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Wednesday, February 10, 2016

“Pennsylvania to Start Impeachment Proceedings for Attorney General”: Sheryl Gay Stolberg will have this article in Thursday’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 11:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“How Challengers Obtained the Stay that Put US EPA’s Clean Carbon Plan on Hold”: Geoffrey Barnes and Danelle Gagliardi have this post today at the blog “frESH: Perspectives on Environmental, Safety & Health.”

Posted at 9:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“American Bar Association Wants Cameras Inside Supreme Court”: At WSJ.com’s “Law Blog,” Jacob Gershman has a post that begins, “A new voice has joined the ranks of those pushing the Supreme Court to allow cameras into its courtroom: the American legal establishment.”

Posted at 7:53 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court’s Blow to Emissions Efforts May Imperil Paris Climate Accord”: Coral Davenport of The New York Times has this report.

Posted at 7:38 PM by Howard Bashman



“Dechert snags top partner from Buchanan Ingersoll”: Jeff Blumenthal of the Philadelphia Business Journal has this report, in which I am mentioned. Congratulations to my former colleague Steve Bizar, who is the subject of the article.

Posted at 7:33 PM by Howard Bashman



“Obama v. Supreme Court: The court’s stay of a climate-change rule leaves the president’s environmental legacy in limbo until after he leaves office.” Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has this report.

Posted at 6:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“EPA Losses Shed Light on Supreme Court’s Blocking of Carbon Rule”: Jess Bravin and Brent Kendall have this blog post today at WSJ.com’s “Law Blog.”

Posted at 5:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“Does the Chief Justice Make Partisan Appointments to Special Courts and Panels?” Maxwell Palmer has this article (available online in HTML and PDF) in the March 2016 issue of the Journal of Empirical Legal Studies.

Posted at 4:55 PM by Howard Bashman



“Texas abortion providers launch campaign to keep clinics open”: Reuters has an article that begins, “As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to decide the legality of strict Texas abortion restrictions, women’s healthcare providers have launched a campaign across the state trying to win support to keep their clinics open.”

Posted at 3:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“Pa. Senate effort to remove AG Kane fails”: Karen Langley of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has this news update.

Angela Couloumbis and Craig R. McCoy of The Philadelphia Inquirer have a news update headlined “State Senate rejects removal of Kane.”

Brad Bumsted of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has a news update headlined “Senate vote fails, 29-19, on removing Kane as attorney general.”

And Steve Esack of The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania reports that “Senate votes not to remove Kathleen Kane from office.”

Posted at 3:34 PM by Howard Bashman



“Court stands by decision overturning cleric’s conviction”: Jeremy Roebuck of The Philadelphia Inquirer has a news update that begins, “A state appellate court on Wednesday refused to reconsider its decision last year to overturn what had been the first conviction nationwide of a Roman Catholic Church official for covering up child sex abuse by priests.”

Posted at 3:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“Constitution Check: Should gun control laws have to pass the toughest constitutional test?” Lyle Denniston has this post at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

Posted at 9:57 AM by Howard Bashman