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Wednesday, April 16, 2014

“Supreme Court case could test future of broadcast TV”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

In the April 15, 2014 issue of Variety, Ted Johnson has a news analysis headlined “Supreme Court Ruling on Aereo Will Be Significant, No Matter Who Wins.”

Jordan Crook of TechCrunch reports that “Aereo Shows Off Their Rooftop Antenna Farm Ahead Of Supreme Court Ruling.”

Lawrence Hurley and David Ingram of Reuters report that “U.S. Supreme Court’s Alito ends recusal in Aereo TV case.”

At the “Hollywood, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter, Jonathan Handel has a post titled “Justice Alito Rejoins Aereo Supreme Court Case; All nine Supreme Court Justices will hear oral argument Tuesday in the closely-watched case.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Alito rejoins the Court in two cases.”

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“How the President Got to ‘I Do’ on Same-Sex Marriage”: Jo Becker will have this article in this upcoming Sunday’s edition of The New York Times Magazine.

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“Abortion Endures as a Political Tripwire”: Online today at The New York Times, Thomas B. Edsall has an essay that begins, “Why is there such a difference in the durability of two foundational issues of American conservatism: gay marriage and abortion?”

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“Weev Talks About Life In Prison And His Plans To Open A Hedge Fund, TRO LLC”: John Biggs has this interview online at TechCrunch.

According to Auernheimer, “I have instructed my counsel not to file a motion for dismissal by cause of double jeopardy if the government brings this case in another jurisdiction. I will gladly litigate this matter again to attack the CFAA a second time, even if the result is another round of imprisonment.”

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“Justice Alito Re-Enters Two Key Business Cases”: Tony Mauro has this post today at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

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“US judge overturns 6-week abortion ban”: The Associated Press has this report.

And the Center for Reproductive Rights, which brought the challenge, issued a news release titled “Federal Court Permanently Blocks Most Extreme Abortion Ban in the Country; Judge calls North Dakota’s ban on abortion at six weeks ‘a blatant violation of the constitutional guarantees afforded to all women.’

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota at this link.

Update: In other coverage, Bloomberg News reports that “North Dakota ‘Fetal Heartbeat’ Abortion Ban Ruled Illegal.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Judge nullifies strictest anti-abortion law.”

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“Court Deportations Drop 43 Percent in Last Five Years”: This article will appear in Thursday’s edition of The New York Times.

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“Professor tries for double play in toxic tort case before Supreme Court”: Jeremy P. Jacobs of Greenwire has this report today.

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“Scalia to Student: If Taxes Get Too High ‘Perhaps You Should Revolt.'” Jacob Gershman has this post today at WSJ.com’s “Law Blog.”

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“Diller Goes Big in High Court Gamble on Aereo’s Future”: Greg Stohr and Alex Barinka of Bloomberg News have this report today.

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Programming note: This morning, I am meeting with trial counsel in an appeal on which I am working. Additional posts will appear here this afternoon.

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“The Tragicomedy of the 9/11 Trial: A report from Guantanamo Bay.” Dave Cullen has this essay online at The New Republic.

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“Supreme Court to consider challenge to law barring campaign falsehoods; The Supreme Court will hear a free-speech challenge to an Ohio state law that prohibits publishing false statements about political candidates”: David G. Savage has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

And The Associated Press reports that “Court to weigh challenge to ban on campaign lies.”

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