“Win Offers President Time to Shape Court”: Jess Bravin will have this article Thursday in The Wall Street Journal.
Posted at 10:16 PM by Howard Bashman
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012
“Win Offers President Time to Shape Court”: Jess Bravin will have this article Thursday in The Wall Street Journal. Posted at 10:16 PM by Howard Bashman“Defeat of Proposition 34: California’s death penalty battle will continue.” Howard Mintz of The San Jose Mercury News has this update. Posted at 8:27 PM by Howard Bashman“Election results raise questions about impact of Citizens United”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report. Posted at 4:57 PM by Howard Bashman“U.S. battle over ballots averted, but not forever”: Joan Biskupic of Reuters has this report. Posted at 4:46 PM by Howard Bashman“Appeals court rejects torture suit against Rumsfeld”: Terry Baynes of Reuters has this report. My earlier coverage of today’s en banc Seventh Circuit ruling appears two posts below. Posted at 4:20 PM by Howard Bashman“Could Obama Win Boost Fogel Shot at Federal Circuit?” Pamela A. MacLean has this post today at her “Trial Insider” blog. Posted at 12:44 PM by Howard Bashman“This appeal presents the question whether the federal judiciary should create a right of action for damages against soldiers (and others in the chain of command) who abusively interrogate or mistreat military prisoners”: So begins the opinion that Chief Judge Frank H. Easterbrook wrote on behalf of a majority of the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in a decision issued today. Today’s en banc ruling holds that a common-law right of action for damages should not be created. Back in August 2011, the majority on a divided three-judge Seventh Circuit panel issued a ruling that allowed part of this lawsuit to proceed. My earlier coverage of that ruling can be accessed here. Posted at 12:38 PM by Howard Bashman“Obama Victory Could Spell End Of Conservative Supreme Court”: Daniel Fisher has this blog post at Forbes.com. Posted at 10:18 AM by Howard Bashman“Megaupload Case Has Far-Reaching Implications for Cloud-Data Ownership Rights”: David Kravets has this post at Wired.com’s “Threat Level” blog. Posted at 8:34 AM by Howard Bashman“Argument preview: Does no suit mean no suit?” Lyle Denniston has this post at “SCOTUSblog.” Posted at 8:33 AM by Howard Bashman“Death penalty repeal dead”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report. And that newspaper also has a report headlined “Prop. 36: ‘Three strikes’ changes approved.” Posted at 8:32 AM by Howard Bashman“McCloud wins state Supreme Court seat; foils Sanders’ comeback bid; Attorney Sheryl Gordon McCloud wins a six-year term on the state Supreme Court, turning back former Justice Richard Sanders, with King County heavily in her favor”: This article appears today in The Seattle Times. Posted at 8:27 AM by Howard Bashman“All local judges on ballot retained”: Michael Kiefer of The Arizona Republic has this report. Posted at 8:24 AM by Howard Bashman“Alabama Chief Justice: Roy Moore wins old job back; ‘The people have voted to return me to the office.'” This article appears today in The Montgomery Advertiser. And The Montgomery Advertiser reports that “Roy Moore wins chief justice race.” Posted at 8:22 AM by Howard Bashman“Republican-nominated justices led in their races to maintain control of the Michigan Supreme Court”: The Detroit Free Press has this report. And The Detroit News reports that “McCormack leads, Markman second in Supreme Court race.” Posted at 8:15 AM by Howard Bashman“Three state Supreme Court justices easily returned to bench, despite active opposition”: This article appears today in The Tampa Bay Times. Posted at 8:14 AM by Howard Bashman“Voters retain Justice David Wiggins”: The Des Moines Register has a report that begins, “Voters retained Justice David Wiggins on the Iowa Supreme Court, following a heated campaign to remove him from the bench.” Posted at 8:11 AM by Howard Bashman“Ohio Supreme Court: 2 incumbent justices sent packing by voters.” The Columbus Dispatch has this report. Dan Horn of The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that “Kennedy ousts Brown as justice; Becomes only Greater Cincinnatian on state’s high court.” And Jim Provance of The Toledo Blade has an article headlined “Democrat in lead for Ohio high court seat; O’Neill tops Cupp,early results show.” Posted at 8:10 AM by Howard Bashman“D.C. Circuit Breakers: Liberals try to intimidate judges who review regulation.” This editorial appears today in The Wall Street Journal. Posted at 8:02 AM by Howard Bashman |
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