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Monday, February 13, 2012

“Court hears challenge to CA affirmative action ban”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Backers of affirmative action asked a federal appeals court Monday to overturn California’s 15-year-old ban on considering race in public college admissions, citing a steep drop in black, Latino and Native American students at the state’s elite campuses.”

Posted at 6:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“Miami federal judge likely to be confirmed, but in messy process”: The Miami Herald has a blog post that begins, “A dispute in the U.S. Senate over President Barack Obama’s executive branch nominees threatens to snag the appointment of the first Cuban-born judge to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.”

Posted at 4:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justice Breyer robbed at West Indies vacation home”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A Supreme Court spokeswoman says Justice Stephen Breyer was robbed last week by a machete-wielding intruder at his vacation home in the West Indies.”

And The St. Kitts-Nevis Observer reports that “FBI in Nevis Investigating Robbery of U.S. Judge.”

Posted at 4:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“Prop. 8 simply can’t justify itself: What potentially dooms Proposition 8 as it nears the Supreme Court is not necessarily the distinct whiff of prejudice but a lingering impression of incoherence.” Law professor Dale Carpenter has this op-ed today in The Los Angeles Times.

Posted at 1:48 PM by Howard Bashman