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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

“Regulating Supreme Court Justices’ Ethics — ‘Cures Worse Than the Disease?'” The Brookings Institution has posted online this essay by Russell Wheeler.

Posted at 10:25 AM by Howard Bashman



“Attorney General appeals restraining order on labor law; Van Hollen asks appeals court to lift judge’s temporary order”: Today’s edition of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel contains an article that begins, “In a case that appears bound for the state Supreme Court, Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen on Monday asked the state appeals court to lift a Dane County judge’s hold on a law sharply curtailing public union bargaining.”

Posted at 10:22 AM by Howard Bashman



Access online today’s U.S. Supreme Court rulings in argued cases: The Court today issued two rulings in argued cases.

1. Justice Sonia Sotomayor delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in Matrixx Initiatives v. Siracusano, No. 09-1156. You can access the oral argument via this link.

2. And Justice Stephen G. Breyer delivered the opinion of the Court in Kasten v. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corp., No. 09-834. Justice Antonin Scalia issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Clarence Thomas joined except as to a footnote. Justice Elena Kagan did not participate in the decision. You can access the oral argument via this link.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press has reports headlined “Court says lawsuit over Zicam can continue” and “Court says complaints don’t have to be written.”

Posted at 10:03 AM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court debate focuses on rancor among current justices; Collective bargaining battle looms over race for Wisconsin’s high court”: This article appears today in The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Posted at 9:58 AM by Howard Bashman



“9th Circuit rules that fibs can be protected speech; The appeals court strikes down the 2005 Stolen Valor Act that makes it a crime to lie about top military decorations; The action also vacates a Pomona man’s sentence for falsely claiming to have been awarded the congressional Medal of Honor”: Carol J. Williams has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

And The Associated Press has a report headlined “Federal court: Stolen Valor Act unconstitutional.”

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Ninth Circuit order denying rehearing en banc can be accessed here.

Posted at 9:54 AM by Howard Bashman



“Barry Bonds jury seated – openings set for today”: Lance Williams has this article today in The San Francisco Chronicle.

Today in The San Jose Mercury News, Howard Mintz and Bruce Newman have an article headlined “Barry Bonds jury: lukewarm on baseball and BALCO.”

The New York Times contains an article headlined “After Day Of Questions, Bonds Trial Has a Jury.”

And The Associated Press has reports headlined “Opening statements set to begin in Bonds trial” and “Jurors’ privacy, public’s rights to know collide.”

Posted at 9:46 AM by Howard Bashman