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Sunday, November 7, 2010

“Top court takes peek into nation’s bedrooms”: Janice Tibbetts of Postmedia News has an article that begins, “Can you consent to sex when you’re voluntarily choked unconscious? The Supreme Court of Canada on Monday will consider whether an Ottawa woman, who had admittedly kinky sex with her longtime partner, was a victim of sexual assault when he sodomized her against her will while she was passed out, even though she had agreed to asphyxiation.”

Today’s edition of The Toronto Star contains an article headlined “Can an unconscious person consent to sex?

The Canadian Press reports that “Women’s group fights to keep ‘advance’ sexual consent from being passed into law.”

And yesterday in The Winnipeg Free Press, law professor Karen Busby had an op-ed entitled “Sexual defence threatens women.”

Posted at 11:06 PM by Howard Bashman



“Jousting Justices”: In the Sunday Book Review section of today’s edition of The New York Times, Adam Cohen has this review of law professor Noah Feldman‘s book “Scorpions: The Battles and Triumphs of FDR’s Great Supreme Court Justices.”

Law professor Jeremy Rabkin had a review of the book headlined “The New Dealers’ Court” in yesterday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

And law professor Eric A. Posner had a review of the book headlined “The Four Tops” last month in The New Republic.

Posted at 10:58 PM by Howard Bashman



“Cordray under consideration for Ohio Supreme Court after losing race for attorney general”: The Cleveland Plain Dealer contains this article today.

Posted at 10:47 PM by Howard Bashman



“Another appeals hearing set for Abu-Jamal”: In today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Nathan Gorenstein has an article that begins, “It’s been 28 years since Mumia Abu-Jamal was convicted of murder and sentenced to die for the shooting death of Police Officer Daniel Faulkner. But on Tuesday, his case will be back in court for another appellate hearing, and lawyers say a final resolution remains years away.”

Posted at 10:36 PM by Howard Bashman