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Friday, May 25, 2012

“After Guantanamo, Starting Anew, in Quiet Anger”: Saturday’s edition of The New York Times will contain this profile of Lakhdar Boumediene.

Posted at 11:07 PM by Howard Bashman



“DOJ appeals injunction on import of death penalty drug”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report.

Posted at 10:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“FDA Is Appealing Court Bar To Drug Used In Executions”: Tom Schoenberg of Bloomberg News has a report that begins, “The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is appealing a federal judge’s order that banned the importation of sodium thiopental and its use in executions.”

Posted at 5:26 PM by Howard Bashman



“UVa law group files federal suit on limits of women in combat”: This article appears today in The Daily Progress of Charlottesville, Virginia.

The Virginian-Pilot reports today that “Suffolk reservist sues over ban on women in combat.”

Bloomberg News reports that “Female Soldiers Sue U.S. In Challenge To Combat Limits.”

The Associated Press reports that “2 female Army officers sue to reverse combat ban.”

Yesterday, the University of Virginia School of Law issued a news release headlined “Students, Professor Help File Lawsuit on Behalf of Plaintiffs Seeking to Overturn Military Ban on Women in Combat.” You can access a copy of the complaint initiating suit at this link.

Posted at 1:27 PM by Howard Bashman



“Tony Mauro, U.S. Supreme Court correspondent for The National Law Journal, was elected Steering Committee chairman of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press at its biannual meeting this week.” You can access the complete press release at this link.

Posted at 1:03 PM by Howard Bashman



“Vote on Oklahoma judicial nominees delayed by GOP; Robert E. Bacharach and John E. Dowdell will get another chance on June 7 for a vote by the Senate Judiciary Committee”: Chris Casteel has this article today in The Oklahoman.

Posted at 12:56 PM by Howard Bashman



Did a city commission’s adoption of an ordinance that countermanded the commission’s earlier decision to remove from municipal property a Ten Commandments monument imbue the monument with an impermissible religious symbolism that had earlier been judicially declared not to exist? A Ten Commandments monument that the Fraternal Order of Eagles donated to the City of Fargo in 1958 is the subject of a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued today.

Posted at 11:57 AM by Howard Bashman



“Defense of Marriage Act: 2nd judge overturns law.” Bob Egelko has this article today in The San Francisco Chronicle.

Bay City News Service reports that “Judge strikes down Defense of Marriage Act provision in state employees’ case.”

And Chris Geidner has a blog post titled “Federal Judge Rules DOMA, Tax Code Force Unconstitutional Treatment For Same-Sex Couples.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California at this link.

Posted at 8:54 AM by Howard Bashman



“John Edwards verdict could become part of Citizens United backlash; A diverse panel of North Carolinians is currently considering whether John Edwards committed campaign fraud in 2008, but the verdict could also reverberate nationally if it is at odds with the Supreme Court’s landmark Citizens United ruling”: The Christian Science Monitor has this report.

Posted at 8:46 AM by Howard Bashman



“The Liberal Legal Meltdown Over ObamaCare: If supporters of mandatory insurance were as confident of its merits as they claim to be, they would offer legal arguments, not moral accusations.” Law professor Michael W. McConnell has this op-ed today in The Wall Street Journal. You can freely access the full text via Google News.

Posted at 8:22 AM by Howard Bashman