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Sunday, January 8, 2012

“Supreme Court case tests FCC’s power to police TV indecency”: Robert Barnes will have this article Monday in The Washington Post.

Posted at 9:06 PM by Howard Bashman



“Sullivan v. DB Investments – The Third Circuit Takes on the Supreme Court (and Itself)”: Andrew J. Trask has this post at the “Class Action Countermeasures” blog.

Posted at 8:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“Staunton suspect’s case raises questions about police use of GPS”: The News Leader of Staunton, Virginia contains this article today.

Posted at 8:32 AM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court to hear Texas redistricting case; Court expected to rule on which map to use, discuss Voting Rights Act”: This article appears today in The Austin American-Statesman.

The San Antonio Express-News reports today that “Texas redistricting clash is back in a familiar venue; Monday won’t be first time U.S. Supreme Court has heard similar arguments from the state.”

And The Dallas Morning News reports that “Supreme Court hearing Texas redistricting case could take up Voting Rights Act, too.”

Posted at 8:20 AM by Howard Bashman



Saturday, January 7, 2012

“Argument preview: Texas, the courts, and minority voters.” Lyle Denniston has this post today at “SCOTUSblog.”

Posted at 9:06 PM by Howard Bashman



“Study Challenges Supreme Court’s Image as Defender of Free Speech”: Adam Liptak will have this article Sunday in The New York Times.

Posted at 9:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“Senator Says His Concerns With Nominee Aren’t Personal”: The New York Times today contains an article that begins, “Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey denied Friday that he was blocking an Obama administration nominee to a federal judgeship because of a grudge against her longtime companion, who led a corruption investigation of the senator during his tough election fight of 2006.”

Posted at 12:57 PM by Howard Bashman



Friday, January 6, 2012

“Supreme Court to rule on drug-sniffing dog case; Florida justices had ruled against the use of such dogs to detect marijuana at the door of a home without evidence of criminal activity; The high court will hear an appeal”: David G. Savage will have this article Saturday in The Los Angeles Times.

And in Saturday’s edition of The Washington Post, Robert Barnes will have an article headlined “Supreme Court to review use of drug-sniffing dog at the front door of a house.”

Posted at 8:16 PM by Howard Bashman



“Obama Administration Files Brief Defending Health Care Law Individual Mandate With Supreme Court”: Mike Sacks of The Huffington Post has this report.

Posted at 5:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“Does drug dog sniff outside home violate privacy? Supreme Court takes case; The Supreme Court will examine a case in which a drug dog signaled the presence of narcotics after being brought to the door of a home; A warrant was obtained, and growing marijuana was found.” Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has this report.

Posted at 5:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“Gov’t defends core of health care overhaul”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has a report that begins, “The Obama administration defended the health care overhaul in a filing Friday with the Supreme Court that calls the law an appropriate response to a ‘crisis in the national health care market.'”

James Vicini of Reuters reports that “Obama lawyers defend healthcare law in Supreme Court.”

And Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Obama Lawyers Defend Health-Care Law at U.S. High Court.”

Posted at 5:28 PM by Howard Bashman