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Monday, May 28, 2012

“Text-message question headed to Pennsylvania Supreme Court; Cumberland County case could affect how attorneys use e-messages as evidence”: Peter Hall will have this article Tuesday in The Allentown Morning Call.

Posted at 11:34 PM by Howard Bashman



“Millions will feel health care ruling’s impact”: Tuesday’s edition of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review will contain an article that begins, “Audrey Joyce and her family will lose health insurance coverage at the end of June, the same month the Supreme Court is expected to issue a landmark decision on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.”

Posted at 11:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court decision may help city in lacrosse case”: The Herald-Sun of Durham, North Carolina has a news update that begins, “An April U.S. Supreme Court ruling bolsters immunity claims from the city and two Durham Police Department detectives who investigated the Duke lacrosse case, lawyers for the city say.”

Posted at 7:12 PM by Howard Bashman



“A Failure of Vigilance”: Today’s edition of The New York Times contains an editorial that begins, “In the trial of Alex Blueford, an Arkansas jury voted him not guilty on charges of capital and first-degree murder, but deadlocked on lesser charges.”

Posted at 5:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“In Appeal To Latinas, Obama Campaign Touts Anniversary Of Sotomayor Appointment”: “Politicker” has this post.

Posted at 5:46 PM by Howard Bashman



“‘Cyberbullying’ case pushes the limits of publication bans: Our zeal for anti-bullying witch hunts threatens to protect victims at the price of public information.” Emma Teitel has this essay online today at Macleans.

Posted at 5:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“A Judge’s Proposal to Curb Prosecutors’ Sentencing Power”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 11:26 AM by Howard Bashman



“The price of war, well-paid”: Law professor G. Edward White had this op-ed in yesterday’s edition of The Free Lance-Star of Fredericksburg, Virginia.

The newspaper has also published an excerpt from an address delivered by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. on Memorial Day, May 30, 1895 to the graduating class of Harvard University. According to an accompanying editor’s note, the address “so impressed Theodore Roosevelt that it was a factor in his nomination of Holmes to the U.S. Supreme Court.”

Posted at 10:36 AM by Howard Bashman



“Death row inmate’s appeal puts Santa Clara County prosecution team on trial”: Howard Mintz has this article today in The San Jose Mercury News.

Posted at 10:24 AM by Howard Bashman



“Adam Liptak spoke about Supreme Court decisions remaining for the current term, including two highly publicized cases dealing with the Affordable Care Act and the Arizona immigration law.” Adam Liptak appeared on Sunday morning’s broadcast of C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal.” You can watch the video online, on-demand by clicking here.

Posted at 9:00 AM by Howard Bashman