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Saturday, May 14, 2016

“D.C. Circuit Review — Reviewed: The Dissents that Matter Most to Chief Judge Garland.” Aaron Nielson has this post today at the blog of the Yale Journal on Regulation.

Posted at 9:58 PM by Howard Bashman



“Congress ducks open-records law as judges reject plea to see torture report”: Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times has this report.

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. court rejects bid to make full Senate ‘torture report’ public.”

The Associated Press reports that “Appeals court rejects effort to disclose torture report.”

Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post reports that “American Public Is Not Entitled To See Full Senate Torture Report, Court Rules; As a ‘congressional record,’ the document is not subject to freedom-of-information laws.”

Julian Hattem of The Hill reports that “Court rejects effort to release ‘torture report.’

And Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has a blog post titled “Appeals court won’t order release of ‘torture report.’

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.

Posted at 1:16 PM by Howard Bashman



“How Republicans Finally Got a Victory on Obamacare; A federal judge’s ruling against the administration vindicated the GOP’s try-anything strategy to derail the Affordable Care Act”: Russell Berman of The Atlantic has this report.

Peter Sullivan of The Hill has an article headlined “New hope for GOP after early win in ObamaCare lawsuit.”

John Lauerman of Bloomberg News reports that “Hospitals Are Biggest Losers in Latest Legal Attack on Obamacare.”

Online at National Review, law professor Josh Blackman has an essay titled “The House Stands Up to Unconstitutional Obamacare Payments.”

And online at Bloomberg View, Megan McArdle has an essay titled “Oops! Obamacare Runs Afoul of the Constitution.”

Posted at 1:00 PM by Howard Bashman