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Tuesday, December 23, 2014

“Doctors shouldn’t be compelled to give anti-abortion lectures to patients”: The Los Angeles Times today posted online an editorial that begins, “A federal appeals court made the right decision this week when it struck down a key provision in a North Carolina law requiring doctors to perform ultrasounds on women seeking abortions and then both show and describe the sonogram images to them.”

Posted at 11:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“Judges could face mandatory retirement age”: Dee J. Hall of The Wisconsin State Journal has an article that begins, “Wisconsin voters passed a constitutional amendment requiring the Legislature to set a mandatory retirement age for judges in the state. But for 37 years, no one has ever gotten around to doing it. Until now.”

Posted at 9:08 PM by Howard Bashman



“Willett v. Harrell: The Battle for Appellate Pop-Culture Dominance.” Steve Klepper had this post yesterday at the “Maryland Appellate Blog.”

Posted at 1:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“PowerPoint Justice: When prosecutors slide around the law.” Ken Armstrong has this article online today at The Marshall Project.

Posted at 8:27 AM by Howard Bashman



“When, if ever, should law clerks betray their bosses?” Will Baude has this post today at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

Posted at 8:24 AM by Howard Bashman