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Saturday, July 23, 2016

“Anthony Kennedy’s 80th Birthday and Trump’s Legacy”: Steve Klepper has this post today at the “Maryland Appellate Blog.”

Posted at 2:03 PM by Howard Bashman



“Indiana Court of Appeals tosses Granger woman’s feticide conviction”: Margaret Fosmoe of The South Bend Tribune has this report.

Brian Eason of The Indianapolis Star reports that “Indiana court overturns Purvi Patel feticide conviction.”

The Associated Press reports that “Indiana court tosses woman’s feticide conviction.”

The Indiana Lawyer reports that “COA tosses feticide conviction, says statute doesn’t apply to self abortion.”

And online at Slate, Christina Cauterucci has an essay titled “Court Vacates Purvi Patel’s Feticide Conviction, Landing a Blow Against ‘Personhood’ Laws.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the Court of Appeals of Indiana at this link.

Posted at 1:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“Alaska Supreme Court rejects parent-notification law for abortions”: Nathaniel Herz of Alaska Dispatch News has an article that begins, “The Alaska Supreme Court has invalidated the state law requiring physicians to give two days notice to parents before performing abortions on girls under 18 years of age.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Alaska at this link.

Posted at 11:20 AM by Howard Bashman



“U.S. seeks nationwide advice on birth-control dispute”: Lyle Denniston has this post at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

Posted at 11:09 AM by Howard Bashman



“Justices Ignored: The Supreme Court is the most important issue of the election for Republicans; So they’re not talking about it.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

Posted at 11:07 AM by Howard Bashman



“Va. Supreme Court strikes down McAuliffe’s order on felon voting rights”: Graham Moomaw of The Richmond Times-Dispatch has this report.

In today’s edition of The Washington Post, Fenit Nirappil and Jenna Portnoy have a front page article headlined “Va. high court invalidates McAuliffe’s order restoring felon voting rights.”

Dave Boyer of The Washington Times reports that “McAuliffe begins to grant voting rights for convicted felons individually after court ruling.”

The Associated Press reports that “Virginia court strikes down order giving felons voting right.”

And Reuters reports that “Virginia’s top court rules against move to restore felons’ voting rights.”

You can access yesterday’s 4-to-3 ruling of the Supreme Court of Virginia at this link.

Posted at 10:55 AM by Howard Bashman



“Scott Walker picks Waukesha lawyer Daniel Kelly for seat on Supreme Court”: Molly Beck of The Wisconsin State Journal has an article that begins, “Gov. Scott Walker has picked Daniel Kelly — a conservative Waukesha lawyer who has built a lengthy career in commercial litigation — to join the state Supreme Court.”

And Patrick Marley of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that “Scott Walker names Daniel Kelly to high court.” According to the article, “Kelly — who in his application called affirmative action and slavery the same morally — will replace retiring Justice David Prosser on Aug. 1, the start of the court’s new term.”

Posted at 10:46 AM by Howard Bashman