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Saturday, April 25, 2015

“Gay Marriage Case Caps Cincinnati’s Shift From Conservative Past”: Sheryl Gay Stolberg will have this article in Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 11:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“Pa. justices to consider murky case on charities”: Natasha Lindstrom of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has an article that begins, “The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is taking up an unusual case spurred by a lawyer who tried to expose a nonprofit client she believed had illegally steered charitable funds into private pockets.”

I previously noted the Pa. Supreme Court‘s grant of review in this case in a post captioned “Redacted v. Redacted.”

Posted at 11:25 PM by Howard Bashman



“Here’s why this year’s Supreme Court campaign is the most important race you’re not watching”: Columnist John L. Micek of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has this essay online.

Posted at 11:07 PM by Howard Bashman



“Same-sex marriage hinges on U.S. Supreme Court decision”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that “Upcoming same sex marriage case at U.S. Supreme Court could extend rights to gay Ohioans.”

The Tampa Bay Times reports that “Florida still sorting out gay marriage issues as U.S. Supreme Court prepares to hear case.”

And The State of Columbia, South Carolina reports that “SC issues mirrored in same-sex marriage cases before Supreme Court.”

Posted at 10:45 PM by Howard Bashman



“Four lawyers take on history in Supreme Court gay marriage case”: Catherine Ho of The Washington Post has an article that begins, “When the Supreme Court hears arguments Tuesday on same-sex marriage, they will come from four people that many Americans probably have never heard of: attorneys Mary Bonauto, Douglas Hallward-Driemeier, John Bursch and Joseph Whalen.”

And Stephanie Condon of CBSNews.com reports that “Four days early, line forms at Supreme Court for gay marriage case.”

The Twitter feed titled Equality Case Files is providing ongoing coverage of the wait in line for seats to observe next Tuesday’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument.

Posted at 4:53 PM by Howard Bashman



“Republicans debate keeping ObamaCare subsidies until 2017”: The Hill has a report that begins, “Congressional Republicans are locked in a debate about whether to temporarily keep in place the ObamaCare subsidies that are at risk of being struck down at the Supreme Court. More than a half-dozen competing plans have already been put forward in response to the King v. Burwell case, and Republicans are anxious to unify behind one before the ruling comes down in June.”

Posted at 1:57 PM by Howard Bashman



“Senators Introduce Anti-Aaron’s Law To Increase Jail Terms For ‘Unauthorized Access’ To Computers”: Mike Masnick had this post Thursday at TechDirt.

Posted at 1:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“Gay marriage pioneer, free from skeptics, prepares for Supreme Court”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “Same-sex marriage pioneer among lawyers for high court cases.”

NPR has posted online a podcast titled “Pop-Up Podcast: Same-Sex Marriage And The Supreme Court” featuring, among others, Nina Totenberg and Tom Goldstein.

And the ABC News program “This Week” has posted online an item headlined “Same-Sex Marriage Hearings at the Supreme Court: What You Need to Know.”

Posted at 1:38 PM by Howard Bashman



“Federal Appellate Briefs Might Have to Be Shorter”: Saranac Hale Spencer will have this article in Monday’s edition of The Legal Intelligencer. You can freely access the full text of the article via Google.

Posted at 1:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Argument preview: Execution methods: broad or narrow look?” Lyle Denniston of “SCOTUSblog” has this post today.

Posted at 1:23 PM by Howard Bashman