How Appealing



Monday, July 11, 2016

“SCOTUS Briefs: Opinions’ Basic Building Blocks.” Adam Feldman has this post today at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

Posted at 11:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“Both sides dealt setback in tour guide free-speech lawsuit”: The Associated Press has this report from Charleston, South Carolina.

Posted at 3:21 PM by Howard Bashman



That happy feeling that follows when you suggest a correction to the Term-end “SCOTUSblog” 2016 stat pack that’s fixed promptly thereafter: Followed by that sad feeling when you realize that a question about the stat pack which accompanied your suggested correction remains unresponded to.

Posted at 2:33 PM by Howard Bashman



“Limiting Pay for Play in College Sports”: Online today at Bloomberg View, law professor Noah Feldman has an essay that begins, “The odds have gone up that the Supreme Court will consider whether rules governing amateur participation in U.S. college sports violate antitrust law.”

Posted at 2:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“Practically Speaking, The Death Penalty Is Disappearing In The United States; Although nearly 3,000 people are on death row in America, there has not been an execution in the country for two months — and few executions are expected in the coming months”: Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News has this report today.

Posted at 1:36 PM by Howard Bashman



“First Circuit finds sentence enhanced based on a song (and thrice longer than guideline range) substantively unreasonable”: Douglas A. Berman has this post today at his “Sentencing Law and Policy” blog.

Posted at 1:34 PM by Howard Bashman



“Making use of a 4-to-4 split”: Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

Posted at 1:28 PM by Howard Bashman