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Saturday, September 5, 2015

“Alabama Supreme Court shoots down law banning open carry of pistol ‘on premises not one’s own'”: Kent Faulk of The Birmingham News has an article that begins, “The Alabama Supreme Court on Friday ruled a state law that banned the open carry of a gun on someone else’s property is unconstitutional.”

You can access Friday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Alabama at this link.

Posted at 11:18 PM by Howard Bashman



“Doubts Over Confederate Symbols Put a Chief Justice’s Statue in Jeopardy; Officials in Frederick, Md., favor removing a bust of Roger Brooke Taney, author of the 1857 Dred Scott decision”: Jess Bravin had this article in yesterday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 10:06 PM by Howard Bashman



“Affirmative Action, Class Actions And Conspiracy On Supreme Court’s Fall Docket”: Daniel Fisher has this post at Forbes.com.

Posted at 10:04 PM by Howard Bashman



“Prosecutors Seek to Reargue Supreme Court Death Penalty Case”: The Hartford Courant has an article that begins, “State prosecutors are asking for another chance to persuade a fractured state Supreme Court to retain Connecticut’s death penalty.”

Posted at 9:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“Sonia Sotomayor, Outsider: In a remarkable conversation, the justice talks about why she doesn’t feel like she belongs on the Supreme Court.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

You can view video from Justice Sotomayor’s recent speaking appearance at the University of Notre Dame via this link.

Posted at 10:35 AM by Howard Bashman