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Monday, December 12, 2011

“The ‘Fill in the Blanks’ Court Game of Indefinite Detention”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 8:47 PM by Howard Bashman



“Tobacco Companies Preparing for Supreme Court Review of Graphic Labels”: Zoe Tillman has this post today at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

Posted at 8:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justices ask Obama admin to weigh in on pollution permitting for logging roads”: Lawrence Hurley of Greenwire has this report.

Posted at 5:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“Can Ecuadorean plaintiffs keep funding case against Chevron?” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report.

Posted at 4:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court to Rule on Immigration Law in Arizona”: 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 of Arizona’s restrictive immigration law.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has a news update headlined “Supreme Court to review Arizona immigration law.”

Joan Biskupic of USA Today has a news update headlined “High court will look at state immigration laws.”

The Arizona Republic has a news update headlined “Supreme Court to look at Arizona immigration law.”

Howard Fischer of The Arizona Daily Star has a news update headlined “High court agrees to rule on SB1070.”

Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times has a news update headlined “Supreme Court will hear Arizona immigration case; Kagan recuses herself.”

Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor reports that “Supreme Court takes Arizona immigration law case in key test of federal power; The Supreme Court has agreed to consider the tough Arizona immigration law, setting the stage for a potentially landmark ruling on whether states have rights to set immigration policy.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “AZ Immigration Law Gets Supreme Court Review.”

James Vicini of Reuters reports that “Supreme Court to decide Arizona immigration law.”

Mike Sacks of The Huffington Post reports that “Arizona Immigration Law Faces Supreme Court Ruling.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Another landmark ruling in the offing.”

Posted at 1:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“When Truth Survives Free Speech”: In today’s edition of The New York Times, David Carr has an essay that begins, “Last week, a story came across my desk that seemed to suggest that a blogger had been unfairly nailed with a $2.5 million defamation award after a judge refused to give her standing as a journalist.”

The NYTimes is also hosting a “Room for Debate” discussion titled “Are All Bloggers Journalists?

Posted at 10:40 AM by Howard Bashman



Access online today’s Order List and opinion in an argued case of the U.S. Supreme Court: The nation’s highest Court has posted online today’s opinions and Order List some 30 minutes before they will be announced in open court.

You can access today’s Order List at this link. The Court granted review in three cases, including Arizona v. United States (with Justice Elena Kagan’s recusal noted in that case). The Court also called for the views of the Solicitor General in two cases.

Justice Kagan delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in Judulang v. Holder, No. 10-694. You can access the oral argument transcript at this link.

The Court today also issued a unanimous per curiam summary reversal in Hardy v. Cross, No. 11-74.

Update: No doubt recognizing its early posting error, the Court has temporarily removed its Order List and these opinions from the Court’s web site. If you haven’t obtained access to them yet, you will simply need to wait until 10 a.m. There could also be additional opinions announced in argued cases, as the early posting of Justice Kagan’s opinion in the Judulang case did not indicate whether any other opinions in argued cases will issue today. The Court announces signed majority opinions in reverse seniority order, meaning that on a day when Justice Kagan has one or more signed majority opinions to announce, her opinion(s) will be announced first.

Second update: The Court is only issuing one opinion in an argued case today. Stay tuned for news coverage of how the Court managed accidentally to make public its Order List and opinions 30 minutes early. And perhaps the SEC can look into whether any unusual trading took place during that 30 minutes based on the information contained in the Order List.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press has reports headlined “High court to look at state immigration laws“; “Court overturns deportation decision“; and “Court: Can lawsuit against casino go forward?

Posted at 9:35 AM by Howard Bashman



“Internal DOJ Email: Kagan Was Brought Into Loop on Mark Levin’s Obamacare Complaint.” Terence P. Jeffrey has this report at CNSNews.com.

Posted at 9:26 AM by Howard Bashman



“The Next Roe v. Wade?: Jennie McCormack’s Abortion Battle; Jennie McCormack was arrested for terminating her pregnancy with an abortion pill; The case that could transform the reproduction wars.” The current issue of Newsweek contains this article.

Posted at 9:20 AM by Howard Bashman



“Justice Breyer: A view from the bench.” CBS News.com has this report. Justice Stephen G. Breyer was a guest on this morning’s broadcast of the CBS News program “The Early Show.”

Posted at 9:07 AM by Howard Bashman