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Friday, October 24, 2014

“The Political Scene: President Obama’s Judicial Legacy.” The New Yorker has posted online this podcast featuring Jeffrey Toobin.

Posted at 1:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“Driver smashes Oklahoma Ten Commandments statue”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Authorities say someone drove across the Oklahoma Capitol lawn and knocked over a Ten Commandments monument that a group has been suing to have removed, smashing it to pieces.”

And The Oklahoman has a news update headlined “Car smashes Ten Commandments monument outside Capitol building; A car smashed into the Ten Commandments statue outside the Oklahoma State Capitol building Thursday night.”

Posted at 1:11 PM by Howard Bashman



“Saab * * * sued General Motors Company for tortious interference with economic expectancy under Michigan law, claiming that GM made public statements that caused a transaction between Saab and a Chinese investor to fall through, thereby driving Saab into bankruptcy.” Today, a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued a ruling that affirmed a district court’s order dismissing Saab’s lawsuit.

Posted at 1:03 PM by Howard Bashman



“Tort Blowout Preventer: An opportunity for the Supreme Court to clarify class-action law.” This editorial appears in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

You can freely access the full text of the editorial via Google.

Posted at 10:42 AM by Howard Bashman



“Brownback doubles down on statements that justice hosted Davis event; Kansas State Troopers PAC endorses Davis”: The Topeka Capital-Journal has an article that begins, “Republican Gov. Sam Brownback doubled down Thursday on a TV ad and statement he made during a debate earlier this week charging a Kansas Supreme Court justice had hosted a fundraiser for his Democratic challenger.”

Posted at 10:25 AM by Howard Bashman



“If GOP takes back Senate, will parties flip views on filibuster, again?” Jack Pitney has this blog post online today at The Christian Science Monitor.

Posted at 10:24 AM by Howard Bashman



“Omar Khadr wins right to expand lawsuit against Ottawa; A Federal Court ruling means Omar Khadr can significantly expand his $20-million civil lawsuit in which he accuses Ottawa of complicity in what he claims was his torture at the hands of the Americans”: The Canadian Press has this report.

Posted at 10:18 AM by Howard Bashman



“On Race and Voter ID, John Roberts Wants It Both Ways; Once, the chief justice said the only way to stop discriminating on race was to stop discrimination on race; Now his tune isn’t so clear”: Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at The Atlantic.

Posted at 9:40 AM by Howard Bashman