“Appeals court: Yoga doesn’t bend rules on religious freedom.” The Associated Press has this report.
My earlier coverage of today’s California Court of Appeal ruling appears at this link.
Posted at 5:40 PM by Howard Bashman
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Friday, April 3, 2015
“Appeals court: Yoga doesn’t bend rules on religious freedom.” The Associated Press has this report. My earlier coverage of today’s California Court of Appeal ruling appears at this link. Posted at 5:40 PM by Howard Bashman“U.S. prosecutors lose bid to reverse major insider trading ruling”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report. Posted at 4:50 PM by Howard Bashman“Law school hears Gitmo journalist”: The Daily Lobo, the student newspaper of the University of New Mexico, has this report on yesterday’s John Field Simms Sr. Memorial Lectureship in Law, at which Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal was the lecturer. Posted at 4:45 PM by Howard Bashman“What does it mean when a justice concurs ‘in result only’?” Ryan Koopmans has this interesting post today at “On Brief: Iowa’s Appellate Blog.” Posted at 4:40 PM by Howard Bashman“Clement and Legal Team See Award Slashed in Gun Case”: Christine Simmons will have this report in next Monday’s edition of the New York Law Journal. (Note: The article’s headline would probably be more accurate if it used the term “requested fees” instead of “award.”) You can access last month’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York at this link. Posted at 4:30 PM by Howard Bashman“Argument line-up set for same-sex marriage”: Lyle Denniston has this post today at “SCOTUSblog.” Posted at 3:44 PM by Howard Bashman“Federal appeals court upholds 2 Somali pirates’ convictions”: The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued today. Posted at 3:42 PM by Howard BashmanCalifornia Court of Appeal rejects establishment clause challenge to including yoga in a public school’s phys ed regimen: You can access today’s 37-page ruling of California’s Court of Appeal for the Fourth Appellate District, Division One, at this link (via “Southern California Appellate News“). In earlier coverage of the case, The Coast News of Encinitas, California published articles headlined “Arguments to be heard in yoga case” and “Skeptical appeals court hears yoga arguments.” And columnist Logan Jenkins of The San Diego Union-Tribune had an essay titled “Fighting yoga on a wing and a prayer.” Posted at 2:45 PM by Howard BashmanEn banc Ninth Circuit unanimously upholds constitutionality of California law requiring sponsor of ballot initiative to be identified on signature-gathering petitions: Circuit Judge Stephen Reinhardt wrote today’s ruling on behalf of the eleven-judge en banc panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. My earlier coverage of the original three-judge panel’s ruling, in which each judge wrote separately, can be accessed here. Posted at 1:42 PM by Howard Bashman“Foley Client: My Bad on The Brief! Inventor says he’ll leave lawyering to lawyers.” Tony Mauro will have this article in Monday’s edition of The National Law Journal. Posted at 1:14 PM by Howard Bashman“Reward reaches $50,000 for information in Detroit shooting of federal judge”: MLive.com has this report. And The Associated Press reports that “Wounded federal judge to participate in peace walk.” Posted at 11:40 AM by Howard Bashman“Protesters release video of Supreme Court outburst”: The Hill has this report. Posted at 11:36 AM by Howard Bashman“Split Decision Bloodies State Supreme Court”: Kevin Rennie has this essay online at The Hartford Courant. In earlier news coverage, Wednesday’s edition of The Courant contained articles headlined “Supreme Court Orders New Trial For Richard Lapointe“; “Lapointe Dissent: Decision ‘Reflects Complete Misunderstanding’ Of Court’s Role“; and “Friends Celebrate Lapointe Ruling, Say State Should Drop All Charges.” Tuesday’s 4-to-2 ruling of the Supreme Court of Connecticut consisted of a majority opinion, a concurring opinion, and two dissenting opinions (here and here). Posted at 9:16 AM by Howard Bashman“Ex-State Supreme Court Justice: Judicial Elections Are Like ‘Legalized Extortion’; A former judge vents at the corruption that’s crept into America’s courtrooms.” AJ Vicens has this report online at Mother Jones. Posted at 9:04 AM by Howard Bashman“Local attorney to argue against gay marriage bans before Supreme Court”: Lisa Keen of The Boston Globe has this report. Posted at 8:57 AM by Howard Bashman“Texas judge fit for future Supreme Court spot”: Rick Casey has this essay online at The Houston Chronicle about former Supreme Court of Texas Chief Justice Wallace B. Jefferson. Posted at 8:54 AM by Howard Bashman“Appeals court gives counties more power to remove kids from homes”: The Los Angeles Times has this report. And The Associated Press reports that “California courts butt heads over out-of-control kids.” And at his “California Appellate Report” blog, Shaun Martin has this post. You can access yesterday’s ruling of California’s Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District at this link. Posted at 8:50 AM by Howard Bashman |
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