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Wednesday, October 5, 2016

“Justice Stephen Breyer in Conversation with Charlie Rose”: The 92nd Street Y in New York City hosted this event earlier this evening.

You can view the video online, on-demand, via this link.

Posted at 10:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“Big Tobacco Age-Bias Case Heads to Full 11th Circuit”: Rose Bouboushian of Courthouse News Service had this report back in February 2016.

Today, the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued this ruling in the case.

In coverage of the earlier, now-vacated, ruling of a divided three-judge Eleventh Circuit panel in the case, Richard Craver of The Winston-Salem Journal reported that “Federal appeals court revives age-discrimination complaint against Reynolds.”

Posted at 10:25 PM by Howard Bashman



“High Court Justices Voice Support for Insider-Trading Cases”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

Nate Raymond of Reuters reports that “U.S. top court leans toward making insider trading prosecutions easier.”

And Sam Hananel of The Associated Press reports that “Justices seem wary of limiting insider trading prosecutions.”

You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Salman v. United States, No. 15-628.

Posted at 1:25 PM by Howard Bashman



“Lawsuit alleges forced vaginal probes for Valencia students”: Paul Brinkmann of The Orlando Sentinel had this article back in May 2015.

And in April 2016, Brinkmann had a follow-up article headlined “Valencia ultrasound case becomes lightning rod on campus free speech.”

Yesterday, a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit — in an opinion written by Circuit Judge William H. Pryor, Jr. — issued this decision reversing a federal district court’s dismissal of the lawsuit.

Posted at 10:20 AM by Howard Bashman



“Texas Death Row Appeal Hinges on Racial Testimony”: Jolie McCullough of The Texas Tribune has this report.

The Associated Press reports that “Texas inmate argues death sentence racially tainted.”

On today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition,” Nina Totenberg had an audio segment titled “Supreme Court To Hear Death Penalty Case Based On Racially Tainted Testimony.”

And Stephanie Mencimer of Mother Jones has an article headlined “A Black Woman Is Arguing a Big Supreme Court Case Today: That Shouldn’t Be Unusual; But It Is; Christina Swarns will take on a racially charged death penalty case.”

Posted at 8:50 AM by Howard Bashman



“In tirade at Fargo meeting, N.D. Supreme Court candidate challenges opponent: ‘Let’s get it on.'” Mike Nowatzki of The Forum of Fargo, North Dakota has this report.

Posted at 8:40 AM by Howard Bashman