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Wednesday, March 6, 2013

“On March 4, 2013, Paul D. Clement, former Solicitor General of the United States, presented ‘The Affordable Care Act Case in the Supreme Court: Looking Back, a Year After,’ for Marquette Law School’s Hallows Lecture.” You can view the lecture online, on demand by clicking here (via “WisconsinEye“).

Posted at 6:11 PM by Howard Bashman



“Unleash the Lawyer-Bloggers”: Paul M. Barrett of Bloomberg Businessweek has this essay today about a recent Virginia Supreme Court ruling that I previously reported on at this link.

According to Barrett’s essay, “Rodney Smolla, the attorney representing [the lawyer-blogger involved in the Virginia case], told Bloomberg BNA that he and his client plan to seek U.S. Supreme Court review of the Virginia ruling.”

Posted at 4:26 PM by Howard Bashman



“Ark. House overrides veto of 12-week abortion ban”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “The Arkansas House on Wednesday voted to override Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe’s veto of a bill that would ban most abortions from the 12th week of pregnancy onward, giving the state the country’s most restrictive abortion laws and setting the stage for a certain court challenge.”

And The New York Times has a news update headlined “Arkansas Adopts Strictest Abortion Law in the U.S.

Posted at 3:25 PM by Howard Bashman



“GOP filibuster blocks key Obama judicial nominee”: The Washington Times has this news update.

Politico.com reports that “Senate Republicans maintain filibuster on Caitlin Halligan.”

Roll Call reports that “Senate Republicans Block Obama Court Nominee.”

At “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Todd Ruger has a post titled “GOP Senators Again Block Halligan Nomination to D.C. Circuit.”

And The Hill has a blog post titled “GOP blocks Halligan’s nomination to DC circuit court.”

Posted at 1:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“Eric Holder: Aaron Swartz Case ‘A Good Use Of Prosecutorial Discretion.'” Ryan J. Reilly of The Huffington Post has this report.

And The Hill has a blog post titled “Holder defends prosecution of Web activist Swartz.”

Update: At Ars Technica, Timothy B. Lee has a post titled “US Attorney General: Swartz case a ‘good use of prosecutorial discretion’; Republican senator says government bullied Swartz for ‘rather minor’ crime.”

At Politico.com, Josh Gerstein has a blog post titled “Holder defends alleged hacker’s prosecution.”

And at Wired.com’s “Threat Level” blog, David Kravets has a post titled “Attorney General: Aaron Swartz Case Was a ‘Good Use of Prosecutorial Discretion.’

Posted at 12:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Petition Challenging Injunction Against Display of ‘Gruesome Images’ Where Children Can See Them”: Eugene Volokh has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

Posted at 12:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“Nonprofits told to justify tax exemption”: Bobby Kerlik has this article today in The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. According to the article, “The nonprofits must fill out a three-page application and explain why the property meets a 2012 state Supreme Court decision that qualifies them for tax exemptions as a public charity.”

Posted at 11:20 AM by Howard Bashman



“Eric Holder: Drone Strike To Kill U.S. Citizen On American Soil Legal, Hypothetically.” Ryan J. Reilly of The Huffington Post has this report on a letter that the U.S. Attorney General issued on Monday.

Posted at 9:01 AM by Howard Bashman



“Kan. Supreme Court hears case in death of student who led secret life as Internet pornography model”: The Associated Press has this report.

Posted at 8:50 AM by Howard Bashman



“Academics see limited options for avoiding major blow to Voting Rights Act”: Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal has this report.

Posted at 8:34 AM by Howard Bashman



“9th Circuit rejects free speech argument in drug promotion case”: Terry Baynes of Reuters has a report that begins, “A drug company executive convicted of misrepresenting the results of a clinical drug trial cannot use the First Amendment to overturn his conviction, a federal appeals court ruled in a case with potentially far-reaching implications for the pharmaceutical industry.”

The implications of Monday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit may be limited due to the fact that the decision is identified as non-precedential.

Posted at 8:32 AM by Howard Bashman



“Senate vote will reignite battles over judiciary nominees”: The Washington Times contains this article today.

AL.com reports that “Sen. Jeff Sessions opposes D.C. Circuit Court nominee Caitlin Halligan.”

Politico.com reports that “GOP opposes nominee over guns.”

WSJ.com’s “Washington Wire” blog has a post titled “Senate Poised to Block Obama Court Nominee” that begins, “For the second time in two years, Senate Republicans are poised to block the nomination of a former New York state solicitor general to a federal appeals court.”

Today’s edition of The New York Times contains an editorial titled “Confirm Caitlin Halligan for the Federal Bench.”

And online at The Hill, law professor Carl Tobias has a blog post titled “Senate should move quickly to fill vacancies on D.C. Circuit.”

Posted at 8:04 AM by Howard Bashman