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Monday, July 16, 2012

“9th U.S. court cancels 2013 conference”: Bob Egelko has this article today in The San Francisco Chronicle.

The Associated Press reports that “Calif. judicial event postponed amid budget woes.”

At his “In the Loop” blog, Al Kamen of The Washington Post has an entry titled “Maui judicial conference still a go.”

Roll Call reports that “After Criticism, 9th Circuit Cancels 2013 Conference.”

And Politico.com has a blog post titled “Ninth Circuit scraps 2013 conference in Monterey, Calif.

Posted at 11:58 PM by Howard Bashman



“A Failure of Cynicism: Citizens United and the Limits of Optimism; That the founding fathers felt compelled to write down that we are all created equal shows how little they expected us to arrive at that conclusion on our own.” Shalom Auslander has this essay online today at The New York Observer.

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“Bagram detainees want to use U.S. Constitution to argue for release”: Michael Doyle of McClatchy Newspapers has this report.

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“Voting Alignment on the Iowa Supreme Court”: Ryan Koopmans has this post today at the “On Brief” blog.

And a related post of mine from earlier this afternoon can be accessed here.

Posted at 4:58 PM by Howard Bashman



“TSA Fails to Comply With Year-Old ‘Nude’ Body-Scanner Court Order”: David Kravets has this post at Wired.com’s “Threat Level” blog.

Posted at 4:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“William Kayatta and the Needless Destruction of the Thurmond Rule: Why do Republican leaders still play along with an informal Senate rule that prevents up-or-down votes on even those judges who have strong Republican support?” Andrew Cohen has this essay online at The Atlantic.

Posted at 3:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“Edie Windsor vs. DOMA: 83-Year-Old Lesbian Petitions U.S. Supreme Court To Hear Case.” Lila Shapiro of The Huffington Post has this report.

Update: And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Another DOMA challenge.”

Posted at 2:43 PM by Howard Bashman



“Why Guantanamo Bay Is Still Open”: Today’s broadcast of “The Takeaway” from WNYC Radio contained this audio segment featuring Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald.

Posted at 1:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“Immigration debate keeps law school graduate a few steps from his dreams”: Howard Mintz has this article today in The San Jose Mercury News.

Posted at 10:14 AM by Howard Bashman