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Wednesday, June 12, 2013

“Transfer of Judicial Misconduct Complaint against Circuit Judge Edith H. Jones”: Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. issued this letter today to evidence his transfer of the judicial misconduct complaint to the Judicial Council of the District of Columbia Circuit.

Posted at 11:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“Judge Strikes Law Banning Demonstrations at Supreme Court”: Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal has this report.

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia at this link.

Update: In other coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Judge sides with arrested Supreme Court protester.”

At “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Court plaza ordered open to protests.”

And Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “Judge invalidates protest ban on Supreme Court plaza.”

Posted at 10:25 AM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer on the benefits of educational exchange”: Frances Stead Sellers has this post at “The Reliable Source” blog of The Washington Post.

Posted at 8:25 AM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme court urged to reject challenge to prisoner voting ban; Attorney general asks justices to rule against legal battles by two inmates seeking right to cast ballots in elections”: The Guardian (UK) has this report.

Posted at 8:23 AM by Howard Bashman



“Wide majority opposes race-based college admissions programs, Post-ABC poll finds”: Today’s edition of The Washington Post contains an article that begins, “Americans overwhelmingly oppose race-based college admissions and support extending federal benefits to same-sex couples, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll that finds broad public agreement on issues awaiting Supreme Court decisions this month.”

Posted at 8:16 AM by Howard Bashman