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Thursday, August 9, 2012

“Jane Roberts, Chief Justice John Roberts’ Spouse, Breaks The Mold Of Supreme Court Wives”: Christina Wilkie of The Huffington Post has this report.

Posted at 6:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“Racial Preference in Austin: The University of Texas goes to great lengths to disguise the role of race in admissions.” John S. Rosenberg has this essay today at National Review Online.

Posted at 6:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“Mass. high court: What judges think is protected by state and federal constitution.” John R. Ellement of The Boston Globe has a news update that begins, “The state’s highest court said today that judges cannot be forced to disclose to ethics investigators what they were thinking when they made their rulings, a decision that creates a ‘judicial deliberative privilege’ in Massachusetts for the first time.”

You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts at this link.

Posted at 3:33 PM by Howard Bashman



“Judge rejects lawsuit attempting to remove justices from ballot; An attempt by a conservative legal group to get three justices thrown off the ballot, and the court, gets halted when a circuit judge rejects the lawsuit”: This article appears today in The Miami Herald.

The Palm Beach Post reports today that “Judge dismisses lawsuit trying to throw 3 Florida Supreme Court justices off ballot.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Suit to kick Florida justices off ballot dismissed.”

Posted at 8:56 AM by Howard Bashman



“U.S. will not challenge computer fraud case to high court”: Reuters has a report that begins, “The government has decided not to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review a divided appeals court ruling in a criminal case that drew attention to a 28-year-old computer hacking law that critics argue is being used too broadly.”

And c|net News reports that “Justice Dept. won’t appeal computer fraud dismissal; Appellate court ruled in April that prosecutors were too broadly interpreting a decades-old anti-hacking law to prosecute a man charged with misappropriating trade secrets.”

Posted at 8:50 AM by Howard Bashman



“Race to replace Justice Chambers remains tight”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “The race to replace retiring Washington Supreme Court Justice Tom Chambers is tightening.”

Posted at 8:46 AM by Howard Bashman



“Attorneys seek separate trials for Orie sisters”: Today’s edition of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette contains an article that begins, “Attorneys representing suspended state Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin asked today that her trial not be combined with one for her sister, Janine Orie, who is also charged with using the justice’s staff, as well as the legislative staff of another sister, to campaign for the high court.”

And today’s edition of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports that “Accused Supreme Court justice argues to keep her trial separate from sister’s.”

Posted at 8:42 AM by Howard Bashman