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Sunday, May 8, 2016

“GOP rallies around court blockade: Republicans are crushing the Democrats in the spending battle over Garland — and it’s only going to get more expensive.” Burgess Everett of Politico.com has this report today.

Posted at 11:12 PM by Howard Bashman



“Chief justice’s suspension adds to Alabama’s political mess”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Alabama politics are at a low point even by Alabama standards: In a state that trails the nation in many areas, three top elected officials are embroiled in scandal or facing removal from office while a former governor serves time in federal prison on a corruption conviction.”

Posted at 4:06 PM by Howard Bashman



“ACLU wins access to 12,000 internal prison documents on California’s plans for lethal injection”: Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

Posted at 2:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“Music on cellphone isn’t evidence of gang ties, state Supreme Court says”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Washington’s Supreme Court has thrown out the convictions of three men in what police called a gang-related shooting, finding among other things that music on one defendant’s phone was not evidence of gang ties.”

You can access Thursday’s unanimous ruling of the Supreme Court of Washington State at this link.

Posted at 2:18 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court’s Next Big Fight Over Money in Politics: Will the justices gut the rest of McCain-Feingold — and make it easier for wealthy donors to influence elections?” Law professor Richard L. Hasen — author of the “Election Law Blog” — has this essay online at The Atlantic.

Posted at 1:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“‘The mighty five’: Wisconsin tops nation in percentage of female Supreme Court justices.” Molly Beck has this front page article in today’s edition of The Wisconsin State Journal.

Posted at 1:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“Should Prostitution Be a Crime? A growing movement of sex workers and activists is making the decriminalization of sex work a feminist issue.” Emily Bazelon has this cover story in today’s edition of The New York Times Magazine.

Posted at 1:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“There’s No Separating the Death Penalty and Race: The only way to get rid of racial bias in death penalty cases is to get rid of the death penalty.” Robert J. Smith has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

Posted at 10:55 AM by Howard Bashman



“Striking Out: The Merrick Garland nomination is going nowhere.” Terry Eastland has this essay in the May 16, 2016 issue of The Weekly Standard.

Posted at 10:12 AM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court, wary of major new cases, to rule on cheerleaders’ outfits and adult diapers”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

Posted at 10:08 AM by Howard Bashman