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Monday, July 2, 2012

“Chief Justice Roberts’ Key Role in Health Care Ruling”: This video segment featuring law professor Laurence H. Tribe appeared on this evening’s broadcast of PBS NewsHour.

Politico.com has a report headlined “Roberts’ health care switch: Gasoline on the fire.”

At Bloomberg News, law professor Noah Feldman has an essay entitled “John Roberts, a Conservative Liberals Can Love.”

In Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, William McGurn will have an op-ed entitled “Chief Justice Roberts Taxes Credibility: Did the umpire change his call because of the crowd?

And online at The New Republic, Noam Scheiber has a blog post titled “Who’s the Supreme Court Leaker?

Posted at 10:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“Was John Roberts Being Political? At the high court, law and politics come together; It’s the politicization of the court that should make us worried.” Barry Friedman and Dahlia Lithwick have this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

Posted at 8:45 PM by Howard Bashman



Supreme Court of Pennsylvania grants review of $187-million class action judgment against Wal-Mart: You can access today’s order of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania at this link.

The case was brought by hourly workers claiming that they regularly and systematically were not paid for “off-the-clock” work and failed to receive required rest breaks. You can access at this link the lengthy decision of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania affirming the damages judgment in favor of the plaintiff class.

Posted at 4:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“Appeals court upholds NY child cyberporn case”: Reuters has a report that begins, “A New York man imprisoned for possessing and receiving child pornography cannot argue that he was wrongly convicted because he never stored the images on his computer, a federal appeals court has ruled.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.

Posted at 3:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“Group says Barnes ex-CEO contradicts testimony”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A citizens group that unsuccessfully fought to prevent The Barnes Foundation’s move from its longtime suburban home is asking to have the case reopened, because the former CEO wrote that the foundation wasn’t on the verge of bankruptcy when it sought to break the founder’s trust.”

Posted at 2:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“EPA enforcement case highlights hat trick for big business”: Lawrence Hurley of Greenwire has an article that begins, “Big business was a big winner in environment and natural resources cases before the Supreme Court in the term that ended last week.”

Posted at 2:36 PM by Howard Bashman



“What Did the Court ‘Hold’ About the Commerce Clause and Medicaid?” John Elwood has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

Posted at 1:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Conservatives still control high court despite healthcare ruling; Nestled within the justices’ opinions are some disquieting hints that the Supreme Court’s hostility toward government control over corporate power hasn’t changed”: Columnist Michael Hiltzik had this essay yesterday in The Los Angeles Times.

Posted at 9:40 AM by Howard Bashman



“Anger runs deep over Supreme Court rejection of youth sentencing laws”: Yesterday’s edition of The Denver Post contained this article.

Posted at 8:02 AM by Howard Bashman



“To Your Health: Justice Roberts’s big decision.” Jeffrey Toobin has this essay in the July 9, 2012 issue of The New Yorker.

Posted at 7:54 AM by Howard Bashman