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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Monday, May 20, 2013

“California robbery case leads Supreme Court to reconsider police search laws”: Michael Doyle of McClatchy Newspapers has this report.

Posted at 10:08 PM by Howard Bashman



Lawrence Hurley of Reuters is reporting: He has articles headlined “Supreme Court agrees to hear town meeting prayer case“; “Supreme Court agrees to hear Fidelity whistleblower case“; “Supreme Court agrees to hear Medtronic patent case“; “Justices endorse FCC authority in cellphone tower case“; and “U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear Alaska climate change case.”

In addition, Hurley and Patrick Temple-West have an article headlined “U.S. justices rule for PPL Corp in overseas tax case.”

Posted at 1:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justices Take Case on Prayer at Town Board Meetings”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this news update.

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has a news update headlined “Supreme Court to hear prayer case.”

Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has an article headlined “Are prayers before public meetings OK? Supreme Court to decide; Officials in Greece, N.Y., set up a system for prayers before town meetings; The US Supreme Court on Monday agreed to examine whether the practice violates the First Amendment’s separation of church and state.”

And at the “School Law” blog of Education Week, Mark Walsh has a post titled “U.S. Supreme Court to Weigh Prayers at Municipal Meetings.”

Posted at 1:05 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Geoffrey Stone, ‘Roe at 40′”: The University of Chicago Law School has posted online the video of this event, which occurred earlier this month, at this link. You can also access the video directly via YouTube.

Posted at 11:15 AM by Howard Bashman



Access online today’s rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court in argued cases: The Court today issued four decisions in argued cases.

1. Justice Sonia Sotomayor delivered the opinion of the Court in Sebelius v. Cloer, No. 12-236. Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas did not join a portion of the Court’s opinion. You can access the oral argument via this link.

2. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in Metrish v. Lancaster, No. 12-547. You can access the oral argument via this link.

3. Justice Clarence Thomas delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in PPL Corp. v. Commissioner, No. 12-43. Justice Sotomayor issued a concurring opinion. You can access the oral argument via this link.

4. And Justice Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court in Arlington v. FCC, No. 11-1545. Justice Stephen G. Breyer issued a concurring opinion. And Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Anthony M. Kennedy and Samuel A. Alito, Jr. joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press has reports headlined “High court uphold FCC power in cell tower disputes” and “Court: woman can seek lawyer fees in vaccine case.”

Posted at 10:05 AM by Howard Bashman



Access online today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: The Court has posted today’s Order List at this link. The Court granted review in five new cases.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press has reports headlined “High court to weigh in on legislative prayers“; “Court: Should whistleblower protection be wider?“; and “Court won’t get involved in Miss. redistricting.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Council Prayers Get Top Court Review in Church-State Case” and “Sarbanes-Oxley Whistle-Blower Rules Get Court Review.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court will rule on prayer at government meetings; The small town of Greece, N.Y., could set a new precedent on the issue of religious expression.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Court to rule on government prayer.”

Posted at 9:34 AM by Howard Bashman



“Retired US Supreme Court justice features in forum”: The Associated Press has this report on an event scheduled to begin at 2:30 p.m. eastern time today at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston.

A live webcast of the event can be accessed via this link once the event is underway.

Posted at 8:14 AM by Howard Bashman



Sunday, May 19, 2013

“Author: W.Va. Supreme Court ‘appalling,’ chief justice ‘Blankenship’s creature.'” Paul J. Nyden has this article in today’s issue of The Charleston (W. Va.) Gazette-Mail.

Posted at 11:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Gay marriage marching along ahead of Supreme Court justices’ ruling”: Robert Barnes will have this new installment of his “The High Court” column in Monday’s edition of The Washington Post.

Posted at 11:25 PM by Howard Bashman



“Bigger push on Kansas courts may be coming”: John Hanna of The Associated Press has a news analysis that begins, “A prominent conservative Kansas legislator has launched what could become the most aggressive campaign to date to rein in the state Supreme Court after a proposal failed that would have changed how its justices are selected.”

Posted at 10:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“Standing to assert a First Amendment challenge to a sign ordinance that the state has agreed not to enforce”: Law professor Kevin C. Walsh has this post today at his blog, “walshslaw.”

Posted at 10:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“Packing the D.C. Circuit: Obama prepares to flood an appellate court with judges it doesn’t need.” This editorial will appear in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

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

Posted at 10:20 PM by Howard Bashman



Saturday, May 18, 2013

“The Corporate-Friendly Court”: Lincoln Caplan will have this essay in the Sunday Review section of tomorrow’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 9:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Nebraska Supreme Court limits school searches to campus”: Today’s edition of The Omaha World-Herald contains an article that begins, “Off-campus parking at Nebraska high schools may be at a premium after a ruling by the state’s high court on Friday.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Nebraska at this link.

Posted at 10:20 AM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court asked to intervene in lacrosse case”: Today’s edition of The Herald-Sun of Durham, North Carolina contains an article that begins, “A trio of former Duke University lacrosse players has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a lower-court ruling and reinstate their federal civil-rights case against the city and its police.”

Posted at 10:15 AM by Howard Bashman