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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

“Michael Dreeben on Supreme Court Advocacy, Appellate Practice, and the SG’s Office”: Orin Kerr has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

Posted at 9:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Graves says he feels ‘pressure’ to do good job”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Mississippi Supreme Court Justice James Graves says he’ll feel pressure to do a good job on the 5th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in New Orleans.”

Posted at 9:08 PM by Howard Bashman



“Judge again opens door to habeas challenges from Bagram”: Josh Gerstein has this post at his “Under the Radar” blog at Politico.com.

Posted at 3:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas will deliver the keynote address at the 30th Annual Federalist Society Student Symposium.” More information is available from the web site of the University of Virginia School of Law by clicking here.

Posted at 3:22 PM by Howard Bashman



By a vote of 6-5, the en banc Ninth Circuit holds that “capital defendants do not have a per se constitutional right to inquire about the possibility that a penalty-phase jury has reached a preliminary decision against imposing the death penalty”: You can access today’s en banc ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

The lead dissenting opinion, by contrast, begins with a somewhat different view of the case: “By all indications, the jurors in James Harrison’s capital trial had decided to acquit him of the death penalty. They had informed the trial judge that they were deadlocked between life with parole and life without parole.”

Posted at 2:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“Chapman Kelley’s Mutilated Garden: The Seventh Circuit is set to decide if the Park District had the right to destroy an artwork.” This article appeared in the December 3, 2009 issue of Chicago Reader.

And even earlier, The Art Newspaper published an article headlined “Artist Chapman Kelley launches federal appeal over Chicago Wildflower work; Challenges ruling that work is not original enough to be protected by US copyright law.”

Today, a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued this ruling on the case.

Posted at 2:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“Feds ask court to hide photos showing Loughner injuries”: Josh Gerstein has this post today at his “Under the Radar” blog at Politico.com.

Posted at 11:04 AM by Howard Bashman



“10% turnout expected for Tuesday primary; Supreme Court race is only statewide contest”: Today’s edition of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel contains an article that begins, “As few as one in 10 Wisconsin voters could decide Tuesday how to narrow the field for a seat on the state Supreme Court, state election officials say.”

Posted at 7:58 AM by Howard Bashman



“Graves confirmed to 5th Circuit; Miss. justice appointed to serve on federal bench”: Jerry Mitchell has this article today in The Clarion-Ledger of Jackson, Mississippi.

Posted at 7:52 AM by Howard Bashman