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Saturday, April 5, 2014

“Judge Dismisses Suit Against Administration Officials Over Drone Strikes”: Charlie Savage has this article today in The New York Times.

In today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, Jess Bravin has an article headlined “Judge Rejects Lawsuit Over U.S. Drone Strikes in Yemen; Suit Filed by Relatives of Victims Against U.S. Officials.”

Pete Yost of The Associated Press reports that “Suit over deadly drone strikes is tossed by judge.”

Bloomberg News reports that “Drone Strike Suit Over U.S. Citizen Deaths Dismissed.”

Reuters reports that “Lawsuit over American drone strikes dismissed by U.S. judge.”

And Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has a blog post titled “Judge tosses lawsuit over drone deaths of Americans.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia at this link.

Posted at 10:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“Who is Judge Timothy Black?” In today’s edition of The Cincinnati Enquirer, Kimball Perry has an article that begins, “The judge who indicated Friday he likely will strike down Ohio’s ban on gay marriage has a family with a long legal history in Hamilton County.”

Posted at 1:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“A Stupid Senate Tradition Could Force Obama To Put A Tea Party Judge On The Federal Bench”: Ian Millhiser has this post today at ThinkProgress.

Posted at 12:57 PM by Howard Bashman



“Senate’s findings on CIA interrogations likely to become roadmap for litigation”: Michael Doyle and Marisa Taylor of McClatchy Washington Bureau have this report.

Posted at 9:00 AM by Howard Bashman



“Republicans See Opening to Ask Court to Void More Campaign Limits; Supreme Court’s Conservatives Suggest They Might Strike Down All Curbs on Donations to Candidates”: Brody Mullins, Jess Bravin, and Patrick O’Connor have this article today in The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 8:57 AM by Howard Bashman



“California Supreme Court headed for change; If Gov. Jerry Brown is reelected, he may have several opportunities to change the makeup of the long-GOP-dominated court as aging jurists retire”: Maura Dolan has this front page article today in The Los Angeles Times.

Posted at 8:32 AM by Howard Bashman