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Saturday, October 22, 2011

“My View of the First Question Presented in United States v. Jones, the Fourth Amendment GPS Case”: Orin Kerr has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

Posted at 10:45 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Ugliness Started With Bork”: Today in The New York Times, columnist Joe Nocera has an op-ed that begins, “On Oct. 23, 1987 — 24 years ago on Sunday — Robert Bork’s nomination to the Supreme Court was voted down by the Senate. All but two Democrats voted ‘nay.'”

Posted at 10:37 PM by Howard Bashman



“Facebook Claimant’s Lawyer Must Pay Award in Child Porn Lawsuit”: Bloomberg News has a report that begins, “Dean Boland, the new lawyer for Facebook claimant Paul Ceglia, was ordered to pay $300,000 in an unrelated lawsuit over his use of explicit ‘morphed’ images that he created to help in his defense of people charged with possessing child pornography.”

I have posted at this link a copy of Thursday’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

Posted at 10:33 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justice Breyer Riffs On The Death Penalty, Citizens United, Bush v Gore”: Laura Goldman had this post yesterday at her “Naked Philadelphian” blog.

Posted at 10:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“Sexual Harassment 20 Years Later”: Today’s edition of The New York Times contains an editorial that begins, “Twenty years ago this month, Anita Hill stepped into the glare of the national spotlight, testifying before the all-male Senate Judiciary Committee about the vulgar sexual advances she said she endured a decade earlier while working at two government agencies for Clarence Thomas, the nominee to the Supreme Court.”

Posted at 8:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“Utah Supreme Court rules sex with teen not cohabitation”: The Deseret News today contains an article that begins, “The state’s high court has ruled that a woman who may have had a sexual relationship with a teenage boy while the pair was living in the same home was not cohabiting and, therefore, still entitled to alimony.”

And The Salt Lake Tribune reports today that “Ex-husband owes alimony to former wife who cohabited with teen, court says.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Utah at this link.

Posted at 3:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“Powell sworn in as justice on Virginia Supreme Court”: Today in The Richmond Times-Dispatch, Frank Green has an article that begins, “Cleo Elaine Powell broke new ground Friday when she was formally sworn in as the first African-American woman on the 232-year-old Virginia Supreme Court.”

Posted at 3:32 PM by Howard Bashman