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Wednesday, February 24, 2016

“New court ruling allows Louisiana to begin enforcing controversial abortion law some say will cripple clinics”: Joe Gyan Jr. of The Advocate of Baton Rouge, Louisiana has this report.

Reuters reports that “U.S. court allows Louisiana abortion restrictions to go into effect.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Appellate court rules against abortion clinics in Louisiana.”

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

Posted at 9:57 PM by Howard Bashman



“Obama Makes His Supreme Court Pitch Like Only A Legal Nerd Would: Can’t get any geekier than a post on SCOTUSblog.” Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post has this report.

Posted at 9:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Constitution Check: Could the Supreme Court end Senate gridlock on the vacant seat?” Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

Posted at 9:15 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justice Scalia spent his last hours with members of this secretive society of elite hunters”: Amy Brittain and Sari Horwitz of The Washington Post have this report.

Posted at 9:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“Castille erred in reviewing capital case”: Gil Garcetti has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Posted at 8:57 PM by Howard Bashman



“Republican governor of Nevada Brian Sandoval being considered for Supreme Court”: Mike DeBonis and Juliet Eilperin of The Washington Post have this report.

Posted at 1:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Obama Lists What He’s Looking for in a Supreme Court Nominee”: Julie Hirschfeld Davis of The New York Times has this report.

Dave Boyer of The Washington Times reports that “Obama outlines qualities of Supreme Court nominee, urges Senate to act.”

At WSJ.com’s “Law Blog,” Brent Kendall has a post titled “Obama Makes Surprise, ‘Spoiler-Free’ Appearance on SCOTUSblog.”

Reuters reports that “Obama to proceed with court nominee despite Republican defiance.”

Nick Gass of Politico.com reports that “Obama lists qualities of next Supreme Court justice.”

And Kevin Liptak of CNN.com has a report headlined “Obama: ‘It will be difficult’ for McConnell to explain decision to block Supreme Court nominee.”

Posted at 1:23 PM by Howard Bashman