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Sunday, July 28, 2013

“Could the Government Get a Search Warrant for Your Thoughts? Why remain silent if they can just read your mind?” John Villasenor has this essay online at The Atlantic.

Posted at 12:42 PM by Howard Bashman



What’s new at work: Since returning from an appellate oral argument in Seattle mid-month, I have wrapped-up appellate briefs in two different cases. The more noteworthy of those two cases, in which I finalized the Brief for Plaintiffs/Appellees this past Friday, previously received coverage from ABC News, CBS Philly, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and Bloomberg News. It appears that work will remain quite busy in the forthcoming months, with opening briefs due in four entirely unrelated appeals — two in August and two in September.

Posted at 12:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“With adoption possible next week, Veronica’s birth father asks court to block ruling”: This article appeared yesterday in The Post and Courier of Charleston, South Carolina.

Yesterday’s edition of The Tulsa World reported that “Baby Veronica’s biological father seeks Supreme Court reconsideration.”

The Associated Press reports that “Father asks high court to block SC adoption ruling.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “‘Baby Veronica’ case back at the Court.”

Posted at 10:00 AM by Howard Bashman



“U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan: ‘There Are Always Bumps In The Road.'” You can access at this link an interview that Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty recently conducted with Justice Elena Kagan.

Posted at 9:46 AM by Howard Bashman