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Thursday, September 6, 2012

“The Supreme Court’s next corporate campaign finance quandary”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report.

Posted at 7:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“High court ruling creates uncertainty over school tax collection; In Bucks case, court rules districts must pay elected tax collectors a fair rate”: Peter Hall has this article today in The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Posted at 3:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“Richard A. Posner’s Badly Confused Attack on Scalia/Garner–Part 4”: Ed Whelan has this post today at National Review Online’s “Bench Memos” blog.

Posted at 12:58 PM by Howard Bashman



“Cost of legal fight over voter ID, redistricting tops $2 million”: Today’s edition of The Dallas Morning News contains an article that begins, “Texas has now spent more than $2 million defending its law to require photo identification to vote and its redrawing of political boundaries, officials said after federal judges sided against the state in both cases last week. And taxpayers’ outlays will grow as Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott appeals both cases to the U.S. Supreme Court.”

Posted at 11:55 AM by Howard Bashman



“Immigration-status checks of SB 1070 to take effect; Judge rejects efforts to block ‘show me your papers’ clause”: This front page article appears today in The Arizona Republic.

In today’s edition of The Arizona Daily Star, Howard Fischer reports that “SB 1070 provision is upheld by judge.”

Bloomberg News reports that “Arizona Police Can Probe Immigration Status, Judge Rules.”

Reuters reports that “Judge upholds Arizona ‘show-your-papers’ measure in mixed ruling.”

The Associated Press reports that “Police in legal minefield on Ariz. immigration law.”

And at Politico.com, Josh Gerstein has a blog post titled “Judge to allow Arizona to enforce key part of anti-illegal immigration law.”

Posted at 8:44 AM by Howard Bashman



“Court rules that L.A. can’t destroy homeless people’s property; A panel of the 9th Circuit Court says that under the 4th Amendment, Los Angeles can seize some unattended possessions but must notify the owners”: Maura Dolan has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

And in today’s edition of The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko reports that “Homeless have right to reclaim property.”

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Ninth Circuit ruling appears at this link.

Posted at 8:35 AM by Howard Bashman