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Thursday, June 9, 2016

“The Murder Of Dan Markel: Wendi Adelson Speaks (Part 3).” David Lat has this post this evening at “Above the Law.”

Posted at 8:37 PM by Howard Bashman



“1st Circuit to decide who owns copyrights on Ripoff Report reviews”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post today.

Posted at 4:58 PM by Howard Bashman



“Why should we care about speech restrictions at private universities?” Sasha Volokh has this post today at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

Posted at 3:29 PM by Howard Bashman



“N.J. Supreme Court hands Christie big win on pensions”: Samantha Marcus of NJ.com has this report.

Salvador Rizzo of The Record of Hackensack, New Jersey reports that “NJ Supreme Court hands Christie win in pension suit.”

Andrew Seidman of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that “N.J. high court sides with Christie on pension suit.”

The Associated Press reports that “New Jersey’s top court hands Christie win in pension suit.”

And at his “New Jersey Appellate Law” blog, Bruce D. Greenberg has a post titled “Public Employees Lose Again, as Supreme Court Upholds Suspension of Pension Cost of Living Adjustments.”

You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of New Jersey at this link.

Posted at 1:45 PM by Howard Bashman



“American Samoans seek full citizenship in Supreme Court appeal”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

Posted at 1:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“California voters to have a say, sort of, over Citizens United”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has an article that begins, “Gov. Jerry Brown cleared the way Wednesday for Californians to vote in November on whether to urge their congressional representatives to approve a constitutional amendment repealing the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, which allowed corporations to spend unlimited amounts on political campaigns.”

Posted at 1:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“California’s Strict Concealed-Gun Rules Restored by Court”: Bloomberg News has this report.

Maura Dolan and Brittny Mejia of The Los Angeles Times report that “Californians don’t have automatic right to carry concealed weapons in public, appeals court says.”

Courthouse News Service reports that “En Banc 9th Circuit Upholds Tough California Gun Laws.”

And at her “Trial Insider” blog, Pamela A. MacLean has a post titled “Court: No Right to Carry Concealed Weapons in Public.”

You can access today’s 7-to-4 en banc ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

Posted at 1:23 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court says judges must step aside from cases they once prosecuted”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

Jeremy Roebuck of The Philadelphia Inquirer has an article headlined “U.S. Supreme Court: Castille should have recused himself from Pa. death row case.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “Top court says judge should have stepped aside in death penalty case.”

And Max Mitchell of The Legal Intelligencer has an article headlined “Castille: Supreme Court’s Recusal Ruling ‘Short-Sighted.’

Posted at 1:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“A look at the abortion case before the Supreme Court, by the numbers”: Molly Hennessy-Fiske of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

Posted at 1:05 PM by Howard Bashman



“Appeals court suspends ruling that cast doubt on D.C. gun control law”: Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has an article that begins, “A federal appeals court has temporarily suspended an earlier ruling that cast doubt on the constitutionality of a key provision of the District’s gun control law.”

You can view yesterday’s unanimous order of a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.

Posted at 1:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“Donald Trump, Professor Tushnet and the Incredible Disappearing Rule of Law”: Evan Bernick has this blog entry online today at The Huffington Post.

Posted at 10:52 AM by Howard Bashman



“Sacramento legal giant Quin Denvir dead at 76”: The Sacramento Bee recently published this obituary, written by Marjie Lundstrom and Sam Stanton.

The obituary begins, “Quin Denvir, the longtime federal defender in Sacramento who campaigned against the death penalty and orchestrated a deal that kept Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski off death row, died Friday in Sacramento. He was 76.”

Posted at 10:35 AM by Howard Bashman



“Conservatives Say They Want Another Antonin Scalia; They Really Want Another Sam Alito”: Stephanie Mencimer has this article in the May/June 2016 issue of Mother Jones magazine.

Posted at 10:20 AM by Howard Bashman



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

1. Justice Elena Kagan delivered the opinion of the Court in Puerto Rico v. Sanchez Valle, No. 15-108. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg issued a concurring opinion, in which Justice Clarence Thomas joined. Justice Thomas issued an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment. And Justice Stephen G. Breyer issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Sonia Sotomayor joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.

2. Justice Sonia Sotomayor delivered the opinion of the Court in Dietz v. Bouldin, No. 15-458. Justice Thomas issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Anthony M. Kennedy joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.

3. And Justice Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court in Williams v. Pennsylvania, No. 15-5040. Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. joined. And Justice Thomas issued a dissenting opinion. You can access the oral argument via this link.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Justices find judicial bias in Pennsylvania death-row case“; “Supreme Court says judges can recall discharged juries“; and “Justices rule against Puerto Rico in fight over criminal law.”

Posted at 10:02 AM by Howard Bashman



“The Investigation and your right to know”: The Tallahassee Democrat has an editorial that begins, “There may be a time and place to comment on the horrors of the Dan Markel murder case. At some point, there will be shame to cast on those convicted. And there will be plaudits to grant to those who solved this heinous crime. But not now, not yet, while the investigation is ongoing.”

Posted at 9:57 AM by Howard Bashman



“The Senate’s Confirmation Shutdown”: Today’s edition of The New York Times contains an editorial that begins, “Remember Merrick Garland, the veteran federal judge President Obama nominated in mid-March to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia?”

And in related news coverage, Marc Caputo and Seung Min Kim of Politico.com today have an article headlined “Rubio breaks silence on female judge; The GOP senator says Mary Barzee Flores, who’s awaiting confirmation to a federal judgeship, was less than forthcoming.”

Posted at 9:48 AM by Howard Bashman