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Wednesday, November 6, 2013

“Supreme Court weighs whether praying before governing is legal”: Michael Doyle of McClatchy Washington Bureau has this report.

Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has an article headlined “Public prayer: why devil worshipers came up in Supreme Court arguments; Supreme Court arguments over whether public prayer at a town board meeting violates the separation of church and state included a failed attempt to formulate a prayer acceptable to all beliefs.”

On this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Nina Totenberg had an audio segment titled “Supreme Court Examines Anew Prayer At Government Functions.”

This evening’s broadcast of The PBS NewsHour included a segment titled “Supreme Court tackles the separation of church and state in public prayer case” featuring Marcia Coyle.

Online at Slate, Dahlia Lithwick has a Supreme Court dispatch titled “Say a Prayer for the Supreme Court: Can the justices settle the world’s religious differences? Not a chance in hell.”

At Bloomberg View, law professor Noah Feldman has an essay titled “The Founders Prayed, Why Can’t the City Council?

At the “Taking Note” blog of The New York Times, Jesse Wegman has a post titled “Sympathy for the Devil Worshipers?

And at the blog “Litigator Rex,” L.J. Puleo has a post titled “Testing the Hypothesis, Some Random Thoughts on Town of Greece v. Galloway — the first 100 words.”

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“Court cool to Stephen Glass’ bid to practice law”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this news update.

Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times has a news update headlined “Stephen Glass finds tough audience at California Supreme Court.”

And at her “Trial Insider” blog, Pamela A. MacLean has a post titled “Law License Looks Unlikely for Stephen Glass.”

You can access the video of today’s oral arguments at the Supreme Court of California via this link.

Posted at 8:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Judge tossed from ‘stop-and-frisk’ wants day in court”: The New York Post has this news update.

The New York Daily News has an update headlined “Stop-and-frisk judge fighting back after being removed from controversial NYPD policing case; Manhattan Federal Judge Shira Scheindlin was ordered removed from the landmark stop-and-frisk case by an appeals court but now she has asked the court to review that decision.”

Newsday has an update headlined “Judge Shira Scheindlin seeks hearing on stop-and-frisk ruling.”

The Associated Press reports that “Ousted stop-frisk judge’s lawyer fights order.”

And Reuters reports that “Judge asks to be put back on New York ‘stop-and-frisk’ case.”

Joe Palazzolo of The Wall Street Journal has posted online at this link a copy of U.S. District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin‘s Request for Leave to File Motion to Address Order of Disqualification.

Posted at 8:09 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court hears case on N.Y. town’s practice of opening meetings with a prayer”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this news update.

Tim Phelps of The Los Angeles Times has a news update headlined “Dispute over prayer at meetings confounds Supreme Court.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. justices struggle with New York town prayer dispute.”

Josh Gerstein of Politico.com reports that “Justices struggle with church-state case.”

And at the “School Law” blog of Education Week, Mark Walsh has a post titled “Supreme Court Justices Weigh Prayers at Municipal Meetings.”

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“Circuit Split Watch: Attorney’s Fees in Prisoner Litigation.” Michelle Olsen has this post today at her “Appellate Daily” blog.

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“Supreme Court hears case on legislative prayer”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

Update: In other coverage, Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Legislative Prayer Scrutinized by U.S. Supreme Court Justices.”

Adam Liptak of The New York Times has a news update headlined “Supreme Court Justices Consider New York Town’s Prayer Practice.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Justices appear wary of regulating legislative prayer; Court’s decision, expected in the spring, could affect government practices from the halls of Congress to the nation’s smallest towns and villages.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Argument recap: Marsh‘s demise or its renewal?

You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Town of Greece v. Galloway, No. 12-696.

Posted at 11:35 AM by Howard Bashman



“The Nazi Anatomists: How the corpses of Hitler’s victims are still haunting modern science — and American abortion politics.” Emily Bazelon has this lengthy article online today at Slate.

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“Former California chief justice looks back on his days on the bench; In a new oral history, Ronald M. George discusses the challenges of persuading lawmakers to fund courts, disagreements with colleagues and the process of ruling on gay marriage”: Maura Dolan has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

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“Castille wins another term on Pa. Supreme Court”: The Philadelphia Inquirer contains this article today.

Peter Hall of The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania has an article headlined “Stabile wins Superior Court race; four veteran appeals court judges retained; Chief Justice Castille overcomes scandal to win third term; three other justices retained.”

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that “Republican Stabile wins Superior Court seat.”

The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania reports that “Vic Stabile wins Pa. Superior Court race.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Pa. voters send GOP’s Stabile to Superior Court, Dems sweep other top offices.”

Posted at 9:00 AM by Howard Bashman



“U.S. ‘overreaching’ in piracy case against Somali, judge says; Ali Mohamed Ali, a Somali who helped win release of a ship and crew for ransom but played no role in seizing the vessel, is charged with piracy by the U.S.; The trial judge says that goes too far”: This article appears today in The Los Angeles Times.

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“Local domestic dispute is heard by U.S. Supreme Court”: Today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer contains an article that begins, “Flabbergasted was the word U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. used Tuesday to describe his reaction to federal prosecutors’ decision to classify as a chemical-weapons attack a Lansdale woman’s attempt to poison her romantic rival.”

Update: In other coverage, Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor reports that “Supreme Court skeptical about use of chemical weapons treaty in charging wife; The Supreme Court heard a case Tuesday involving the prosecution of a Pennsylvania microbiologist who used toxic chemicals to try to settle a personal score. Federal prosecutors charged the woman with using ‘chemical weapons.'”

Posted at 8:52 AM by Howard Bashman



“Plan to Raise Judges’ Retirement Age to 80 Is Rejected”: The New York Times has a report that begins, “An amendment to the New York State Constitution raising the mandatory retirement age to 80 for judges on the Supreme Court and on the Court of Appeals went down in defeat in a referendum on Tuesday, handing Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman a stinging rebuke.”

And The Rochester Democrat & Chronicle reports that “Defeat of judicial age amendment shifts power to Cuomo.”

You can view the unofficial election results at this link.

Posted at 8:33 AM by Howard Bashman