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Monday, November 2, 2015

“Supreme Court to Decide if Georgia Went Too Far in Excluding Black Jurors”: Adam Liptak will have this article in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court considers racial bias in jury selection.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court justices criticize racial bias in jury selection.”

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Justices Fault Rejection of Blacks in Jury-Selection Case; Case centers on 1987 murder trial in which prosecutors trying black defendant struck blacks from jury.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. top court wrestles with black death row inmate’s jury claim.”

On this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Nina Totenberg had an audio segment titled “Supreme Court Weighs 1987 Conviction By All-White Jury.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Argument analysis: To decide, or not — that is the question.”

Posted at 7:38 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justices Hear Debate on Suing Companies for Seemingly Harmless Falsehoods”: Adam Liptak will have this article in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

In Tuesday’s edition of The Washington Post, Robert Barnes will have an article headlined “Supreme Court split in dispute over faulty information posted online.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court may limit class-action lawsuits against tech industry.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today has an article headlined “Who can sue for injury? Issue divides Supreme Court along ideological lines.”

Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Spokeo Case Stirs Supreme Court; The case involving the people-search website could have broad implications for class-action lawsuits.”

And online at Bloomberg View, law professor Noah Feldman has an essay titled “You’ve Got the Wrong Guy. Can I Sue?

Posted at 7:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Who Pays the Price for the First Amendment? The Constitution protects the hateful speech, but the burdens of such speech are unequally distributed.” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online today at The Atlantic.

Posted at 7:08 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justice Kennedy Heed Justice Kennedy: Money Buys Influence.” Rick Hasen has this post today at his “Election Law Blog.”

Posted at 1:57 PM by Howard Bashman



“NRA Hired Gun Targets Assault Weapons Ban”: Kenneth Jost had this post yesterday at his blog, “Jost on Justice.”

Posted at 1:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court troubled by DA’s rejection of black jurors”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

Bill Rankin of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has a blog post titled “U.S. Supreme Court considers race discrimination in Georgia death case.”

And Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News reports that “Supreme Court Questions How To Handle Jury Selection Discrimination Case; Questions of procedure bogged down nearly half of the hour-long arguments.”

You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Foster v. Chatman, No. 14-8349.

Posted at 1:38 PM by Howard Bashman



Access online today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court did not grant review in any new cases.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “High court won’t hear appeal on mortgage ratings“; “High court won’t hear appeal over use of Bob Marley’s image“; “High court won’t hear appeal from Miss. death row inmate“; and “High court rejects ex-stockbroker’s appeal in fraud case.”

And Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. top court won’t hear satellite TV providers’ claim on state taxes.”

Posted at 9:35 AM by Howard Bashman



“Millions from special interest groups pour into Pa. Supreme Court justice race”: Peter Hall and Eugene Tauber have this front page article in today’s edition of The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Posted at 8:14 AM by Howard Bashman