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Monday, October 29, 2012

“Above Politics: The Supreme Court is keeping a low profile this election year by deftly choosing cases that avoid the hot-button issues.” Emily Bazelon has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

Posted at 6:45 PM by Howard Bashman



“Question for Justices: Do Aldo and Franky’s Noses Always Know?” Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 6:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justices Weigh Copyright Issues in Textbook Case”: Mark Walsh has this post at the “School Law” blog of Education Week.

And Declan McCullagh of c|net has a post titled “Will Supreme Court protect your right to resell your own stuff? Justices hear arguments in case pitting large copyright holders — who want the ability to limit the resale of certain items — against librarians, museums, and Internet auction sites.”

Update: In other coverage, Jonathan Stempel of Reuters reports that “Supreme Court weighs protection against gray market imports.”

Posted at 4:46 PM by Howard Bashman



“In Argentine bond ruling, 2nd Circuit upholds power of U.S. courts”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report.

Posted at 3:45 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justice Sotomayor Urges Law Students to Become ‘Involved’ Citizens”: Don Tartaglione has this post today at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

Posted at 3:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court turns away case on Oklahoma ‘personhood’ amendment; Did the Oklahoma Supreme Court act correctly when it struck down a proposed personhood amendment? The US Supreme Court declined to enter the fray Monday.” Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has this report.

Posted at 3:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court may decide soon whether to weigh in on gay marriage, including California’s Prop. 8”: Howard Mintz of The San Jose Mercury News has this update.

Posted at 2:45 PM by Howard Bashman



“Targeted justice says judges aren’t spurred by political agendas; Wiggins speaks at Peoples Church in Cedar Rapids”: The Gazette of Cedar Rapids, Iowa contains this article today.

Posted at 8:30 AM by Howard Bashman



“U.S. Supreme Court to decide if it will hear Oklahoma’s ‘personhood’ dispute”: Chris Casteel has this article today in The Oklahoman.

Posted at 8:22 AM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court ruling nears on Shelby County challenge to Voting Rights Act; Justices could decide as soon as today whether to hear arguments in the case”: Mary Orndorff Troyan has this article today in The Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser.

Posted at 8:20 AM by Howard Bashman