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Thursday, December 13, 2012

“Filling the federal bench: Obama needs to fight harder, and the Senate needs to give his nominees up-or-down votes.” Robert C. Post and Daniel Schuker will have this op-ed Friday in The Los Angeles Times.

Posted at 10:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Arguments for Gay Marriage Undermine Affirmative Action: Here’s how Justice Kennedy could vote to recognize same-sex unions and scrap racial preferences.” Richard D. Kahlenberg has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

Posted at 9:05 PM by Howard Bashman



“New crosses in place near Lindon for fallen UHP troopers”: Today’s edition of The Deseret News contains an article that begins, “New crosses honoring 15 fallen Utah Highway Patrol troopers now overlook I-15 just north of exit 273, taking the place of memorials that were removed from public land following a U.S. Supreme Court decision last year.”

Posted at 4:12 PM by Howard Bashman



“Judicial Nominations and Confirmations in Obama’s First Term”: Russell Wheeler of The Brookings Institution has posted online this paper. You can access a summary by clicking here.

Posted at 4:05 PM by Howard Bashman



“Eighth Circuit Creates Intra-Circuit Conflict-In One Day”: Ryan Koopmans has this post today at “On Brief: Iowa’s Appellate Blog.”

Posted at 3:45 PM by Howard Bashman



“New Senator says ‘Aloha’ to Senate Judiciary Committee”: Todd Ruger has this post today at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

Posted at 1:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“Will Churches Be Forced To Conduct Gay Weddings? Not a chance; That’s just the scare tactic conservative groups use to frighten voters.” Emily Bazelon has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

Posted at 9:18 AM by Howard Bashman



“Constitution Check: Should gay Americans be afraid of the Supreme Court?” Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

Posted at 9:12 AM by Howard Bashman