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Sunday, March 27, 2011

“Supreme Court to Weigh Sociology Issue in Wal-Mart Discrimination Case”: Adam Liptak will have this article Monday in The New York Times.

In Monday’s edition of USA Today, Joan Biskupic will have an article headlined “Women take case against Wal-Mart to highest court.”

And Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Wal-Mart Faces the Big Box of Bias Suits; The Supreme Court will soon decide the fate of a million-worker class action against the retailer.”

Posted at 10:05 PM by Howard Bashman



“Is lying protected speech? Military-medal case on track for Supreme Court.” Robert Barnes will have this article in Monday’s edition of The Washington Post.

Posted at 7:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court to decide Arizona’s unique campaign financing law; Arizona seeks to level the political playing field by helping finance some political candidates in a match of funds raised privately by opposing candidates; Does that chill free speech?” Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has this report.

Posted at 4:10 PM by Howard Bashman



“Letters: Courthouse gunman angry at justice system.” Greg Bluestein of The Associated Press has an article that begins, “The Atlanta courthouse gunman said in letters that he escaped from guards and then killed four people in a shooting rampage to fight back against what he believed was a racist justice system, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.”

Posted at 3:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“Judge M. Blane Michael of 4th U.S. Circuit dies at 68”: This obituary appears today in The Richmond Times-Dispatch.

Yesterday’s edition of The Saturday Gazette-Mail of Charleston, West Virginia contained an article headlined “Late Judge Michael’s ‘compass set hard for justice,’ Jay says.”

And The Associated Press reports that “4th Circuit Judge M. Blane Michael, former special counsel to then-Gov. Rockefeller, dies.”

Fourth Circuit Judge M. Blane Michael’s official Federal Judicial Center biography can be accessed here.

Posted at 12:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“Gay marriage no longer such a divisive political issue”: Today’s edition of The Boston Globe contains an article that begins, “Once guaranteed to whip up voter opposition, same-sex marriage is losing much of its bite as a political wedge issue, undercut by greater concerns about the economy and growing support for gay marriage among voters.”

Posted at 10:44 AM by Howard Bashman



“La Follette says union law not in effect, Walker official disagrees”: This article appears today in The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Posted at 10:36 AM by Howard Bashman



“Judge in Ghilarducci case makes impression on Humboldt County dairymen”: Today’s edition of The Times-Standard of Eureka, California contains an article that begins, “U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer is the brother of a U.S. Supreme Court justice, is known for his bow ties and is fond of quoting Shakespeare. He also holds the fate of former Humboldt Creamery CEO Rich Ghilarducci squarely in his hands.”

Posted at 10:22 AM by Howard Bashman



“Abercrombie bucks trend on judgeships; Openness elsewhere contrasts with his silence on candidates”: Ken Kobayashi has this article today in The Honolulu Star-Advertiser.

Posted at 10:20 AM by Howard Bashman



“Pennsylvania judges court sunny locales”: Today’s edition of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review contains an article that begins, “State judges spent thousands in public money to attend law conferences in Honolulu, the Virgin Islands, Cancun, Puerto Rico and the Bahamas over the past five years, court system records show.”

Posted at 10:17 AM by Howard Bashman



“Arizona election law heads to Supreme Court; The state’s Citizens Clean Elections Act, which provides candidates with public campaign funds as long as they don’t accept private donations, is being challenged; Legal experts say its chances of survival aren’t good”: David G. Savage and Nicholas Riccardi have this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

And today in The Arizona Daily Sun, Howard Fischer reports that “High court takes on Clean Elections.”

Posted at 10:14 AM by Howard Bashman