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Sunday, November 2, 2014

“In Alabama, race again at heart of voting rights debate — but with twist”: Robert Barnes will have this article in Monday’s edition of The Washington Post.

Posted at 10:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“Disclaimer might not be enough: Plow art in cloudy legal fight.” In today’s edition of The Argus Leader of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Steve Young has an article that begins, “Mayor Mike Huether’s mother isn’t going to like it if her boy’s stance on religious artwork adorning city-owned snowplows ends up in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.”

Posted at 9:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Modern typefaces vs. the Massachusetts court system: Why does one of the nation’s most progressive states do its legal business in old-fashioned Courier?” John Ruch has this essay in the Ideas section of today’s edition of The Boston Globe.

According to the essay, “Courts are known for being tradition-bound, but today the SJC is one of only five state high courts that still issue opinions in Courier. And Massachusetts is one of only three states — along with Alabama and New Jersey — that essentially force appeals court attorneys to file their briefs in the font.”

Posted at 9:23 PM by Howard Bashman



“People are at the heart of these Supreme Court cases”: Robert Barnes will have this article in Monday’s edition of The Washington Post.

Posted at 8:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court takes up fight over US passports and ‘Jerusalem'”: Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has this report.

Yonah Jeremy Bob of The Jerusalem Post has an article headlined “US Supreme Court to rule on Jerusalem passport case.”

And in yesterday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, Akiva Shapiro had an op-ed titled “Is Jerusalem in Israel? Ask the Supreme Court; The State Department says no, Congress says yes; Now the justices will decide a case involving a boy’s passport.” You can freely access the full text of the op-ed via Google.

Posted at 7:35 PM by Howard Bashman



“Cruz provides the assist, but he’s looking beyond Tuesday”: This article will appear in Monday’s edition of The Washington Post.

Posted at 7:23 PM by Howard Bashman



“Slate’s Amicus with Dahlia Lithwick: Ballot-Box Special.” You can access the audio of episode four of Slate’s Amicus podcast, featuring law professor Rick Hasen — author of the “Election Law Blog” — at this link.

Here’s hoping that in episode five, Dahlia will begin pronouncing “Amicus” the same way as U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer.

Posted at 9:54 AM by Howard Bashman



“Teenagers Stand Up to Backpage”: Columnist Nicholas Kristof has this op-ed in the Sunday Review section of today’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 9:47 AM by Howard Bashman