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Tuesday, August 18, 2015

“Court restores activist Salvador Reza’s case vs. Russell Pearce; Former Arizona Senate President Russell Pearce violated the first amendment rights of immigration activist Salvador Reza by barring him from the Senate building in 2011”: Michael Kiefer of The Arizona Republic has this news update.

Howard Fischer of The Arizona Daily Star has a news update headlined “Court: Activist was unjustifiably banned from AZ Senate.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Court revives activist’s suit against ex-Arizona Senate president Russell Pearce.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

Posted at 8:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“U.S. court backs companies’ free speech over conflict minerals”: Reuters has a report that begins, “A U.S. appeals court declared on Tuesday that the Securities and Exchange Commission cannot force public companies to declare whether their products may contain ‘conflict minerals’ from a war-torn part of Africa because it violates their free speech.”

You can access today’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.

Posted at 2:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“Confirming federal judges during the final two years of the Obama administration: Vacancies up, nominees down.” Russell Wheeler has this post today at the “FixGov” blog of the Brookings Institution.

Posted at 1:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“Q&A: Explaining ‘Birthright Citizenship'” Jess Bravin has this post today at WSJ.com’s “Washington Wire” blog.

Posted at 11:37 AM by Howard Bashman



“In surprise move, Senate Democrats adjourn special session”: Jim Nolan has this front page article in today’s edition of The Richmond Times-Dispatch.

According to the article, “The move, if it holds up to a parliamentary challenge by Republicans, will enable Gov. Terry McAuliffe to reappoint Supreme Court Justice Jane Marum Roush to another interim term when her current term expires in mid-September.”

Posted at 11:30 AM by Howard Bashman