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Sunday, October 11, 2015

“Emails from Gov. Fallin’s office show state agencies’ struggle to respond to scrutiny over execution”: Samantha Vicent and Barbara Hoberock have this front page article in today’s edition of The Tulsa World.

And Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post has an article headlined “The Supreme Court Let A Man Die; He Was Executed With The Wrong Drug; The court placed far too much faith in Oklahoma’s disastrous lethal injection protocol in January and in June.”

Posted at 8:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“Ten Commandments decision likely to remain a monumental issue; Political groups and leaders seek donations and changes in the state constitution”: This front page article appears in today’s edition of The Tulsa World.

Posted at 8:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“Gerald Boyle takes on another high-profile case — his own”: Bruce Vielmetti of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.

Posted at 8:12 PM by Howard Bashman



“Donald Trump says his older sister isn’t interested in becoming a Supreme Court judge”: The Washington Post has this report.

Posted at 7:38 PM by Howard Bashman



“D.C. Circuit Review — Reviewed: The Frank Easterbrook Edition.” Aaron Nielson had this post yesterday at the blog of the Yale Journal on Regulation.

Posted at 11:45 AM by Howard Bashman



“High court to hear whether juvenile killers should get another chance at freedom”: Riley Yates of The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania has an article that begins, “The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in a case that could decide whether hundreds of Pennsylvania prisoners serving life in prison for murders they committed as youths deserve the chance to one day be released.”

Posted at 11:42 AM by Howard Bashman



“Attorney General Kathleen Kane’s office says it has never withheld Supreme Court emails”: In today’s edition of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Charles Thompson has an article that begins, “Attorney General Kathleen Kane’s office said Saturday that it has never withheld any emails to or from Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices from internal court or state Judicial Conduct Board reviews.”

Posted at 9:34 AM by Howard Bashman



“Was Schuette’s $2-million lesson a bargain?” Columnist Brian Dickerson of The Detroit Free Press has an essay that begins, “Bill Schuette went to the U.S. Supreme Court, and all Michigan taxpayers got was a bill for $2 million.”

Posted at 9:32 AM by Howard Bashman



“With court order, federal judge seeks to fuel debate about data encryption”: Ellen Nakashima of The Washington Post has this report.

Posted at 9:30 AM by Howard Bashman



“The Machinery of Death: The Supreme Court is taking up capital punishment in a big way this term, against a backdrop of continuing foul-ups with lethal injections by states.” You can access at this link the audio of the newest installment of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast featuring Dahlia Lithwick.

Posted at 9:26 AM by Howard Bashman



“OTM digs into the Supreme Court, an institution as secretive as it is powerful — and how we understand it through the media.” That’s the subject of this week’s hour-long broadcast of WNYC Radio’s “On the Media.” You can access the audio via this link.

Posted at 9:14 AM by Howard Bashman



“The White-Supremacist Lineage of a Yale College: The elite university still honors the South Carolina senator best known for praising the morality of slavery.” Lincoln Caplan has this essay online at The Atlantic.

Posted at 9:10 AM by Howard Bashman