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Wednesday, October 8, 2014

“Video: Intelligence Squared U.S. debates the Fourth Amendment.” This post appears today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

More details on the debate can be accessed here. You can view the video of the debate via YouTube at this link.

Posted at 10:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“Clinton Library details upcoming release”: Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has this blog post today. According to Gerstein’s post, among the topics included in the files scheduled for release this Friday afternoon are “Elena Kagan” and “Judge Richard Arnold.”

Posted at 9:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“Gay Marriage Opponents Set to Continue Court Battle”: Erik Eckholm will have this article in Thursday’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 8:46 PM by Howard Bashman



“US Supreme Court ruling means no same-day registration or out-of-precinct voting in NC”: The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina has this update.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has a news update headlined “Supreme Court allows North Carolina to implement voting law for midterm elections.”

Brent Kendall and Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal report that “Supreme Court Allows North Carolina’s Tighter Voting Rules; Ruling Seen as a Blow to Justice Department, Civil-Rights Advocates.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Justices uphold North Carolina’s voting restrictions.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. top court allows North Carolina voting law to take effect.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “North Carolina’s Same-Day Voter Registration Is Blocked.”

The Associated Press has a report headlined “Ruling: No same-day registration in NC election.”

Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has a blog post titled “Supreme Court OKs North Carolina voting changes.”

And Lyle Denniston of “SCOTUSblog” has a post titled “Court allows North Carolina voting limits.”

You can access this evening’s order of the U.S. Supreme Court, and the dissent therefrom, at this link.

Posted at 8:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“FBI spy tool up in the air in federal appeals court”: Howard Mintz of The San Jose Mercury News has an update that begins, “A federal appeals court on Wednesday struggled with the legality of the secrecy cloak the FBI has thrown over its use of national security letters to gather information from Internet providers and telecommunications companies.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Court mulls secrecy of national security letters.”

Posted at 4:35 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Weighs Employee Pay for Amazon’s After-Work Security Screening”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this news update.

Bill Theobald of Gannett Washington Bureau reports that “High court weighs pay for Amazon workers’ theft screening.”

The Hill reports that “Conservative justices skeptical of worker claims in Amazon case.”

Frances Burns of UPI reports that “Justices suggest security check not essential part of work day.”

At Forbes.com, Daniel Fisher has a post titled “Arguments Go Poorly For Amazon Workers Seeking Pay For Search Time.”

At Bloomberg View, law professor Noah Feldman has an essay titled “Amazon Workers Are Today’s Coal Miners.”

And online at The New Republic, Danny Vinik has an essay titled “Obama Is Siding Against Workers at the Supreme Court; And the reason may have nothing to do with the law.”

You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Integrity Staffing Solutions, Inc. v. Busk, No. 13-433.

Posted at 4:20 PM by Howard Bashman



Why Occupy Nashville appeal didn’t occupy the attention of any Sixth Circuit judges: In response to this post from earlier today, a reader emails:

Your readers may be interested to know that the reason all of the CA6 judges recused was that one of the defendants was Bill Gibbons, the husband of Judge Julia Gibbons and Tennessee’s Commissioner of Public Safety. The plaintiffs were seeking damages against the Commissioner in his personal capacity. Presumably, all of the CA6 judges decided that they should not sit on a case in which their colleague had a personal financial stake through her husband.

You can access today’s Sixth Circuit ruling, decided by three judges from other federal appellate courts, at this link.

Posted at 4:00 PM by Howard Bashman



Sixth Circuit rejects Ohio judicial candidate’s request for preliminary injunction against prohibitions on endorsing other candidates, personally and directly soliciting campaign funds, and receiving campaign contributions without time limitation: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit at this link.

Posted at 1:23 PM by Howard Bashman



“Appeals court rules against Occupy Nashville”: The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued today.

The three-judge panel that heard and decided the appeal consisted of a D.C. Circuit judge, a Third Circuit judge, and an Eighth Circuit judge. A footnote to the decision explains that the panel was “designated by the Committee on Intercircuit Assignments of the Judicial Conference of the United States to comprise the panel for this appeal.”

Posted at 12:45 PM by Howard Bashman



“Court rulings could open doors to same-sex marriage in Alaska”: The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner has this report.

Howard Fischer of The Arizona Daily Sun reports that “Court paves way for Ariz gay marriage.”

The Arizona Republic reports that “New ruling opens door for gay marriage in Arizona.”

The Tennessean reports that “Future uncertain for Tennessee’s same-sex marriage ban.”

The Associated Press has reports headlined “Florida will keep fighting for gay marriage ban” and “Conservative states balk at gay marriage action.”

And The Houston Chronicle reports that “Federal court agrees to fast-track Texas gay marriage case.”

Posted at 9:34 AM by Howard Bashman



“In Net Neutrality Discussion, Lawsuits Loom Large”: Edward Wyatt has this post at the “Bits” blog of The New York Times.

Posted at 9:23 AM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court won’t hear Superman heirs’ copyright case; The most famous comic character was sold for $130 — but that’s not the whole story”: Joe Mullin of Ars Technica has this report.

Posted at 8:57 AM by Howard Bashman