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Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Remember, last year orders from the U.S. Supreme Court‘s long conference were not issued until Thursday: See my post from last year at this link. The extra few days of delay was part of the Court’s ongoing effort to be even more careful to grant review only in cases that are truly deserving.

Posted at 3:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“What Next Year’s Attack on Obamacare Will Look Like: Houses of worship don’t have to offer employees contraceptive coverage; But other religious employers do; Supreme Court, here we come.” Ilya Shapiro and Josh Blackman have this essay online today at The Daily Beast.

Posted at 10:18 AM by Howard Bashman



“Protester who disrupted gay marriage case takes plea deal”: The Associated Press has this report. No word on whether the “refreshing” nature of the disruption helped mitigate the penalty.

Posted at 10:06 AM by Howard Bashman



“Hogan urges people to collect tax refunds”: Today’s edition of The Baltimore Sun contains a front page article that begins, “Gov. Larry Hogan on Monday encouraged taxpayers to apply for more than $200 million in refunds they are entitled to under a Supreme Court ruling.”

Posted at 9:46 AM by Howard Bashman



“Why one reporter is suing Missouri over death-penalty secrecy — again”: Deron Lee of Columbia Journalism Review has this report.

Posted at 9:42 AM by Howard Bashman



“The Disappearing Precedent: When courts ‘de-publish’ rulings to limit their impact.” Andrew Cohen has this essay online at The Marshall Project.

Posted at 9:40 AM by Howard Bashman



“How Prosecutors Get Away With Cutting Black Jurors: This term, the Supreme Court will consider an outrageous case of prosecutorial misconduct; But will it do anything about it?” Jay Michaelson has this essay online at The Daily Beast.

Posted at 9:37 AM by Howard Bashman



“AG Kathleen Kane can’t do certain things during law license suspension, says PA. Supreme Court Chief Justice”: The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has this report.

Brad Bumsted of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has an article headlined “Chief Justice: No partisan deal to forge unanimous opinion for Kane’s suspension.”

In today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Angela Couloumbis has an article headlined “Chief justice: Kane’s suspended license no bar to staying in office.”

And Robert Swift of The Citizens’ Voice of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania has an article headlined “PA Chief Justice: Kane resignation a personal matter.”

Posted at 9:32 AM by Howard Bashman