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Saturday, October 4, 2014

“Court Says FedEx Drivers Were Employees, Not Contractors; Kansas Supreme Court Opinion Is Setback for Delivery Company”: Today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal contains this article. You can freely access the full text of the article via Google News.

And Bloomberg News reports that “FedEx Drivers Win Kansas Top Court Ruling on Employment.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Kansas, on certified question from the Chicago-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, at this link.

Posted at 11:05 PM by Howard Bashman



“Judge White takes oath for federal bench”: The St. Louis American today posted online an article that begins, “Judge Ronnie L. White was administered the oath of office to join the bench on the United States District Court’s Eastern District of Missouri in a lively, emotional investiture ceremony held Friday afternoon in the Thomas F. Eagleton U.S. Courthouse in downtown St. Louis.”

Posted at 10:25 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court’s Robust New Session Could Define Legacy of Chief Justice”: Adam Liptak will have this article in Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 10:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“Times recommends: Vote no on Amendment 3, packing the Florida Supreme Court.” This editorial will appear in Sunday’s edition of The Tampa Bay Times.

Posted at 10:09 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court: Decisions, decisions; This year will not just be about same-sex marriage.” This article appears in today’s edition of The Economist magazine.

Posted at 10:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“As Supreme Court term begins, prospect of a gay-marriage ruling looms large”: Robert Barnes will have this article in Sunday’s edition of The Washington Post.

Posted at 9:56 PM by Howard Bashman



“Voter-ID Rules’ Impact on Turnout Is Hard to Determine; Critics Say Requirements Deter Significant Number, but Research Indicates Rising Turnout”: Jo Craven McGinty has this article in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

And online at The New Republic, Eric Garcia has an essay titled “Voter ID Laws Are Costing Taxpayers Millions.”

Posted at 8:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“Judge rules Alabama dental law is constitutional; non-dentists can’t provide teeth-whitening services”: Kent Faulk has this article in today’s edition of The Birmingham News.

Posted at 8:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“Texas Women Forced to Reassess After New Ruling on Abortions”: Laura Tillman and Erik Eckholm have this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 8:47 PM by Howard Bashman



“Does It Matter Which Same-Sex Marriage Case(s) the Supreme Court Takes?” Michael Dorf had this post yesterday at his blog, “Dorf on Law.”

Posted at 8:45 PM by Howard Bashman



By popular demand: This blog’s sidelinks to the Especially Appealing Blogs blogroll has reappeared in updated form. Thanks to all the readers who emailed to say how useful they found this list of links to be.

Posted at 8:36 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justices Weighing Wages for After-Work Screenings”: Steven Greenhouse has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 8:30 PM by Howard Bashman