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Monday, December 20, 2010

By a vote of 5-4, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit denies rehearing en banc in the Utah highway patrol roadside memorial crosses case: You can access the order denying rehearing en banc and the two dissents therefrom at this link.

My earlier coverage of the three-judge panel’s ruling (which was reissued today to replace the word “universally” with the word “widely”) appears at this link.

Posted at 8:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justices to leave office despite state legal challenge”: Grant Schulte of The Des Moines Register has a blog post that begins, “Three Iowa Supreme Court justices voted out of office last month will leave as scheduled, despite a legal challenge that had sought to keep them on the bench.”

Posted at 8:10 PM by Howard Bashman



“Jurisprudential shell game: Health reform lawsuits sneak ‘Lochnerism’ back from constitutional exile.” Simon Lazarus has this essay in this week’s issue of The National Law Journal.

Posted at 8:01 PM by Howard Bashman



“Long-dead judge sparks a lively tug of war”: Today’s edition of The Raleigh News & Observer contains an article that begins, “James Iredell, one of the first U.S. Supreme Court justices, and father of the state’s 23rd governor, was a prolific letter writer.”

Posted at 8:10 AM by Howard Bashman



“Disparity cited in sentence lengths; Analyst studying Hub’s US judges alleges bias risk”: Jonathan Saltzman has this article today in The Boston Globe.

Posted at 8:05 AM by Howard Bashman