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Friday, June 10, 2016

“The First Amendment Gone Wild”: Online at Bloomberg View, law professor Noah Feldman has an essay that begins, “In a decision that begs to be characterized as ‘First Amendment gone wild,’ an appeals court has all but struck down a 1988 law that requires pornographers to maintain records showing that actors aren’t underage.”

Posted at 10:37 PM by Howard Bashman



“Constitution Check: Is the transgender rights case a big test for the bureaucracy?” Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

Posted at 10:33 PM by Howard Bashman



“Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Duel Over High Court and Abortion; Democratic and Republican presidential candidates give voters starkly different choices in speeches to core constituencies”: Janet Hook, Laura Meckler, and Beth Reinhard of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

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

Posted at 9:46 PM by Howard Bashman



“Cuomo v. Citizens United”: Today’s edition of The New York Times contains an editorial that begins, “The Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Citizens United, which opened the floodgates to the buying and selling of elections, is a ruling Democrats love to deplore but nobody ever seems able to do anything about.”

Posted at 8:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“Gawker, Filing for Bankruptcy After Hulk Hogan Suit, Is for Sale”: Sydney Ember of The New York Times has an article that begins, “Gawker Media, under pressure from a $140 million legal judgment and facing a determined foe in the Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and is putting itself up for sale.”

Posted at 8:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“Boyce F. Martin Jr., Liberal U.S. Judge in Seminal Cases, Dies at 80”: This obituary, written by Sam Roberts, appears in today’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 4:12 PM by Howard Bashman



“Term went from ‘sleepy’ to stunning”: Robin Bravender of Greenwire today has an article that begins, “A Supreme Court term that started off as lackluster for environmental law enthusiasts has turned out to be one for the history books.”

Posted at 4:08 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Ruling Counters Pennsylvania Judge on Recusal”: Adam Liptak has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court rules for Pa. death row inmate in judge-recusal case.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today has an article headlined “Supreme Court: Judge can’t rule on a case he helped prosecute.”

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Throws Out Death Sentence Over Judge Who Had Prosecuted Case; By 5-3 vote, justices say risk of bias violated defendant’s constitutional rights.” You can freely access the full text of the article via Google.

Jan Murphy of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania reports that “Death row inmate Terrence Williams gets another chance to spare his life.”

Ariane de Vogue of CNN.com has a report headlined “Supreme Court: Judge should recuse himself in death penalty case.”

Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News reports that “Supreme Court Orders Recusal Of Judges With ‘Significant’ Involvement In Cases As Prosecutors.”

Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post reports that “Supreme Court Says Judge Should Never Have Ruled In Death Row Case He Once Prosecuted.”

Alan Yuhas of The Guardian (UK) reports that “Supreme court rules in favor of death row inmate in judge’s recusal case; Justices voted 5-3 that former Pennsylvania judge Ronald Castille was biased because he approved the inmate’s prosecution almost 30 years ago.”

On yesterday evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Nina Totenberg had an audio segment titled “Supreme Court Overturns Death Sentence In Judge Recusal Case.”

In commentary, online at Bloomberg View, law professor Noah Feldman has an essay titled “Here’s How Far Some Justices Go to Defend the Death Penalty.”

Columnist John L. Micek of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has an essay titled “The U.S. Supreme Court made the right call in Pa. death row case.”

Online at Slate, Dahlia Lithwick has a jurisprudence essay titled “Real Bias: Lessons for Donald Trump from the Supreme Court’s latest judicial recusal ruling.”

At the “Taking Note” blog of The New York Times, Jesse Wegman has a post titled “Paging Donald Trump: This Is What Judicial Bias Looks Like.”

And Ian Millhiser of ThinkProgress has a post titled “This Is What A Real Case Of Judicial Bias Looks Like.”

Posted at 1:37 PM by Howard Bashman



“2nd Amendment Does Not Guarantee Right to Carry Concealed Guns, Court Rules”: Adam Nagourney and Erik Eckholm have this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

In today’s edition of The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko has a front page article headlined “No constitutional right to carry guns in public, court rules.”

In today’s edition of The San Diego Union-Tribune, Kristina Davis and Dana Littlefield have a front page article headlined “Court finds no automatic right to concealed weapons; Federal appeals court says California counties may require specific reasons for gun carry permits.”

In today’s edition of The Sacramento Bee, Sam Stanton and Denny Walsh have a front page article headlined “Appeals court upholds Yolo restriction on concealed weapon permits.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Ruling on concealed weapons keeps applications on hold.”

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s en banc Ninth Circuit ruling can be accessed here.

Posted at 8:06 AM by Howard Bashman