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Thursday, April 9, 2015

“50 years of privacy since Griswold: Gertner, Suk and Tribe discuss landmark case.” Harvard Law Today posted this article online last week.

Posted at 10:08 PM by Howard Bashman



“5 running for Pa.’s top court agree: Judicial races cost too much.” This article appears in today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Posted at 9:10 PM by Howard Bashman



“Roberts at 10: John Roberts and LGBT Rights — The Jury is Still Out.” Today, the Constitutional Accountability Center posted online this report written by Judith E. Schaeffer.

Posted at 8:53 PM by Howard Bashman



“11th Circuit to hear class cert challenge from moldy washer defendant”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report today.

Posted at 5:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“Spring 2015 Friends Lecture Luncheon — An Afternoon with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor”: The New York Public Library hosted this event today, and you can view the video of the event via this link.

Posted at 5:10 PM by Howard Bashman



“South Carolina to SCOTUS: We Can Discriminate Against Women, So Why Not Gays?” Mark Joseph Stern has this essay online at Slate.

Posted at 1:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“Marriage Rights Won’t Save Gays From Being Fired in Most States; As the Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments on same-sex marriage, a cloud hovers in more than half the states”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

Posted at 1:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“Constitution Check: Did the Supreme Court give corporations a religious soul?” Lyle Denniston had this post Tuesday at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

Posted at 9:58 AM by Howard Bashman



“Wal-Mart’s right to sell guns at risk in lawsuit; Church that owns 3,500 shares objected”: Kellan Howell of The Washington Times recently had this preview of an appeal argued yesterday before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

And in coverage of yesterday’s oral argument, Saranac Hale Spencer of The Legal Intelligencer reports that “Quick Turnaround Expected for Third Circuit Wal-Mart Gun Case.” You can freely access the full text of the article via Google.

The Third Circuit has posted online at this link (28 MB mp3 audio file) the audio of yesterday’s oral argument. Theodore J. Boutrous Jr. argued the appeal for Wal-Mart.

Posted at 9:52 AM by Howard Bashman



“The Man Who Will Argue For Marriage Recognition At The Supreme Court: Doug Hallward-Driemeier is one of two lawyers representing same-sex couples at the Supreme Court later this month.” Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News has this report.

Posted at 8:15 AM by Howard Bashman



“Rules Committee to Recommend Putting Maryland Unreported Opinions Online, But Expanding Restrictions on Use of Other Unreported Decisions”: Michael Wein has this post at the “Maryland Appellate Blog.”

Posted at 8:14 AM by Howard Bashman