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Wednesday, July 9, 2014

“4th Annual Supreme Court Term in Review”: UC Irvine School of Law is hosting this event tomorrow.

Beginning at 3 p.m. eastern time tomorrow, you can view a live webcast of the event at this link.

Posted at 10:08 PM by Howard Bashman



“Judge under fire for blog post on Hobby Lobby case”: David G. Savage will have this article in Thursday’s edition of The Los Angeles Times.

Posted at 10:05 PM by Howard Bashman



“N.J. Gay-Therapy Ban Debated in U.S. Appeals Court”: Bloomberg News has this report on a case argued today at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Posted at 5:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“Utah appealing gay-marriage case directly to Supreme Court”: Marissa Lang of The Salt Lake Tribune has this news update.

Dennis Romboy of The Deseret News has an update headlined “Utah to appeal same-sex marriage ruling to U.S. Supreme Court.”

The Associated Press reports that “Utah to appeal gay marriage ruling to high court.”

Reuters reports that “Utah to appeal gay marriage ruling to U.S. Supreme Court.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Utah same-sex marriage case on way to the Court.”

Posted at 5:51 PM by Howard Bashman



“Truck drivers are entitled to paid breaks, courts says”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has a news update that begins, “Thousands of truck drivers in California are entitled to meal breaks and rest periods under state law, despite federal deregulation of the trucking industry, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.”

And Courthouse News Service reports that “Employee Rights Given a Boost by 9th Circuit.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

Posted at 4:35 PM by Howard Bashman



“Academic highlight: Measuring the circuits’ success in the Supreme Court.” Amanda Frost has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

Posted at 8:15 AM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court: The last bastion of American leadership? No branch of government is popular these days; But the courts are faring better than the rest.” Matt K. Lewis has this essay online at The Week.

Posted at 8:14 AM by Howard Bashman



“Florida Supreme Court suspends lawyer ‘tortured’ by microchip fears”: The Tampa Bay Times has an article that begins, “The Florida Supreme Court has suspended indefinitely a lawyer who drew attention with assertions that others controlled and tortured her through a microchip illegally implanted in her brain.”

Posted at 8:11 AM by Howard Bashman



“Video: Chemerinsky, Lawrence review a big Supreme Court term.” This post appears today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

Posted at 8:09 AM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court’s 2013-2014 Term: Notable Cases for Educators.” Mark Walsh has this article in today’s issue of Education Week.

Posted at 8:07 AM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court requests rare rehearing, new judge may break a tie”: Sean Fine of The Toronto Globe and Mail has an article that begins, “The first big job for the Supreme Court’s newest judge may be to break a deadlock in an important case as the court takes the rare step of asking for a rehearing.”

Posted at 8:06 AM by Howard Bashman



“Democrats Push Bill to Reverse Supreme Court Ruling on Contraceptives”: Robert Pear has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 8:03 AM by Howard Bashman