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Thursday, June 3, 2010

“US court weighs school discipline for Web posts”: The Associated Press has this report on a case reargued en banc today before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Update: You can download the audio of today’s en banc oral arguments here (Layshock case — 78.8 MB Windows Media Audio file) and here (JS v. Blue Mountain case — 73.3 MB Windows Media Audio file).

Posted at 3:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“Elena Kagan In Private Practice (And Her First Amendment Experience)”: Eric Turkewitz has this post at his “New York Personal Injury Law Blog.”

Posted at 11:05 AM by Howard Bashman



“GAO says millions of dollars are wasted on federal courthouses that are too big”: This article appears today in The Washington Post. You can view the preliminary results of the GAO’s inquiry at this link.

Posted at 10:50 AM by Howard Bashman



“Court Tosses Landmark Global Warming Ruling After Late Recusal”: Greenwire has a report that begins, “After an unusual about-face prompted by a late recusal, a federal appeals court has scrapped a ruling that said the nation’s largest producers of greenhouse gas emissions could be sued for the damage caused by global warming.”

My earlier coverage can be accessed here.

Posted at 9:26 AM by Howard Bashman



“In old article, Kagan invites tough questioning”: Jesse J. Holland of The Associated Press has this report.

Today’s edition of The New York Times contains an article headlined “A Knock-Down, Drag-Out — Yawn.”

The Mobile Press-Register reports that “Sessions seeks military recruiting records from Harvard, where Supreme Court nominee Kagan worked.”

The Hill reports that “Fight over Kagan documents heats up.”

And today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times contains an article headlined “Photo raises issue of sexual orientation in softball; Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan is pictured playing the sport, and whispers grow that she is gay; Those who play say they are aware of the reputation, but history of acceptance should be what is celebrated.”

Posted at 8:17 AM by Howard Bashman