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Saturday, October 3, 2009

“New term and new justice for nation’s high court”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

At ABCNews.com, Ariane de Vogue has a report headlined “Supreme Court, Sotomayor Face Contentious Issues in New Term; Religious Symbols on Public Property, Campaign Finance, and Juvenile Sentencing Among Cases Justices Will Hear.”

And U.S. News & World Report has an article headlined “Supreme Court to Decide Hot Button Issues; The Court will look hear cases on life sentences for minors, a cross on federal land, and more.”

Posted at 8:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“For Roberts, Alito, a New Visibility; Their Views on First Amendment Cases May Be Key”: Robert Barnes will have this article Sunday in The Washington Post.

Posted at 8:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“Sonia Sotomayor not selling Greenwich Village pad over weak housing market”: This article appears today in The New York Daily News.

Posted at 6:57 PM by Howard Bashman



“NY appeals court rules for Canadian energy company”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A federal appeals court in New York has ruled that a lawsuit alleging that a Canadian energy company aided genocide in its pursuit of oil in Sudan was properly thrown out.”

And Bloomberg News reports that “Talisman Court Upholds Sudan Genocide Suit Dismissal.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.

Posted at 3:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“A Detainee’s Case Shows the Hurdles That a Release Poses”: Sunday’s edition of The New York Times will contain an article that begins, “To understand how hard it is proving for President Obama to close the American military prison at Guantanamo Bay, consider the case of Alla Ali Bin Ali Ahmed, Internee Security No. 692.”

Posted at 2:11 PM by Howard Bashman