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Monday, November 14, 2011

“Supreme Court Sets Historic Showdown For Health Law”: This audio segment featuring Nina Totenberg and Julie Rovner appeared on this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered.”

And Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has an article headlined “Both Dems, GOP pleased: Supreme Court taking up Obama health-care law; The announcement from the US Supreme Court about considering the health-care law was greeted across the ideological spectrum as a positive development — but for different reasons.”

Posted at 5:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“Obama faces re-election hurdle as health reforms go before supreme court; Court expected to reach decision on whether healthcare reform bill is constitutional just five months before election day”: The Guardian (UK) has this news update.

Posted at 4:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“Law Professor Takes Aim at Friend-of-Court Filings”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 3:04 PM by Howard Bashman



“Obama Health Care Law Reaches Supreme Court, With Over Five Hours Of Oral Argument Planned”: Mike Sacks of The Huffington Post has this report.

Posted at 1:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court agrees to settle fight over Obama health-care law; The Obama health-care law hangs in the balance, as the Supreme Court opts to hear challenges to its constitutionality; But the case is also about the power of Congress and the role of Supreme Court precedent”: Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has this report.

The Washington Times has a news update headlined “Supreme Court will hear health care case.”

At “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Tony Mauro has a post titled “Supreme Court Sets Broad Review of Health Care Law.”

And Politico.com has a report headlined “Five health reform fights SCOTUS won’t settle.”

Posted at 12:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“Court Declines Review of School Vaccine, Religious-Flier Cases”: Mark Walsh has this post at the “School Law” blog of Education Week.

Posted at 11:07 AM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court to Hear Case Challenging Health Law”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this news update.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has a news update headlined “Supreme Court to hear challenge to Obama’s health-care overhaul.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has a news update headlined “Supreme Court to review Obama healthcare law ahead of election.”

Joan Biskupic of USA Today has a news update headlined “Supreme Court to hear dispute on health care law.”

And Michael Doyle and David Lightman of McClatchy Newspapers report that “Supreme Court will consider health care law challenge in 2012.”

Posted at 10:45 AM by Howard Bashman



Access online today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: The Court has posted today’s Order List at this link. The Court granted review today in a total of five cases, three of which involve challenges to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

In early news coverage, Jesse J. Holland of The Associated Press reports that “Supreme Court will hear health care case this term.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Obama’s Health-Care Overhaul Law Will Be Reviewed by U.S. Supreme Court.”

James Vicini of Reuters reports that “Supreme Court agrees to hear Obama healthcare law.”

Bill Mears of CNN.com reports that “Supreme Court takes up challenge to health care reform law.”

Ariane de Vogue of ABC News reports that “Supreme Court Will Rule This Year on Health Reform Law.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Court sets 5 1/2-hour hearing on health care.”

Posted at 10:01 AM by Howard Bashman



“License plates, not bullhorns”: Today’s edition of The Times Union of Albany, New York contains an editorial that begins, “The Children First Foundation has an adorable, crayon-drawn license plate and a worthy cause: encouraging people to adopt children. But it also has a loaded anti-abortion catchphrase — Choose Life — that may be fine for a bumper sticker but is inappropriate for a government-issued license plate.”

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“A buoyed healthcare law reaches Supreme Court; Justices are expected to announce as soon as Monday that they will hear a challenge to President Obama’s landmark legislation, which bears the surprising approval of prominent conservative judges”: David G. Savage and Noam N. Levey have this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

Posted at 7:55 AM by Howard Bashman