“The Supreme Court’s Recusal Problem”: This editorial will appear Thursday in The New York Times.
Posted at 11:18 PM by Howard Bashman
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“The Supreme Court’s Recusal Problem”: This editorial will appear Thursday in The New York Times. Posted at 11:18 PM by Howard Bashman“Interpreting The Constitution In The Digital Era”: Today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Fresh Air from WHYY” contained this audio segment featuring law professor Jeffrey Rosen. Posted at 11:16 PM by Howard Bashman“The unintended consequences of racial preferences”: In Thursday’s edition of The Washington Post, columnist George F. Will will have an op-ed that begins, “The Supreme Court faces a discomfiting decision. If it chooses, as it should, to hear a case concerning racial preferences in admissions at the University of Texas, the court will confront evidence of its complicity in harming the supposed beneficiaries of preferences the court has enabled and encouraged.” Posted at 11:14 PM by Howard Bashman“Appeals Panel to Review Bid to Return Bank of America Deal to State Court”: Bloomberg News has this report. Reuters reports that “Appeal sped up over BofA $8.5 bln MBS accord.” And Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has a report headlined “Good news for BofA? 2d Circ. expedites $8.5 bln MBS appeal.” Posted at 11:09 PM by Howard Bashman“Supreme Court weighs disclosure of HIV status; The high court hears the case of a San Francisco pilot whose HIV status was reported by the Social Security Administration to the FAA; But the justices seem skeptical of the damages claim”: David G. Savage will have this article Thursday in The Los Angeles Times. In Thursday’s edition of The Washington Post, Robert Barnes will have an article headlined “Justices weigh whether Privacy Act violations allow for distress damages.” In Thursday’s edition of USA Today, Joan Biskupic will have an article headlined “Supreme Court takes case on pilot’s privacy.” And Bill Mears of CNN.com reports that “Justices debate what damages are due for privacy violation.” Posted at 11:06 PM by Howard Bashman“Nativity Scene Comes To Life Before The Supreme Court”: Hayley Miller and Mike Sacks of The Huffington Post have this report. Posted at 10:50 PM by Howard Bashman“Supreme Court asked to hear end-of-life case”: The Toronto Globe and Mail contains this article today. Posted at 10:42 PM by Howard Bashman“An Intolerable Burden of Proof”: This editorial appears today in The New York Times. Posted at 10:40 PM by Howard Bashman“Supreme Court Looks On HIV-Positive Pilot’s Emotional Distress Mostly Unmoved”: Mike Sacks of The Huffington Post has this report. Posted at 6:20 PM by Howard Bashman“New hearing for ban on guns at Alameda fairgrounds”: Bob Egelko has this article today in The San Francisco Chronicle. And today’s edition of Metropolitan News-Enterprise reports that “Ninth Circuit Agrees to Second En Banc Rehearing in Gun Case; Judges to Again Consider Whether County May Ban Firearms from Fairgrounds.” My earlier coverage of Monday’s Ninth Circuit order granting rehearing en banc can be accessed here. Posted at 1:45 PM by Howard BashmanTuesday, November 29, 2011
“Should three key Supreme Court justices bow out of health care ruling?” Bill Mears of CNN.com has this report. Posted at 10:30 PM by Howard Bashman“The Certainty of Memory Has Its Day in Court”: This article appears today in The New York Times. Posted at 8:47 PM by Howard Bashman“Komisarjevsky Trial: Both Sides Rest After 20-Day Penalty Phase; Jurors hear killer on tape describe two residential burglaries the night before Cheshire home invasion.” The Hartford Courant has this news update. And The Associated Press reports that “Both sides rest in Conn. home invasion sentencing.” Posted at 8:40 PM by Howard Bashman“U.S. Settles Suit Over Anthrax Attacks”: The New York Times has this news update. Posted at 8:32 PM by Howard Bashman“TV pitchman Trudeau loses appeal of $37.6 million fine”: Jonathan Stempel and Terry Baynes of Reuters have this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued today. Posted at 8:16 PM by Howard Bashman“Why Was an Amicus Appointed in Dorsey and Hill? (Miguel Estrada)”: Michelle Olsen has this post today at her “Appellate Daily” blog. Posted at 6:17 PM by Howard Bashman“Federal appeals court affirms former Jefferson County Commissioner Gary White’s conviction and sentence”: The Birmingham News has this update. And Terry Baynes of Reuters reports that “Court upholds bribery conviction of Jefferson County official.” Circuit Judge Ed Carnes wrote today’s ruling