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Thursday, August 21, 2014

“GOP’s Supreme Court candidate defies ban on campaigning at State Fair booth”: The Associated Press has this report from Minnesota.

Posted at 10:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“Obamacare challengers to D.C. Circuit: Let Supreme Court decide where subsidies should flow.” Tom Howell Jr. of The Washington Times has this report.

Posted at 10:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“Bashman Post on Word Limit Reduction Proposal”: David R. Cleveland has this post today at the “Appellate Advocacy Blog.”

My post from last night on the new proposed amendment to reduce the maximum word count for federal appellate briefs by more than 10 percent can be accessed here.

Posted at 10:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Twilight of Antonin Scalia: The conservative hero’s fiery 2012 dissent on same-sex marriage could be his most influential opinion — but not in the way he intended.” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at The Atlantic.

Posted at 8:23 PM by Howard Bashman



“Superior Court upholds Joan Orie Melvin conviction”: Paula Reed Ward of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has this news update.

Adam Brandolph of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has a news update headlined “State Superior Court upholds conviction, sentence of former Justice Melvin.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Ex-judge must say she’s sorry, just not in cuffs.”

You can access today’s ruling of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania at this link.

Posted at 4:28 PM by Howard Bashman