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Thursday, August 24, 2017

“Minnesota Supreme Court will livestream hearings for first time; High court to begin live broadcasts of arguments”: Erin Golden of The Minneapolis Star Tribune has this report.

Posted at 11:18 PM by Howard Bashman



“Heterosexual couple take civil partnership case to Supreme Court; A heterosexual couple who want to enter a civil partnership instead of getting married have been granted the right to take their case to the Supreme Court”: BBC News has this report.

Posted at 11:04 PM by Howard Bashman



“SC judge overruled his father’s Emergency ruling with right to privacy verdict; Justice DY Chandrachud set aside the opinion of his father, Justice YV Chandrachud, in the controversial ADM Jabalpur case of 1976, saying it was seriously flawed”: Bhadra Sinha of the Hindustan Times has this report.

From The Times of India, Amit Anand Choudhary and Dhananjay Mahapatra report that “Supreme Court gives India a private life.” Additionally, Mahapatra has articles headlined “Right to privacy verdict: Author of Supreme Court order junks father;s Emergency ruling” and “Right to privacy verdict: A fundamental shift on gay rights.”

A Vaidyanathan of NDTV India has a report headlined “Right To Privacy: Father’s Judgement Overruled By Son As ‘Seriously Flawed’; Today, overturning that ruling, Justice Chandrachud’s son DY Chandrachud, wrote: ‘The judgements rendered by four judges are flawed. Life and personal liberty are inalienable to human rights. No civilised state can contemplate encroachment on life and personal liberty.’

Vidhi Doshi of The Washington Post reports that “India’s Supreme Court says privacy is a fundamental right in blow to government.”

Niharika Mandhana of The Wall Street Journal reports that “India’s Supreme Court Says Privacy is Fundamental Right; Ruling is seen as a setback for the Indian government’s ambitious plans for the country’s vast biometric database.”

Ravi Agrawal of CNN.com reports that “India Supreme Court rules privacy a ‘fundamental right’ in landmark case.”

And BBC News reports that “Indian Supreme Court in landmark ruling on privacy.”

You can access today’s 547-page ruling of the Supreme Court of India at this link.

Posted at 10:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“A New Romance: Trump Has Made Progressives Fall in Love With Federalism.” Cristian Farias has this post at the “Daily Intelligencer” blog of New York magazine.

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“Judge Niemeyer’s dissent is the real headline in Maryland political gerrymandering case”: Steve Klepper has this post at the “Maryland Appellate Blog.”

Posted at 9:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“Legal ruling in: Facebook ‘friends’ aren’t necessarily real friends.” David Ovalle of The Miami Herald has this report.

In today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, Jacob Gershman has an article headlined “Florida Appeals Court Rules Judges Can Be Facebook Friends With Lawyers; Boundaries of virtual ‘friendships’ have divided the legal world as more judges join social-media sites.”

And Megan Cerullo of The New York Daily News has an article headlined “Facebook ‘friends’ aren’t real, judge says.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal at this link.

Posted at 9:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“Come for the sex toys. Stay for the newly created circuit split on mootness.” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

Posted at 9:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“A Judge Wants a Bigger Role for Female Lawyers. So He Made a Rule.” Alan Feuer has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 1:38 PM by Howard Bashman



“U.S. Supreme Court Justice to speak at UNF”: Hannah Lee of the UNF Spinnaker, the student news site of the University of North Florida, has a report that begins, “U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer is scheduled to speak at UNF on Jan. 22, 2018.”

Posted at 1:14 PM by Howard Bashman