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Thursday, October 9, 2014

“Former Rep. Rick Renzi’s conviction and sentence upheld”: The Arizona Republic has this report.

Howard Fischer of The Arizona Daily Star reports that “Conviction of ex-Arizona congressman upheld.”

Cronkite News reports that “Appeals court upholds convictions of former Arizona Rep. Rick Renzi.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Court upholds ex-Arizona congressman’s convictions on corruption, money-laundering charges.”

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

Posted at 10:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“Obama Weighs Options to Close Guantanamo; Any Move to Override Congressional Ban on Bringing Detainees to U.S. Would Spark Fight”: Carol E. Lee and Jess Bravin will have this article in Friday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

You can freely access the full text of the article via Google News.

Posted at 10:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“Marriage Ruling Echoes as West Virginia Concedes and South Carolina Persists”: Erik Eckholm will have this article in Friday’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 10:06 PM by Howard Bashman



“Sotomayor Brings Salsa, Trouble to the Supreme Court; America may have its first celebrity Supreme Court justice, author Joan Biskupic says”: Nikki Schwab has this post yesterday at the “Washington Whispers” blog of U.S. News & World Report.

Posted at 10:04 PM by Howard Bashman



“US Supreme Court blocks Wisconsin voter ID law”: The Associated Press has this report.

Patrick Marley of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has a news update headlined “U.S. Supreme Court blocks Wisconsin voter ID law.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court blocks Wisconsin’s voter ID law.”

Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has a blog post titled “Supreme Court blocks Wisconsin voter ID law.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Wisconsin Voter ID Law Blocked as High Court Intervenes.”

Lyle Denniston of “SCOTUSblog” has a post titled “Wisconsin voter ID law blocked.”

At his “Election Law” blog, Rick Hasen has a post titled “Supreme Court Stops Immediate Implementation of WI Voter ID Law; and a Thought on Texas.”

And Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed reports that “Supreme Court Blocks Wisconsin Voter ID Law From Going Into Effect; Justices Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia, and Clarence Thomas would have kept the law in effect.”

You can view this evening’s U.S. Supreme Court order at this link.

Posted at 9:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“Third Circuit Sends GSK Paxil Cases Back to Pa. Court”: Saranac Hale Spencer will have this article, in which I am quoted, in Friday’s edition of The Legal Intelligencer. You can freely access the full text of the article via Google.

Kelly Knaub of Law360.com reports that “3rd Circ. Sends Paxil Birth Defect Suit Back To Pa.” (subscription required for full access).

And at the “Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog,” Patricia W. Moore has a post titled “GSK Loses Its Bid to Re-Remove.”

My earlier coverage of today’s Third Circuit ruling, in a case in which I served as appellate counsel for plaintiffs-appellants in requesting a remand to state court, can be accessed here.

Posted at 8:34 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court whistleblower case has broad reach”: Joe Davidson has this entry today at the “Federal Eye” blog of The Washington Post.

Posted at 4:17 PM by Howard Bashman



“Even Supreme Court justices can goof”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has a report that begins, “The Supreme Court’s mishandling of big news this week about same-sex marriage was a reminder: Even the justices put their robes on one arm at a time.”

Posted at 3:34 PM by Howard Bashman



“New Orleans public paid $75,000 for judges’ trips to beach resorts, mountain lodges, more”: This article appears today in today’s edition of The Times-Picayune, as part of a series of articles on judicial junkets.

Related articles in the series, also appearing in today’s newspaper, are headlined “Louisiana judges don’t have to show receipts for $118 per-diem” and “Some New Orleans judges billed public for multi-room condos at Florida resort’s event.”

Online, the articles are accompanied by an interactive map headlined “New Orleans judges’ trips: See where they traveled on your dime” and a series of related photos.

The Judicial Administrator of the New Orleans Criminal District Court issued this letter, which the newspaper has also posted online, in response to the series.

Posted at 3:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“Mass. Strip Club Dances Around Town Zoning Restrictions”: Joe Palazzolo has this post today at WSJ.com’s “Law Blog” reporting on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued yesterday.

Yesterday was something of an adult entertainment-related day for the First Circuit, as that court also issued a separate decision in a case in which the plaintiff, an exotic dancer, alleged that “a fellow dancer assaulted her and inflicted severe injuries.” Senior Circuit Judge Bruce M. Selya wrote this decision, making it the rare judicial opinion in which you can read about a fight between exotic dancers and simultaneously improve your vocabulary.

Posted at 2:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“2014 Lovejoy Address by James Risen”: Colby College has posted online both the transcript and audio of the remarks that reporter James Risen recently delivered on receiving the Elijah Parish Lovejoy Journalism Award.

Posted at 2:37 PM by Howard Bashman



“Why did Supreme Court punt on same-sex cases? Justices don’t have to say why, and they like it that way; So we can only speculate.” Tony Mauro has this essay online at USA Today.

Posted at 1:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“Kane, Castille reach deal over porn e-mails”: Today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer contains an article that begins, “Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane has agreed to give Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court chief justice the names of any judges or judicial employees who may have exchanged sexually explicit e-mails, her office said Wednesday.” The newspaper also contains an editorial titled “Messages in a bottle.”

The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania reports that “Pennsylvania Chief Justice Ronald Castille will get briefing on Attorney General’s porn emails Friday.”

And today’s edition of The Philadelphia Daily News contains a cover story headlined “Do as I say, not as I . . . porn?

Posted at 1:25 PM by Howard Bashman



“Sonia Sotomayor And The Supreme Court’s New Term; Joan Biskupic on the Supreme Court’s first Latina justice, Sonia Sotomayor, and the high court’s agenda now”: This audio segment featuring Joan Biskupic appeared on today’s broadcast of WBUR Boston’s “On Point with Tom Ashbrook.”

Posted at 1:12 PM by Howard Bashman



“How a Bush-Appointed, Scalia-Admiring Federal Judge Could Become a Gay-Marriage Hero”: Steve Friess has this post online at New York magazine.

Posted at 12:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“Religious liberty: Beards behind bars.” Steven Mazie had this post yesterday at the “Democracy in America” blog of The Economist.

Posted at 11:34 AM by Howard Bashman



“Why Is Anthony Kennedy Pausing Gay Weddings Now? The justice is known as a friend of LGBT rights, but he issued an emergency stay of same-sex marriages in Idaho.” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at The Atlantic.

Posted at 10:42 AM by Howard Bashman



“U.S. Supreme Court Considers Pay for Amazon Workers’ Security Checks; Warehouse Employees Say It Takes 20 Minutes to Leave at End of Work Shifts”: Brent Kendall has this article in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

In today’s edition of The Washington Post, Robert Barnes has an article headlined “When do work shifts actually end? Supreme Court hears Amazon warehouse case.”

On yesterday evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Nina Totenberg had an audio segment titled “Supreme Court Takes Up Case On Overtime For Standing In Line.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Argument analysis: What is work, anyway?

Posted at 9:08 AM by Howard Bashman



Third Circuit rejects GSK’s re-removal efforts: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit today issued its ruling in the appeal that I argued on behalf of the plaintiffs on September 10, 2014.

Today’s unanimous decision, written by Circuit Judge Patty Shwartz, agrees with plaintiffs’ argument that the case was not properly re-removed to federal court and orders the case remanded to state court.

Via earlier posts, you can access the parties’ appellate briefs and the oral argument audio.

Posted at 8:26 AM by Howard Bashman