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Monday, April 19, 2010

“Court allows questions about bawdy chocolate gift in death case”: Bill Rankin of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has a news update that begins, “The federal appeals court in Atlanta on Monday directed a federal judge to find out why a juror gave bawdy chocolate ‘gifts’ to a Cobb County judge and a bailiff at the end of a death-penalty case.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit at this link.

Posted at 10:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“Reid Promises Showdown on Judicial Nominees”: David Ingram has this post today at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

Posted at 4:35 PM by Howard Bashman



“A pager as an open book; City of Ontario v. Quon, et al., Argument recap”: Lyle Denniston has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

Posted at 4:31 PM by Howard Bashman



Access online the transcripts of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments: You can access the argument transcript in Christian Legal Soc. Chapter of Univ. of Cal., Hastings College of Law v. Martinez, No. 08-1371, at this link.

And you can access the argument transcript in Ontario v. Quon, No. 08-1332, at this link.

Posted at 4:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Big decision on an uncertain record? Christian Legal Society v. Martinez, Argument recap.” Lyle Denniston has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

Posted at 2:15 PM by Howard Bashman



“Tom Goldstein on Elena Kagan’s Recusal Obligations”: Ed Whelan has this post today at National Review Online’s “Bench Memos” blog.

Posted at 1:18 PM by Howard Bashman



Access online today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: The Court has posted today’s Order List at this link. The Court granted review in four cases and called for the views of the Solicitor General in one case.

The Court’s issuance of a GVR in the case captioned Holster v. Gatco, Inc., No. 08-1307, gave rise to a concurring opinion by Justice Antonin Scalia and a dissenting opinion by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, in which Justice Stephen G. Breyer joined.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Court to hear fired reservist’s appeal“; “High court to look at Costco sale of Swiss watches“; “Court denies Texan’s appeal over DA-judge affair“; and “Court turns away Texas murder appeal.”

Posted at 10:04 AM by Howard Bashman



“DOJ moved porn case from Alabama to D.C.” Josh Gerstein has this post at his “Under the Radar” blog at Politico.com.

Posted at 8:55 AM by Howard Bashman



“Garland’s Openness to ‘Learn My Craft’ May Lead to High Court”: James Rowley and Kristin Jensen of Bloomberg News have this report.

Today in The Chicago Sun-Times, Abdon M. Pallasch has an article headlined “Madigan supremely flattered; Illinois attorney general named as top prospect to fill upcoming high court vacancy.”

And The Wilmington (Del.) News Journal reports that “Next justice needs political savvy, Kaufman says; Experience limited to federal courts leads to skewed decisions, senator says.”

Posted at 7:50 AM by Howard Bashman



“Top court to hear Inland case on government workers’ privacy”: This article appears today in The Press-Enterprise of Riverside, California.

Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal has an article headlined “LoL, BTW … My Boss Is Monitoring Every Text That I Send, 😉

msnbc.com has a report headlined “Sexting case raises workplace privacy issues; Technological advances blur line between work and personal lives.”

On last Thursday’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition,” Nina Totenberg had an audio segment entitled “Should Personal Texts From Work Devices Be Private?

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has this preview of today’s oral argument.

Posted at 7:45 AM by Howard Bashman



“Court to hear arguments on campus Christian group”: Jesse J. Holland of The Associated Press has this report.

The Deseret News reports that “Utahns watch as high court tackles on-campus religion issue.”

On today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition,” Nina Totenberg has an audio segment entitled “Supreme Court To Hear All-Comers Policy Case.”

The New York Times contains an editorial entitled “A Case of Discrimination.”

The Washington Post contains an editorial entitled “Politically correct, legally wrong.”

And The Los Angeles Times contains an editorial entitled “The case of the Christian club: The Supreme Court will decide if the UC Hastings Law School can withhold recognition of a chapter of the Christian Legal Society.”

Posted at 7:38 AM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Justice Scalia visits Law School; Former University Law professor discusses originalist approach to constitutional law”: This article appears today in The Cavalier Daily.

Posted at 7:28 AM by Howard Bashman