Access online the contents of the November 2015 issue of The Yale Law Journal: Via this link.
The issue includes a book review written by Seventh Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner titled “Eighteen Years On: A Re-Review” (also available in HTML format), in which Judge Posner re-reviews law professor William N. Eskridge, Jr.‘s 1996 book titled “The Case for Same-Sex Marriage: From Sexual Liberty to Civilized Commitment.” Judge Posner’s original review of the book, from 1997, can be accessed here.
“These 3 judges hold the fate of the Internet in their hands”: Brian Fung had this post Tuesday at “The Switch” blog of The Washington Post.
“Supreme Court of Canada rules human smuggling laws unconstitutional”: In today’s edition of The Toronto Globe and Mail, Sean Fine has this article reporting on two rulings (access here and here) that the Supreme Court of Canada issued yesterday.
And in other coverage, Reuters has a report headlined “Canada’s top court: some human smugglers can’t be denied refugee status.”
“Anti-apartheid hero urges Canada to rethink solitary confinement in prisons”: Sean Fine has this article in today’s edition of The Toronto Globe and Mail.
“In Scalia lecture, Kagan discusses statutory interpretation”: Harvard Law Today has this report.
You can view the lecture, which was in fact a dialogue, on YouTube via this link.
“Supreme Court removes judge in Kane feud”: In today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Chris Palmer has a front page article that begins, “The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has removed a senior judge who once presided over many of the state’s biggest grand jury investigations, accusing him of judicial misconduct and abandoning his sense of objectivity during a feud with Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane.”
“That was fast! When Howard Bashman (of our sister site How Appealing) talks, the U.S. Supreme Court listens.” So wrote David Lat in his round-up of legal news and blog coverage yesterday evening at “Above the Law.”
“Lawyers’ Class-Action Payouts Face Court Challenge; Case in California would base attorneys’ compensation on hours, not a percentage”: Sara Randazzo has this article in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal about a case pending in the Supreme Court of California.
You can freely access the full text of the article via Google.
“Republicans are running against the Supreme Court. Will Democrats?” Irin Carmon of msnbc.com has this report.
“Supreme Court Justice Intervenes in Native Hawaiian Election”: Adam Liptak has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.
The Associated Press reports that “Supreme Court justice blocks Native Hawaiian vote count.”
And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Kennedy temporarily blocks Hawaii vote count.”
