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Saturday, October 29, 2016

“Federal appeals court upholds Arizona’s new law against ‘ballot harvesting'”: Howard Fischer of The Arizona Daily Star has this report on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued yesterday.

And The Associated Press reports that “Appeals court might revisit Arizona ballot collection law.” You can access today’s Ninth Circuit order regarding that court’s consideration of a judge’s sua sponte call for rehearing en banc at this link.

Posted at 11:58 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court to Decide if North Carolina Can Bar Sex Offenders From Social Media; State law prohibits sex offenders from accessing certain websites when minors may be members”: Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

Andrew Blake of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court to hear challenge to North Carolina’s social-network ban for sex offenders.”

And Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Social Media Ban for Sex Offenders Gets U.S. High Court Review.”

Posted at 9:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court to Rule in Transgender Access Case”: Adam Liptak has this front page article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

In today’s edition of The Washington Post, Robert Barnes and Moriah Balingit have an article headlined “Supreme Court takes up school bathroom rules for transgender students.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court will decide on transgender rights in Virginia school case.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court will rule on transgender rights.”

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court to Review Transgender Bathroom Access at Public Schools; Court to decide whether schools must follow federal guidance allowing students to choose bathroom.”

Dave Boyer of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court to hear challenge to Obama’s transgender bathroom rule.”

In today’s edition of The Daily Press of Newport News, Virginia, Frances Hubbard has a front page article headlined “U.S. Supreme Court will hear Gloucester transgender case.”

Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News reports that “Supreme Court To Hear Critical Challenge Over Transgender Rights; Gavin Grimm’s challenge to a Virginia school district’s anti-transgender restroom policy will be heard by the justices this term, the court announced on Friday.”

Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post reports that “Supreme Court To Hear Key Dispute Over Transgender Rights In America; The case centers around 17-year-old Gavin Grimm, who’s been barred from using the boys’ restroom at his school.”

And at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center, Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Supreme Court steps into transgender dispute.”

Posted at 8:47 PM by Howard Bashman



“D.C. Circuit Review — Reviewed: More Dogs and Lions.” Aaron Nielson has this post today at the “Notice & Comment” blog of the Yale Journal on Regulation.

Posted at 1:25 PM by Howard Bashman



“Tim Kaine: Democrats Will Nuke Filibuster For Supreme Court Nominees If GOP Won’t Cooperate; Senate Republicans are already indicating they’ll block any potential nominee put forward by Hillary Clinton.” Sam Stein and Amanda Terkel of The Huffington Post have this report.

Posted at 1:07 PM by Howard Bashman