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Wednesday, April 23, 2014

“Executive Power on Steroids: In four recent Supreme Court cases, the Obama administration takes a crabbed view of individual rights.” William K. Suter has this essay online at the Defining Ideas site of the Hoover Institution.

Posted at 11:17 PM by Howard Bashman



“Shorter Supreme Court in Child Pornography Case: Congress, Please Override Us.” Rick Hasen has this post at his “Election Law Blog.”

At the blog “Hamilton and Griffin on Rights,” Marci A. Hamilton has a post titled “The Perils of Paroline v. United States and What Congress Must Do Next.”

And this evening at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Paul Cassell has a post titled “The Supreme Court promises child pornography victims full restitution ‘someday.’ How long is that?

Posted at 9:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“Prior to fatal courtroom shooting, Utah defendant promised to behave; Witness was testifying about recruiting young gang members when he was attacked by defendant”: Jessica Miller of The Salt Lake Tribune has this report.

Posted at 8:53 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court hears dispute over CTS case”: The Asheville (N.C.) Citizen-Times has this news update.

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Victims of toxic water meet skepticism at Supreme Court.”

And Jeremy P. Jacobs of Greenwire has an article headlined “Arcane arguments, big stakes as Supreme Court hears N.C. cleanup case.”

You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in CTS Corp. v. Waldburger, No. 13-339.

Posted at 3:56 PM by Howard Bashman



“Sotomayor’s Affirmative Action Dissent Was ‘Courageous,’ Holder Says”: Todd Ruger has this post today at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

Posted at 2:08 PM by Howard Bashman



“This Infamous Hacker Went to Prison for Trolling AT&T. Now He Wants to Troll Wall Street.” Emmett Rensin has this essay online at The New Republic.

Posted at 1:10 PM by Howard Bashman



“The crime victim’s reaction to today’s Supreme Court decision”: Paul Cassell has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

Posted at 11:42 AM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court rules that pornographers should pay”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has a news update that begins, “The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that people who peddle in child pornography must help pay for their victims’ pain and suffering — within reason.”

Adam Liptak of The New York Times has a news update headlined “Justices Void $3.4 Million Award to Child Pornography Victim.”

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has a news update headlined “Supreme Court limits damages to victims of child porn, throws out $3.4 million award.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has a news update headlined “Supreme Court sets aside $3.4-million verdict for child-porn victim.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “Supreme Court limits restitution in child pornography case.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Pornography Victims Get Partial Compensation, Court Says.”

Bill Mears of CNN.com reports that “Justices allow limited restitution for child porn victims.”

At “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Tony Mauro has a post titled “Justices Limit Restitution For Child Pornography Victims.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Opinion analysis: Dividing the duty to pay for child porn.”

Posted at 11:29 AM by Howard Bashman



Access online today’s rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court in argued cases: The Court today issued rulings in two argued cases.

1. Justice Anthony M. Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court in Paroline v. United States, No. 12-8561. Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas joined. And Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a dissenting opinion. You can access the oral argument via this link.

2. And Justice Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court in White v. Woodall, No. 12-794. Justice Stephen G. Breyer issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sotomayor joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.

In early news coverage, Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “High court tosses $3.4M award to child porn victim.” The AP also reports that “Court won’t overturn death sentence for Ky. man.”

Posted at 10:06 AM by Howard Bashman



“Presence of THC metabolite in blood does not prove impaired driving, Arizona Supreme Court finds”: In today’s edition of The Arizona Daily Star, Howard Fischer has a front page article that begins, “Arizonans who smoke marijuana can’t be charged with driving while impaired absent actual evidence they are affected by the drug, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.”

And today’s edition of The Arizona Republic contains an article headlined “Arizona high court: Pot metabolite doesn’t prove DUI.” In addition, columnist EJ Montini has an essay titled “In Arizona we can finally get high … on justice.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Arizona court rules on DUI law for marijuana users.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Arizona at this link.

Posted at 8:55 AM by Howard Bashman