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Monday, September 7, 2015

“Apple and Other Tech Companies Tangle With U.S. Over Data Access”: Matt Apuzzo, David E. Sanger, and Michael S. Schmidt will have this front page article in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 11:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“Accused 9/11 plotter seeks judge’s help sending letter to Obama from Guantanamo; Khalid Sheik Mohammed’s lawyers attached a letter to a case filing; His death-penalty defenders have been trying to send Obama a letter for a year; The case’s Army judge sealed it, after emergency request by the Pentagon prosecutor”: Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this report.

Posted at 10:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“Patent Law Shouldn’t Block the Sale of Used Tech Products”: Today’s edition of The New York Times contains an editorial that begins, “American patent law should not be used to prevent consumers from reselling, altering or fixing technology products. A federal appeals court will soon hear a case that could clearly establish this principle.”

Posted at 7:56 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court case based in Md. could have wide impact; Bethesda man’s fight against redistricting winds up at the Supreme Court”: John Fritze has this front page article in today’s edition of The Baltimore Sun.

Posted at 5:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court races only the start of turnover on the bench”: From Pennsylvania, The Associated Press has a report that begins, “The looming general-election campaign for three open seats on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court could flip the partisan scales, but whatever happens will be only the prelude to a sea change on the state’s top bench.”

Posted at 5:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“Armstrong County getting look at Superior Court judges in action”: Today’s edition of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review contains this article.

Posted at 5:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“Jailed Kentucky Clerk Starts Federal Appeal”: This article appears in today’s edition of The New York Times.

Also in today’s edition of that newspaper, Ryan T. Anderson has an op-ed titled “We Don’t Need Kim Davis to Be in Jail.”

In other coverage, USA Today reports that “Ky. clerk remains behind bars after 5 days, appeals judge’s order.”

And Reuters reports that “Jailed Kentucky clerk seeks emergency injunction in gay marriage case.”

Posted at 4:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“Life sentence for then-14-year-old murderer upheld”: Saturday’s edition of The Easton (Pa.) Express-Times contained an article that begins, “A panel of Pennsylvania appellate court judges ruled a life sentence without the possibility of parole will remain in place for a Phillipsburg man who committed murder when he was 14.”

And Saturday’s edition of The Allentown Morning Call contained an article headlined “Court upholds life sentence for 14-year-old killer.”

Friday’s ruling of a partially divided three-judge panel of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania consisted of a majority opinion and an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.

Posted at 1:33 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Worst of the Worst: Judy Clarke excelled at saving the lives of notorious killers; Then she took the case of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.” Patrick Radden Keefe has this article in the September 14, 2015 issue of The New Yorker.

Posted at 8:54 AM by Howard Bashman