“Appeal spiked: L’Anse Creuse teacher can’t be fired for lewd act.” The Detroit News has an update that begins, “The Michigan Supreme Court won’t get involved in a dispute between a school district and a teacher who was photographed simulating sex acts on a mannequin at a boating party. The court’s refusal today to review L’Anse Creuse Public Schools’ request to argue against a lower court’s ruling means middle school teacher Anna Land can’t be fired for her actions and she’ll be allowed to continue working.”
“Mississippi voters can decide ‘personhood’; Pro-lifers to get question on ballot”: This article will appear Thursday in The Washington Times.
And today’s edition of The Clarion-Ledger of Jackson, Mississippi contains an article headlined “‘Personhood’ appeal set; Judge refuses to block initiative defining beginning of life.”
“Bloody Video Games May Get Same Age Curbs as Porn in Court Case”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.
“The Ethics of Justice O’Connor’s Robo-Calls”: Tony Mauro has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”
“Ninth Circuit, Law Schools See Educational Opportunity in Arizona Immigration Case”: The Public Information Office of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued this news release today.
“Judge grants injunction vs new Mass. obscenity law”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction sought by free-speech advocates who argued that a new Massachusetts law aimed at protecting children from online sexual predators effectively bans from the Internet anything that may be considered ‘harmful to minors,’ including material adults have the right to view.”
“Antitrust suit against Inbev, AB again fails”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A bid by 10 beer consumers who sued to block InBev’s now-completed takeover of U.S. beer giant Anheuser-Busch on antitrust grounds again has fallen flat.”
You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit at this link.
“Advocate appeals secret Kan. case to Supreme Court”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “An advocate for chronic pain patients who is under investigation for obstruction of justice has challenged grand jury subpoenas in a rare case that climbed secretly through the judicial system to the U.S. Supreme Court.”
“2008 Joe Francis Lawsuit Morphs into Free Speech Test Case; Women filmed as minors by GGW in 2002 want to keep their names out of the public record”: AVN News has a report that begins, “A 2008 lawsuit against Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis and two companies he operates, filed by four women who accused the GGW team of filming them flashing their breasts when they were underage, has become a free speech test case that was argued [yesterday] before a three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.”
You can access a copy of the complaint initiating suit by clicking here.
“Expert: Hayes no risk; Psychologist claims violent behavior in prison unlikely.” This article appears today in The New Haven Register, along with an article headlined “Komisarjevsky lawyer avoids contempt hearing, for now.”
And today’s edition of The Hartford Courant contains articles headlined “Psychologist: Steven Hayes Would Have ‘Positive Adjustment’ If Sentenced To Life In Prison” and “Judge Withholds Ruling In Contempt Hearing In Cheshire Case; Says If Necessary He’ll Refer Case To Another Judge.”
“Diehl-Armstrong resumes stand today in ‘pizza bomber’ trial”: Today in The Erie (Pa.) Times-News, Ed Palattella has an article that begins, “Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong eventually will testify about what she was doing the afternoon of Aug. 28, 2003 — the day Brian Wells, a pizza deliveryman she said she never knew, was killed when the bomb locked to his neck exploded. But before she gets to that critical point in her federal trial in Erie, Diehl-Armstrong is likely to explain to the jury just about everything else that happened to her before and after the moment Wells died. She certainly took that approach on Tuesday, the first day she took the witness stand in her own defense in the ‘pizza bomber’ case.”
And today in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Paula Reed Ward reports that “Collar-bomb defendant takes stand.”
“Corporate campaign ads haven’t followed Supreme Court’s prediction; Companies and unions have been able to avoid the transparency called for in the court’s landmark ruling; Spending on next week’s midterm election has been exorbitant”: David G. Savage has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.
“For Clarence Thomas, an ordeal is renewed”: Columnist Kathleen Parker has this op-ed today in The Washington Post.
And today in The Chicago Tribune, law professor Steven Lubet has an op-ed entitled “Let the justices be the judge.”
“Court voids Arizona law on voter proof of citizenship”: This article appears today in The Arizona Republic.
Today in The Arizona Daily Star, Howard Fischer has an article headlined “Court voids citizenship voter proof.”
The Tucson Sentinel reports that “Arizona law requiring proof of voter citizenship struck down; Proposition 200’s ID at polls upheld, proof of citizenship to register invalidated.”
And Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle reports that “State can’t ask voters for citizenship proof.”
My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Ninth Circuit ruling appears at this link.
“Arizona executes inmate after federal judge lifts stay”: Today’s edition of The Arizona Republic contains an article that begins, “In only the second Arizona execution since 2000, convicted killer Jeffrey Landrigan died by lethal injection late Tuesday after the U.S. Supreme Court removed the last legal barrier.”
“Government’s ‘Duty to Defend’ Not a Given; In recent years, DOJ declined to fight for federal laws at least 13 times”: Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal has this report.
