“Clarence Thomas’ Influence On The Supreme Court”: Nina Totenberg had this audio segment on this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered.”
Posted at 10:46 PM by Howard Bashman
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Tuesday, October 11, 2011
“Clarence Thomas’ Influence On The Supreme Court”: Nina Totenberg had this audio segment on this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered.” Posted at 10:46 PM by Howard Bashman“Supreme Court considers whether ‘right to sue’ means only right to arbitration”: Robert Barnes will have this article Wednesday in The Washington Post. You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in CompuCredit Corp. v. Greenwood, No. 10-948. Posted at 10:30 PM by Howard Bashman“Supreme Court: Are Strip Searches Constitutional?” Ariane de Vogue of ABCNews.com has this blog post. Posted at 9:10 PM by Howard Bashman“Supreme Court still pondering whether to hear Utah highway crosses case”: The Salt Lake Tribune has this news update. Posted at 9:03 PM by Howard Bashman“Fourth Circuit provides 100 pages of ACCA’s application to indecent liberties”: Douglas A. Berman has this post at his “Sentencing Law and Policy” blog. You can access today’s en banc ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at this link. Posted at 8:50 PM by Howard Bashman“Examining the Workload of Pennsylvania’s Highest Court”: Today’s installment of The Legal Intelligencer, Philadelphia’s daily newspaper for lawyers, contains this month’s installment of my monthly “Upon Further Review” column. This month’s column begins, “Recently, a journalist working at one of Pennsylvania’s major newspapers called me in the hope that I would be willing to speak on the record about the declining number of opinions that the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania issued in 2010.” Posted at 5:06 PM by Howard Bashman“Prosecutors mull possible retrial in 1991 murders”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Prosecutors in Arizona were expected to announce Tuesday whether a man convicted of killing nine people at a Buddhist temple will be retried after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to overturn a decision that threw out his confession.” Posted at 5:00 PM by Howard Bashman“Mortgage Closing Overcharge Case Gets U.S. High Court Review”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report. Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor reports that “Supreme Court rejects appeal in gay couple’s adoption case; The Supreme Court action Tuesday means Louisiana does not have to amend the birth certificate of a local boy adopted by an unmarried gay couple living in New York, to record them as his parents.” James Vicini of Reuters reports that “Supreme Court won’t hear same-sex adoptive parents case” and “U.S. court clears Abu-Jamal case re-sentencing.” And at the “School Law” blog of Education Week, Mark Walsh has a post titled “High Court Declines Cases on Student Expression.” Posted at 4:58 PM by Howard Bashman“Alabama urges court not to block immigration law”: The Associated Press has this report. And Bloomberg News reports that “Alabama Opposes U.S. Bid to Bar Immigration Law Enforcement During Appeal.” Posted at 4:38 PM by Howard BashmanAccess online today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: The Court has posted today’s Order List at this link. The Court today granted review in two new cases. In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “High court to decide double jeopardy question“; “Court won’t hear gay dads’ birth certificate case“; “Court rules in favor of one-time Black Panther“; “Court won’t hear appeal of Buddhist murders case“; “Court won’t hear NH presidential ballot question“; and “Court won’t hear appeal from Alamo followers.” And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Gay couple case rejected; 2 grants.” Posted at 10:04 AM by Howard Bashman“Reflections on Hosanna-Tabor (I) — Justice Breyer’s statutory question”: The newly famous Marty Lederman has this post today at “SCOTUSblog.” Posted at 9:34 AM by Howard Bashman“After 34 years on the bench, Stevens reflects on law, elections and Watergate”: This article appears today in The Daily Princetonian. And The Times of Trenton, New Jersey reports today that “Former Justice Stevens hopeful about court’s future.” Posted at 9:28 AM by Howard BashmanYesterday’s broadcast of WYPR’s “Midday with Dan Rodricks” featured an interview with Justice Stephen G. Breyer: You can access the audio via this link. Posted at 8:50 AM by Howard Bashman“Thomas Confirmation Hearings Had Ripple Effect”: This audio segment featuring Nina Totenberg appeared on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.” Posted at 7:10 AM by Howard Bashman“Lord Phillips, Supreme Court president, to retire early”: BBC News has this report. Posted at 7:08 AM by Howard Bashman“Former Alaska Supreme Court justice dies”: Today’s edition of The Juneau Empire contains an article that begins, “Robert Boochever, who served as chief justice for the Alaska Supreme Court and as senior judge on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, died Sunday in his Pasadena, Calif., home. He was 92.” Posted at 7:06 AM by Howard Bashman“Komisarjevsky’s Attorneys Seek To Curb State’s Closing Argument; Urge Judge To Bar Any Statements That Contradict Arguments Made In Steven Hayes’ Trial”: This article appears today in The Hartford Courant. Posted at 7:00 AM by Howard Bashman“FBI’s case against anthrax suspect rife with questions”: ProPublica, McClatchy Newspapers, and PBS’ Frontline have this report, along with articles headlined “Newly released files cloud FBI’s anthrax finding” and “Was FBI’s science good enough to ID anthrax killer?” Posted at 6:55 AM by Howard Bashman |
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