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Saturday, April 18, 2015

“FBI overstated forensic hair matches in nearly all trials before 2000”: Spencer S. Hsu of The Washington Post has this report.

Posted at 11:03 PM by Howard Bashman



“Voting Rights, by the Numbers”: Sunday’s edition of The New York Times will contain an editorial that begins, “When the Supreme Court struck down the heart of the Voting Rights Act in 2013, its main argument was that the law was outdated.”

Posted at 10:58 PM by Howard Bashman



“40 years later, story of a same-sex marriage in Colo. remains remarkable”: Robert Barnes will have this article in Sunday’s edition of The Washington Post.

Posted at 10:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“SJC upholds $63m verdict in Children’s Motrin case”: Jeremy C. Fox and Martin Finucane have this article in today’s edition of The Boston Globe.

Neal Simpson of The Patriot Ledger of Quincy, Massachusetts today has a front page article headlined “Court upholds $63M judgment in allergic reaction case.”

The Boston Herald has an article headlined “Court OKs $63m award in Children’s Motrin case; Rules against Johnson & Johnson.”

NJ.com reports that “Judge upholds $63M ruling against Johnson & Johnson for girl’s rare reaction.”

The Associated Press reports that “Massachusetts highest court upholds $63M judgment against maker of Children’s Motrin.”

And Sindhu Sundar of Law360.com reports that “J&J Can’t Dodge $63M Verdict In Children’s Motrin Case” (subscription required for full access).

You can access yesterday’s unanimous ruling of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts at this link.

Posted at 10:09 PM by Howard Bashman



“Amicus: The Politics of Law — In anticipation of big decisions on marriage equality and Obamacare, many are talking about the balance of political power on the Supreme Court; Is that fair?” Slate today has posted online the new installment of its “Amicus” podcast featuring Dahlia Lithwick, with guests Eric Segall and Adam Liptak.

Segall discusses his recent essay at The Daily Beast titled “The Supreme Rivalry That Runs America: The power struggle between Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Anthony Kennedy might have more say in this summer’s same-sex marriage vote than you think.”

Posted at 9:25 PM by Howard Bashman



“Obamacare repeal falls off Republicans’ to-do list as law takes hold”: Noam N. Levey of The Los Angeles Times has this report today.

Posted at 10:18 AM by Howard Bashman



“Response to media coverage of Lord Neuberger’s lecture ‘Fairness in the courts'”: Today, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom issued a news release that begins, “A Supreme Court spokesman said: ‘Following various media reports based on a lecture he gave last week, Lord Neuberger would like to emphasise that he did not say that Muslim women should be allowed to wear a full-face veil while giving evidence in court.'”

The news release concludes by stating that “The Supreme Court has written to the editors of the national newspapers which carried inaccurate stories with a letter for publication” and by providing a link to the text of Lord Neuberger’s prepared remarks.

My earlier coverage of this matter appeared in this post from yesterday.

Posted at 10:15 AM by Howard Bashman



“Preview on same-sex marriage — Part IV, Supporting the state bans”: Lyle Denniston has this post — the fourth in a four-part series — today at “SCOTUSblog.”

Posted at 10:06 AM by Howard Bashman