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Thursday, June 21, 2012

“DOMA appeal due this month”: At “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post that begins, “The House GOP leaders have told a federal court in Connecticut that they plan to go to the Supreme Court by the end of this month with a plea to rule on the constitutionality of the 1996 federal law that bans federal marriage benefits for same-sex couples who are legally married — a ban that those lawmakers support.”

Posted at 5:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Refuses to Say S*** About Legality of Cursing On TV”: David Kravets has this post at Wired.com’s “Threat Level” blog.

Posted at 1:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Rejects F.C.C. Fines for Indecency”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this news update.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has a news update headlined “Supreme Court overturns FCC sanctions on networks, sidesteps larger issue.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has a news update headlined “Supreme Court opts for narrow ruling on TV decency, rejects fines.”

And James Vicini of Reuters reports that “Court rules against FCC in TV profanity, nudity cases.”

Posted at 1:06 PM by Howard Bashman



“SCOTUS Reporters Make Their Decision-Day Strategies, Entertain Speculation on Case Outcomes”: Mark Walsh has this post at ABA Journal’s “Law News Now” blog.

Posted at 10:35 AM by Howard Bashman



Access online today’s rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court in argued cases: The Justices announce rulings in reverse order of seniority (from most junior to most senior, ending with the Chief Justice) based on the Justice who wrote the majority opinion or the opinion announcing the judgment of the Court.

The Court today issued four rulings in argued cases.

1. Justice Sonia Sotomayor delivered the opinion of the Court in Southern Union Co. v. United States, No. 11-94. Justice Stephen G. Breyer issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Anthony M. Kennedy and Samuel A. Alito, Jr. joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.

2. Justice Alito delivered the opinion of the Court in Knox v. Service Employees, No. 10-1121. Justice Sotomayor issued an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg joined. Justice Breyer issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Elena Kagan joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.

3. Justice Breyer delivered the opinion of the Court in Dorsey v. United States, No. 11-5683. Justice Antonin Scalia issued a dissenting opinion, in which the Chief Justice and Justices Alito and Clarence Thomas joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.

4. Justice Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court in FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc., No. 10-1293. Justice Ginsburg issued an opinion concurring in the judgment. And Justice Sotomayor did not take part in the ruling. You can access the oral argument via this link.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press has reports headlined “High court throws out FCC indecency policy“; “High court throws out Southern Union’s $18M fine“; “Court: Use new drug sentencing law in crack cases“; and “Court: Union must give fee increase notice.”

Posted at 10:02 AM by Howard Bashman