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Saturday, May 2, 2015

“Scalia’s quip about gay-marriage protester stirs bias debate”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

You can freely access the full text of the article via Google.

Posted at 9:45 PM by Howard Bashman



“Moms: You can’t do this at the U.S. Supreme Court.” Amber Hunt of The Cincinnati Enquirer has an article that begins, “One of the Cincinnati mothers in the same-sex marriage case was not only denounced by protesters on the steps of the Supreme Court this week, but she also was admonished by security for breastfeeding her baby there.”

Posted at 4:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“Seitz joins Delaware Supreme Court, follows his father”: Jessica Masulli Reyes of The News Journal of Wilmington, Delaware has an article that begins, “Collins J. Seitz Jr. followed in the footsteps of his father Friday when he was sworn in as the newest justice of the Delaware Supreme Court.”

The new Justice’s sister, who is also quite well known, is quoted in the article. After serving a short stint on the Supreme Court of Delaware, some 15 years later their father served as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit from 1966 until his death in 1998.

Posted at 10:28 AM by Howard Bashman



“Philadelphia brothers Dougherty spotlight differences as one vies for Supreme Court”: Adam Brandolph has this article in today’s edition of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

Posted at 10:20 AM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Clerk Remembers First Same-Sex Marriage Case; Michel LaFond, a law clerk to Justice Harry Blackmun, wrote memo dismissing 1972 petition”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

Posted at 10:10 AM by Howard Bashman