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Friday, December 30, 2011

“Citing Gableman legal work, DA asks justices to reopen bargaining case”: Patrick Marley of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has a news update that begins, “The Dane County district attorney asked the state Supreme Court on Friday to reopen this summer’s collective bargaining case because he said Justice Michael Gableman was wrong to participate in the matter.”

The Wisconsin State Journal has a news update headlined “Ozanne asks high court to vacate ruling on collective bargaining law.”

And The Associated Press reports that “DA asks Wis. Supreme Court to reopen union lawsuit.”

The Wisconsin State Journal has posted online the motion for recusal, the memorandum of law in support thereof, and a related affidavit.

Posted at 11:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court upholds state ban on corporation spending”: The Billings Gazette has this news update.

The Associated Press reports that “MT court restores corporate campaign spending ban.”

At “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “A Citizens United sequel: different result.”

And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Eugene Volokh has a post titled “Montana Supreme Court vs. the United States Supreme Court.”

You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Montana at this link.

Posted at 11:06 PM by Howard Bashman



“Gary Haugen describes life on death row; He slams governor for granting reprieve”: This article appears today in The Statesman Journal of Salem, Oregon.

Posted at 8:32 AM by Howard Bashman



“Janine Orie ordered to stand trial”: Today’s edition of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review contains an article that begins, “The former chief law clerk for state Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin told a judge Thursday that she did political work on state time — from speech writing to working polls — at the direction of the justice’s sister.”

And in today’s edition of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Paula Reed Ward has an article headlined “‘I knew it was wrong,’ former law clerk says; Orie sister accused of using state staff for judge campaign.”

Posted at 8:24 AM by Howard Bashman