.

Posted at 1:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“Talk amongst yourselves”: Senior U.S. District Judge Richard G. Kopf has this post today at his “Hercules and the umpire” blog discussing a presentation he gave last night on the benefits of blogging.

Posted at 10:25 AM by Howard Bashman



Supreme Court of Canada recognizes right to doctor-assisted suicide: You can access today’s unanimous ruling of Canada’s highest court at this link.

In early news coverage, Sean Fine of The Toronto Globe and Mail reports that “Canadians have right to doctor-assisted suicide, Supreme Court rules.”

The Toronto Star has a news update headlined “Supreme Court strikes down assisted suicide ban; Canada’s highest court has struck down the law against assisted suicide and ordered Parliament to give desperately suffering patients greater control over how they die.”

The Ottawa Citizen has a news update headlined “In historic ruling, Supreme Court strikes down ban on doctor-assisted death.”

The Vancouver Sun has a news update headlined “Landmark Canadian Supreme Court ruling favours ‘death with dignity.’

CBC News reports that “Doctor-assisted suicide allowed by Supreme Court in specific cases; 1993 Rodriguez decision ruled against giving terminally ill the right to die.”

And The Canadian Press reports that “SCC reverses course on doctor-assisted death.”

Posted at 9:50 AM by Howard Bashman



“New rule lets inmates grow longer beards; Suit lost, prisons to allow religion-based exceptions”: Today’s edition of The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette contains an article that begins, “Arkansas prison system inmates can now grow a beard — without length limitations — if their religion dictates it.”

Posted at 8:30 AM by Howard Bashman



“Judge Kistler ‘Honored’ by Nomination to Pa. Supreme Court, Regrets Having to Leave Centre County”: Michael Martin Garrett had this article online yesterday at StateCollege.com.

Posted at 8:02 AM by Howard Bashman