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Tuesday, July 21, 2015

“Samuel Alito and the Slippery Slope of Liberty: The conservative justice suggests progressives should be just as worried as he is about the Supreme Court’s ruling on gay marriage.” Russell Berman has this article online today at The Atlantic.

Posted at 10:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“Obama’s Plan for Guantanamo Is Seen Faltering”: Charlie Savage will have this article in Wednesday’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 10:46 PM by Howard Bashman



“Constitution Check: What’s the next big controversy on campaign finance?” Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

Posted at 9:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“Scott Walker’s Wisconsin and the End of Campaign-Finance Law”: Lincoln Caplan has this post online today at The New Yorker.

Posted at 9:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“Update on the contraception coverage regulations and litigation”: Marty Lederman had this post yesterday at “Balkinization.”

Posted at 1:33 PM by Howard Bashman



“Plaintiff in Supreme Court gay marriage ruling has book deal”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “The lead plaintiff in the landmark Supreme Court case that made gay marriage a nationwide right has a book deal.”

Posted at 1:27 PM by Howard Bashman



“U.S. authorities end criminal case against Barry Bonds”: Dan Levine of Reuters has an article that begins, “The U.S. Department of Justice will not appeal a court ruling that cleared baseball player Barry Bonds of obstruction of justice in a probe over steroids, effectively ending the long criminal prosecution of the sport’s career home run leader.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Feds end prosecution of Barry Bonds without conviction.”

Posted at 1:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“Clerk ‘sought God’ on marriage license issue”: Today’s edition of The Courier-Journal of Louisville, Kentucky contains a front page article that begins, “Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis testified in federal court Monday that she prayed and fasted over her decision to refuse marriage licenses for same-sex couples and believes she is upholding her oath under the Constitution.”

Posted at 12:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“New C-SPAN/Penn Schoen Berland Poll on American Attitudes on U.S. Supreme Court: Two-thirds view Supreme Court as ‘split on partisan ground’ — similar to Congress; Support for Televised Arguments Continues to Rise.” C-SPAN issued this news release today. You can access the detailed survey results at this link.

Posted at 11:14 AM by Howard Bashman



“When a Brief May Find a Real Friend on the Court”: Andrew Ross Sorkin has this essay in today’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 8:55 AM by Howard Bashman