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Monday, March 19, 2012

“Complications beset ‘posthumous conception’ case”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this news update.

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has a news update headlined “Death benefits for children produced by in vitro fertilization?

Bill Mears of CNN.com reports that “Justices at odds over benefits for child conceived after death of a parent.”

Shannon Bream of FoxNews.com has a report headlined “Old vs. new at the High Court.”

And this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered” contained an audio segment featuring Nina Totenberg entitled “Justices Weigh IVF Technology Against 1939 Law.” Earlier, on today’s broadcast of “Morning Edition,” Totenberg previewed the oral argument in an audio segment entitled “Is A Baby Conceived After Dad’s Death A ‘Survivor’?

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“D.C. Circuit Weighs U.S. Citizen’s Torture Suit Against Rumsfeld”: Mike Scarcella has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

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“How ObamaCare Is Exposing Conservative vs. Libertarian Divisions on the Supreme Court”: Damon W. Root has this essay online at Reason.

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“Prosecutors Gear Up For GPS Drug Case, Sans Tracking Data”: Mike Scarcella has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

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“New Look at an Old Memo Casts More Doubt on Rehnquist”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

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“Louisville parents wants U.S. Supreme Court to hear cap on athlete scholarships”: The Courier-Journal of Louisville, Kentucky has this news update.

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“Court hears Southern Union appeal of $18M fine”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “The Supreme Court has indicated it could throw out an $18 million penalty against a natural gas company convicted of an environmental violation in Rhode Island.”

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“Jailed for life at age 14: US supreme court to consider juvenile sentences; Court to decide constitutionality of cases like Quantel Lotts’s — who as a teenager was handed a life sentence without parole.” The Guardian (UK) has this report.

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“What If The Supreme Court Kills Rent Control? Rent control seems unfair, but ending it could threaten people’s homes–and endanger important zoning regulations.” Adam Cohen has this essay online at Time magazine’s web site.

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“Supreme Court refuses church-state case involving child sex abuse by clergy; US Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up an appeal by a man who says he was abused by a Roman Catholic priest decades ago; He sought to challenge the archdiocese’s assertion that the First Amendment shields it from a lawsuit”: Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has this report.

And Bloomberg News reports that “Sex-Abuse Suit Against Archdiocese Rejected by Top Court.”

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“Ex-Prisoners Say Life Term Is Cruel for Teens, As Case Hits High Court”: Sandra McElwaine has this article online today at The Daily Beast.

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“Laws may end up before top court”: In today’s edition of The San Antonio Express-News, Gary Martin has an article that begins, “The U.S. Supreme Court could have the final say in a flurry of legal filings that challenge voter identification laws in several states, including Texas.”

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