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Sunday, December 30, 2012

“NRA fingerprints in landmark health-care law”: Peter Wallsten and Tom Hamburger will have this article Monday in The Washington Post.

Posted at 11:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“Gene Patents Face Reckoning; Medical-Testing Companies Differ on Potential Impact of Supreme Court Ruling”: Jonathan D. Rockoff and Jess Bravin will have this article Monday in The Wall Street Journal.

You can freely access the full text of the article via Google News.

Posted at 10:56 PM by Howard Bashman



“US Virgin Islands celebrates bill touted as step toward increased self-governance”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “President Barack Obama has signed a bill stating that rulings issued by the U.S. Virgin Islands Supreme Court can be reviewed directly by the U.S. Supreme Court.”

You can access the new law at this link.

Posted at 1:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“Iowa Supreme Court ruling in ‘too irresistible’ case is an embarrassment”: Columnist Rekha Basu has this essay online at The Des Moines Register.

Posted at 1:34 PM by Howard Bashman



“NY plaintiff: Gay benefits ‘bigger than marriage.'” The Associated Press has a report that begins, “At age 83, Edith Windsor gets plenty of compliments for her courage to take on the federal government in a landmark case that has put attitudes about gay America squarely before the Supreme Court.”

Posted at 1:09 PM by Howard Bashman



“‘Democracy and Disdain’ misses the point of judicial review”: In The Washington Post, columnist George F. Will has an op-ed that begins, “While accusing the Supreme Court’s conservative justices of ‘disdain for democracy,’ Pamela S. Karlan proves herself talented at dispensing disdain.”

Posted at 10:03 AM by Howard Bashman



“Under the U.S. Supreme Court: Religious convictions vs. the ‘morning after pill.'” Michael Kirkland of UPI has this report.

Posted at 9:57 AM by Howard Bashman