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Tuesday, November 11, 2014

“Fish-pedicure business may head to Supreme Court”: In today’s edition of The Arizona Daily Star, Howard Fischer has an article that begins, “A Gilbert spa owner wants the U.S. Supreme Court to rule she has a constitutional right to have fish nibble on her customers’ toes and charge them for that.”

Posted at 10:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“Roberts at 10 — Campaign Finance and Voting Rights: Easier to Donate, Harder to Vote.” The Constitutional Accountability Center has posted online the latest installment in its year-long project, “Roberts at 10.” written by David H. Gans.

Posted at 9:38 PM by Howard Bashman



“Racial Gerrymandering Switcheroo: The Supreme Court is asked to decide when districts drawn to protect black officeholders have too many black voters.” Edward Blum will have this op-ed in Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal. You can freely access the full text of the op-ed via Google.

Posted at 9:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“An army of one: Ted Cruz is leading the charge against Obamacare. But no one’s following.” David Nather of Politico.com has this report.

Posted at 8:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“Banks try, try again at SCOTUS for time limits on regulators’ suits”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report today.

Posted at 6:08 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Weighs Case Over Cuts to Retirees’ Health Benefits”: Adam Liptak has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

ou can access at this link the transcript of yesterday’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in M&G Polymers USA, LLC v. Tackett, No. 13-1010.

Posted at 4:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“Nevada finally establishes a court of appeals”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Justice hasn’t always been swift in Nevada, which until last week’s election was one of 10 states in the nation without an intermediate court of appeals.”

Posted at 3:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justices review racial makeup of Alabama districts”: Mark Sherman and Kim Chandler of The Associated Press have this report.

Posted at 3:46 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Denies Insider-Trading Appeal; Doug Whitman’s 2012 Conviction Tied to Trades in Google, Other Tech Stocks”: Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal has this report. Today’s edition of the newspaper also contains a related editorial titled “Scalia’s Insider-Trading Invitation: The Justice says he’s looking for a good case for the Court to accept.” You can freely access full text of the editorial via Google.

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. Supreme Court rejects Whitman Capital founder’s appeal.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Court lets stand conviction of hedge fund founder.”

You can access yesterday’s order of the U.S. Supreme Court denying certiorari in Whitman v. United States, No. 14-29, and the statement respecting the denial of certiorari that Justice Antonin Scalia issued, in which Justice Clarence Thomas joined, at this link.

Posted at 9:51 AM by Howard Bashman