How Appealing



Wednesday, December 26, 2012

“3 senators want in on detention arguments”: At Politico.com, Josh Gerstein has a blog post that begins, “Three Republican senators are asking that their lawyer be allowed to make a presentation when a federal appeals court hears oral arguments on the scope of a provision regarding law-of-war detention that Congress passed last year.”

Posted at 9:26 PM by Howard Bashman



“Contraceptives mandate left intact, for now”: Lyle Denniston has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

You can access at this link the in-chambers opinion that Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued today in her capacity as Circuit Justice for the Tenth Circuit.

Posted at 5:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“The question we consider here is the extent to which overdraft fees imposed by a national bank are subject to state regulation.” So states the ruling that a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

Update: In early news coverage, Bloomberg News reports that “Wells Fargo Wins Order Reversing Overdraft Fee Ruling.”

And Dan Levine of Reuters reports that “Wells Fargo doesn’t have to pay clients $203 mln.”

Posted at 1:25 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Constitution in 2013: Gains or losses on rights?” Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

Posted at 7:35 AM by Howard Bashman