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Tuesday, February 11, 2014

“New York State’s Top Judge Permits Early Bar Exam in Exchange for Pro Bono Work”: Wednesday’s edition of The New York Times will contain an article that begins, “In an effort to bolster the number of lawyers for the poor, New York State’s top judge has cleared the way for law students to take the bar exam early in return for devoting their last semester to pro bono work.”

Posted at 11:08 PM by Howard Bashman



“Appeals court rules ‘Choose Life’ plates unconstitutional for NC”: The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina has a news update that begins, “A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled that North Carolina’s attempt to offer a ‘Choose Life’ license plate and not offer an abortion-rights plate was unconstitutional.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Appeals court declares North Carolina anti-abortion license plate unconstitutional.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at this link.

Posted at 7:26 PM by Howard Bashman



“Court turns down Gitmo force-feeding challenge”: The Associated Press has this report.

Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has a blog post titled “Court: Guantanamo force-feeding likely legal.”

And at his “Suits & Sentences” blog, Michael Doyle of McClatchy Washington Bureau has a post titled “Appeals court declines to stop Guantanamo force-feeding.”

You can access today’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.

Posted at 1:12 PM by Howard Bashman



“Cincinnati again center of gay-marriage fight; Same-sex parents file suit to get both their names on birth certificates”: This front page article appears today in The Cincinnati Enquirer.

Posted at 1:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“Reading the Numbers: The drop in abortion rates.” In the February 17, 2014 issue of The New Yorker, Margaret Talbot has a Talk of the Town comment that begins, “Last week’s report about the declining abortion rate in the United States was potentially good news for everyone, especially, one would think, for right-to-life groups.”

Posted at 9:12 AM by Howard Bashman



“How Obama Officials Cried ‘Terrorism’ to Cover Up a Paperwork Error”: Today at Wired.com’s “Threat Level” blog, David Kravets has a post that begins, “After seven years of litigation, two trips to a federal appeals court and $3.8 million worth of lawyer time, the public has finally learned why a wheelchair-bound Stanford University scholar was cuffed, detained and denied a flight from San Francisco to Hawaii: FBI human error.”

Posted at 8:06 AM by Howard Bashman



“Federal judge speaks on intelligence, surveillance; Part of a security series hosted by the Watson Institute, seminar focuses on surveillance politics”: Today’s edition of The Brown Daily Herald contains an article that begins, “As controversy surrounding the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs continues to brew, Bruce Selya, senior federal judge on the U. S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, spoke Monday on the inner workings of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, including concerns about secrecy and privacy.”

You can learn more about yesterday’s event via this link.

Posted at 8:05 AM by Howard Bashman



“Group opposes Supreme Court review of Chancery Court’s arbitration forum; Open govt. coalition fighting secret forum”: This article appears today in The News Journal of Wilmington, Delaware.

Posted at 7:38 AM by Howard Bashman