on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Posted at 6:14 PM by Howard Bashman“FDA to Appeal Judge’s Order Blocking Graphic Cigarette-Package Warnings”: Bloomberg News has this report. The Associated Press reports that “Obama administration appeals cigarette pack ruling.” And at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Zoe Tillman has a post titled “FDA Appeals Preliminary Injunction in Graphic Cigarette Labels Case.” Posted at 6:07 PM by Howard Bashman“Creeping informality at Supreme Court”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report. You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC v. Simmonds, No. 10-1261. Posted at 5:55 PM by Howard Bashman“9th Circuit agrees to rehear long-running Alameda County gun rights case”: Howard Mintz has this article today in The San Jose Mercury News. You can access yesterday’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granting rehearing en banc at this link. My earlier coverage of the three-judge panel’s most recent ruling in the case can be accessed here. Posted at 12:55 PM by Howard BashmanThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has redesigned its web site: You can view the redesign by clicking here. Posted at 12:35 PM by Howard BashmanMonday, November 28, 2011
Adam Liptak of The New York Times is reporting: In Tuesday newspaper, he will have articles headlined “Telemarketer Abuse Statute Confounds Supreme Court” and “Justices to Decide on Fairness in Drug Sentences.” Posted at 11:02 PM by Howard Bashman“What’s So Hard About Regulating Supreme Court Justices’ Ethics? — A Lot.” Russell Wheeler has this essay online at The Brookings Institution. Posted at 10:54 PM by Howard Bashman“Supreme Court Considers Whether A Fist Is A ‘Dangerous Instrument'”: The Hartford Courant has this news update. Posted at 10:44 PM by Howard Bashman“Supreme Court may weigh in on religious services in NYC schools; U.S. Supreme Court set to announce whether it will hear the case”: The New York Daily News has this update. Posted at 10:37 PM by Howard BashmanWarren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor is reporting: He has articles headlined “Supreme Court refuses to resolve confusion over child pornography law; Federal courts have disagreed about how to enforce a law that requires people convicted of possessing child pornography to pay restitution to the victim, even if they didn’t know the victim; But the Supreme Court refused to take up the case Monday” and “Supreme Court declines to clarify gun rights question; The US Supreme Court declined on Monday to take up a potentially important gun rights case, which could have established guideposts for future gun regulations at the local, state, and national levels.” Posted at 10:30 PM by Howard Bashman“Supreme Court TV? Nice Idea, but Still Not Likely.” Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York TImes. Posted at 10:14 PM by Howard Bashman“Senate Confirms Judge Christopher Droney For U.S. Appeals Court; Scramble For His U.S. District Court Seat Narrowed To Four Finalists”: The Hartford Courant has this news update. Posted at 8:42 PM by Howard Bashman“A Vindictive Decision: The Supreme Court sends a grandmother back to prison to teach the 9th Circuit a lesson.” Emily Bazelon has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate. Posted at 8:22 PM by Howard Bashman“Gay marriage champion joins Vt. Supreme Court”: The Associated Press has this report. Posted at 6:20 PM by Howard Bashman“Twombly, Iqbal rulings have ‘substantial impact’: study.” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report. Posted at 6:15 PM by Howard Bashman“Why Are Facebook And The Supreme Court’s Conservative Justices Standing Together?” Mike Sacks of The Huffington Post has this report. Posted at 6:14 PM by Howard Bashman“Supreme Court asks if lawsuits require proof of harm”: James Vicini of Reuters has a report that begins, “In a case pitting business against consumer groups, U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday questioned whether individuals can sue a company over an alleged kickback scheme without showing it caused them harm.” You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in First American Financial Corp. v. Edwards, No. 10-708 Posted at 4:10 PM by Howard Bashman“Justices take up mercury-storage case”: Lawrence Hurley of Greenwire has this report. Posted at 4:05 PM by Howard Bashman“Will Supreme Court Add Another Alien Tort Statute Case to its Docket?” Richard Samp has this post today at “The Legal Pulse” blog of the Washington Legal Foundation. Posted at 3:10 PM by Howard Bashman |
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