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Monday, February 18, 2013

“Proposition 8 case: Judge who struck down California’s gay marriage ban speaks out.” Howard Mintz will have this article Tuesday in The San Jose Mercury News.

Posted at 11:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“Roberts to mark 10th anniversary of Jackson Center”: The Buffalo News has a report that begins, “Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., a Buffalo native, will travel to Jamestown in May to speak at the Robert H. Jackson Center, which honors another Supreme Court justice with Western New York roots.”

Posted at 11:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“Ronald Dworkin: A Tribute from the Other Side of the Political Spectrum.” Law professor Richard Epstein has this post at Ricochet.

Posted at 9:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“No, Aaron Swartz Was Not Charged With Violating JSTOR’s Terms of Service”: Orin Kerr has this post today at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

And as noted in this news release posted by Harvard Law School, tomorrow at 5 p.m. eastern time “Lawrence Lessig will mark his appointment as Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership at Harvard Law School with a lecture honoring the memory and work of Aaron Swartz, the programmer and activist who took his own life on Jan. 11, 2013 at the age of 26.” When the lecture gets underway tomorrow, a live webcast will be available online via this link.

Posted at 3:35 PM by Howard Bashman



“After 15 years in solitary, convicted terrorist pleads for contact with others; Ramzi Yousef, convicted in the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center, asks a judge to move him into a more open prison environment; Some agree his treatment is unconstitutional”: Richard A. Serrano had this article yesterday in The Los Angeles Times.

Posted at 12:07 PM by Howard Bashman



“Inside The Supreme Court: A look inside the Supreme Court, a storied and influential institution.” Today’s broadcast of “The Kojo Nnamdi Show” from American University Radio will feature Adam Liptak and Joan Biskupic as guests. You can listen live beginning at 12:06 p.m. eastern time today by clicking here to launch the live audio feed.

Posted at 10:20 AM by Howard Bashman



“How Westboro Baptist Church Accidentally Raised $75,000 for LGBT Youth: The hate-spewing church works against itself by inciting college students.” Camille Beredjick has this article online at In These Times.

Posted at 10:14 AM by Howard Bashman



“Hawaii should walk away from Steven Tyler Act”: Online at USA Today, Josh Blackman and Ilya Shapiro have an essay that begins, “In a brazen giveaway to celebrities who like to like to vacation on its pristine beaches, Hawaii is about to bid a sorry aloha to the First Amendment.”

Posted at 8:40 AM by Howard Bashman



“A Critical Look at the ‘Critical Mass’ Argument”: Online at The Chronicle of Higher Education, law professor Dawinder S. Sidhu has an essay that begins, “The Supreme Court’s pending ruling in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin is expected to largely decide how or even whether affirmative action can be used in college admissions.”

Posted at 8:33 AM by Howard Bashman