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Sunday, April 12, 2009

“The Supreme Court’s Latest ‘Exclusionary Rule’ Decision: Why Justice Kennedy, the Swing Vote, Was on the Liberal Side Here, But the Conservative Side in a Prior Decision Regarding the Rule.” Vikram David Amar has this essay online at FindLaw.

Posted at 11:03 PM by Howard Bashman



“Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. to Judge Moot Court Competition”: North Carolina Central University School of Law has issued this news release.

See also this editorial published today in The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina.

Posted at 10:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Abu-Jamal supporters meet, to seek White House help”: Today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer contains an article that begins, “Stung by the U.S. Supreme Court ruling last week denying a new trial for Mumia Abu-Jamal, supporters of the internationally known death-row inmate met yesterday at a church in West Philadelphia and said they planned to seek some type of presidential intervention on his behalf.”

Posted at 8:23 PM by Howard Bashman



“Gay Marriage Issue Steering Clear of the Supreme Court”: Adam Liptak has this article today in the Week in Review section of The New York Times.

Posted at 9:38 AM by Howard Bashman