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Monday, September 18, 2017

“The Supreme Court Didn’t See E-Commerce Coming: But it now has a chance to fix a mistake that costs states billions in sales taxes.” Law professor Daniel Hemel has this essay online at Slate.

Posted at 8:53 PM by Howard Bashman



“Houston looks to Supreme Court to resolve same-sex marriage benefits fight; The city of Houston is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a decision by the Texas Supreme Court in which the court suggested a landmark ruling legalizing same-sex marriage does not fully address the right to marriage benefits”: Alexa Ura of The Texas Tribune has this report.

Posted at 1:36 PM by Howard Bashman



“Posner’s new book is bananas, but you might want it anyway”: Matthew Stiegler has this post at his “CA3blog.”

Posted at 1:06 PM by Howard Bashman



“A Primer on The Government’s Participation Before the Supreme Court at the Start of the 2017 Term”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

Posted at 10:08 AM by Howard Bashman



“When Beliefs and Identities Clash in Court: The Supreme Court may not be the right place to settle the Masterpiece Cakeshop case, which pits marriage equality against religious freedom.” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at The Atlantic.

Posted at 10:00 AM by Howard Bashman