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Monday, February 26, 2007

“High Court Could Rescue Disabled Pupils; 9 Take N.Y. Tuition Reimbursement Case”: Joseph Goldstein will have this article Tuesday in The New York Sun.

Posted at 11:35 PM by Howard Bashman



“Appeals court upholds state’s stem cell initiative”: Bob Egelko has a news update that begins, “California’s $3 billion stem cell initiative was upheld today by a state appeals court, a major step toward funding research that the voters approved in 2004. The First District Court of Appeal in San Francisco rejected claims by opponents of embryonic stem cell research that the agency established to distribute the money suffers from built-in conflicts of interest and lacks meaningful control by the state.”

Tuesday’s edition of USA Today will report that “Court upholds Calif. stem cell agency.”

David Kravets of The Associated Press reports that “Appeals court upholds California stem cell agency.”

And Reuters reports that “Court backs $3 billion California stem cell plan.”

You can access today’s ruling of the California Court of Appeal for the First Appellate District, Division Three, at this link.

Posted at 11:25 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justices Enter Church-State Fray; Challenge to President Bush’s faith-based initiative raises standing issues”: Marcia Coyle has this article (free access) in this week’s issue of The National Law Journal.

Posted at 10:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“Underwood/Aguon team hires D.C. attorney Paul Smith to push election petition”: The Pacific Daily News of Guam provides a news update that begins, “Democratic gubernatorial candidate Robert Underwood and running mate Frank Aguon, Jr., this morning announced the name of the attorney and law firm that will be bringing their election petition to the U.S. Supreme Court.”

Posted at 10:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“Detention solution found wanting in Britain; Suggested fix blasted by lawyers who tried to make it work”: The Toronto Globe and Mail today contains an article that begins, “The British fix proposed by the Supreme Court of Canada to deal with rights violations in immigration security detention orders has been branded inadequate and unworkable by British lawyers who tried to make the model work.”

Posted at 7:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“Hatfill Settles Libel Suit”: Josh Gerstein of The New York Sun provides a news update that begins, “A former Army scientist named by investigators as a ‘person of interest’ in the 2001 anthrax attacks, Dr. Steven Hatfill, has settled his $10 million libel suit against Vanity Fair and Reader’s Digest after the two magazines agreed to retract any implication that the bioweapons specialist was behind the deadly anthrax mailings.”

Posted at 7:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court declines polygamy case; The husband of three wives claimed the court’s landmark ruling on gays applies to polygamists”: Warren Richey will have this article Tuesday in The Christian Science Monitor.

Posted at 6:05 PM by Howard Bashman



“Speaker’s Senior Counsel Exudes Experience; Joseph Onek Brings Insider’s Resume to Aide Pelosi in Possible ‘Legal Arms Race'”: Lawrence Hurley has this interesting article today in The Daily Journal of California.

Posted at 5:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“Prison Doc: Terror Suspect OK for Trial.” The Associated Press provides a report that begins, “Alleged al-Qaida operative Jose Padilla has mild anxiety and personality disorders but is mentally able to stand trial, a prison psychologist said Monday in testimony that contradicted two defense experts.”

Posted at 5:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“Court Allows Challenge From Smith’s Mom” The Associated Press provides a report that begins, “A Florida appeals court issued a stay Monday in the dispute over Anna Nicole Smith’s body, ruling that her remains cannot be moved to the Bahamas until the judges hear a challenge from the starlet’s estranged mother.”

Earlier today, The Miami Herald provided a news update headlined “Anna Nicole’s mom files appeal.” The newspaper also posted online this emergency motion, filed in the Florida state appellate court, to stay enforcement of the trial court’s order.

Posted at 4:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Part I of Confirm Them’s three-part Q&A session with Jan Crawford Greenburg”: The blog “Confirm Them” provides this post.

Posted at 4:07 PM by Howard Bashman



Today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument transcripts: The transcript in the first case argued today, EC Term of Years Trust v. United States, No. 05-1541, can be accessed here.

And the transcript in the second case argued today, the high-speed police chase case known as Scott v. Harris, No.05-1631, can be accessed here.

Posted at 3:17 PM by Howard Bashman



Quotes from your internet sex chats in a published federal appellate court’s opinion: If you’re an adult using the internet to “knowingly attempt to persuade, induce, entice or coerce a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity” in violation of federal law, it could happen to you, especially if the minor is in fact a federal law enforcement officer pretending to be a minor. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued this decision today.

Posted at 3:12 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court to Hear Washington’s Appeal of Ninth Circuit Decision Striking Down Its Top Two Primary”: Law Professor Rick Hasen has this post at his “Election Law” blog.

Posted at 11:30 AM by Howard Bashman



Three-judge Sixth Circuit panel rejects “state-created danger” claim alleging that police should have removed a drunk driver from the road at an earler stop, before she later ran a red light, killing someone: You can access today’s ruling at this link. Circuit Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton delivered the opinion of the court.

Posted at 10:58 AM by Howard Bashman



“Affirmative action bans may boost Yale’s diversity”: The Yale Daily News today contains an article that begins, “Yale’s efforts to increase racial and socioeconomic diversity in the student body may get a small boost from an unusual source: voters in California, Michigan and, in 2008, potentially a handful of other states.”

Posted at 10:28 AM by Howard Bashman



“Camp 6 at Guantanamo: Cleared men, harsh facility.” James A. Cohen has this essay in today’s issue of The National Law Journal.

Posted at 10:25 AM by Howard Bashman



“Smith’s Mother Files Appeal to Burial”: The Associated Press provides a report that begins, “Anna Nicole Smith’s estranged mother asked an appeals court Monday to overturn a judge’s decision over who controls where the starlet should be buried. Lawyers for Virgie Arthur want the 4th District Court of Appeal to reconsider Circuit Judge Larry Seidlin’s tearful ruling Thursday that gave the attorney for the centerfold’s infant daughter the right to decide the burial plans.”

Posted at 10:20 AM by Howard Bashman



“Court to rule on primary elections”: At “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post that begins, “The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide whether states may constitutionally open up their primary elections to voters of all parties, voting on a common ballot, if the candidates are identified on the ballot by party.”

You can access today’s Order List at this link.

Posted at 10:05 AM by Howard Bashman