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Tuesday, December 2, 2014

“11th Circ. Boots Suit Over ACA Employer Mandate Delay”: Jeff Overley of Law360.com has a report (subscription required for full access) that begins, “A divided Eleventh Circuit panel on Tuesday axed a challenge to the postponement of the Affordable Care Act’s employer mandate, finding that a Florida orthodontics practice failed to show it was legitimately harmed by the delay.”

Earlier coverage of the lawsuit is available from Reuters, msnbc, and FloridaWatchdog.org.

You can access today’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit at this link.

Posted at 11:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“State Supreme Court debates Kissimmee ‘stand your ground’ case”: The Orlando Sentinel has a news update that begins, “Several state Supreme Court justices lamented the vague wording of Florida’s ‘stand your ground’ statute on Tuesday.”

Posted at 10:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“Senate Republicans to Look at Requiring 60 Votes, McConnell Says”: Bloomberg News has a report that begins, “Senate Republicans next week will consider returning to a 60-vote threshold for advancing most presidential nominees when they take the majority in January, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said today.”

Posted at 10:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“Frankfurter’s Papers and History as Art”: Michael Dorf had this post yesterday at his blog, “Dorf on Law.”

Posted at 9:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“What Death Penalty Opponents Don’t Get: There are fates worse than death.” James Ridgeway and Jean Casella have this essay online at The Marshall Project.

Posted at 9:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Lear Jet Justice in West Virginia? A ‘Circus Masquerading as a Court.'” Brian Ross and Matt Mosk of the ABC News program Nightline have a report that begins, “As a $90 million jury verdict was wending its way to the West Virginia Supreme Court, the lawyer handling the nursing home abuse case did more than prepare appellate briefs and ready himself for oral arguments.”

Posted at 8:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“How Do You Solve a Problem Like Scalia? Set His Dissents to Music; Outspoken Justice Inspires a Different Type of Courtroom Drama; Duet With Ginsburg.” Jess Bravin will have this front page article in Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 7:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“Reverse the outrageous gag order in Don Blankenship criminal case”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report today.

Posted at 7:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“Man in Facebook Threat Case Scrutinized for Note to Prosecutor”: Today at WSJ.com’s “Law Blog,” Brent Kendall has a post that begins, “The man at the center of a Supreme Court case about posting threats on Facebook has caught the attention of U.S. probation officials for more recent comments he allegedly made about cross burning in a prison note to a prosecutor.”

Posted at 5:38 PM by Howard Bashman



“Rap’s poetic (In)justice: The Supreme Court is finally getting schooled in hip-hop; Music is not a threat to safety.” Erik Nielson and Michael Render (aka Killer Mike) had this op-ed in yesterday’s edition of USA Today.

Posted at 5:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“5th Circuit Clerk Lyle Cayce Writes Us About Court’s Website”: William Peacock had this post yesterday at “The FindLaw 5th Circuit News and Information Blog.”

Posted at 5:12 PM by Howard Bashman



“Teacher’s case against diocese headed to trial”: Today’s edition of The Journal Gazette of Fort Wayne, Indiana contains an article that begins, “With a ruling from the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday afternoon, a case stemming from the use of in vitro fertilization by a local Roman Catholic schoolteacher will head to trial later this month.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit at this link.

Posted at 1:18 PM by Howard Bashman



“Goodlatte, Conyers monitoring judge’s domestic-abuse”: In today’s edition of The Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser, Mary Troyan has an article that begins, “Two members of Congress with leading roles in judicial impeachments asked Monday for an update on the investigation into U.S. District Judge Mark Fuller, who was suspended after being arrested for battery of his wife.”

Yesterday, the Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives issued a news release titled “Goodlatte & Conyers Request Update on Judge Fuller Investigation.” A copy of the letter requesting an update can be accessed here.

Posted at 9:51 AM by Howard Bashman



“UI asks Supreme Court to block new trial in law school case”: The Associated Press has an article that begins, “University of Iowa law school officials have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block a second trial over whether they improperly passed over a conservative scholar for a faculty position.”

Posted at 8:12 AM by Howard Bashman



“Constitution Check: Will the Supreme Court’s future be an election issue in 2016?” Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

Posted at 8:10 AM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court To Consider Rare Ruling Barring Coverage Of Child Custody Case”: Alaine Griffin has this article in today’s edition of The Hartford Courant.

Posted at 8:06 AM by Howard Bashman