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Monday, June 10, 2013

“Affirmative Reaction”: In today’s edition of The New York Times, columnist Bill Keller has an op-ed that begins, “In the coming days the Supreme Court is expected to rule on a case that could further restrict the use of race as a factor in college admissions.”

Posted at 10:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“Spy Court Urged to Unmask Legal Basis for NSA Dragnet Phone Surveillance”: David Kravets has this post today at Wired.com’s “Threat Level” blog.

Posted at 10:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“Harsher Sentencing Guidelines Can’t Be Used for Old Offenses, Justices Say”: Adam Liptak will have this article Tuesday in The New York Times.

Posted at 7:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“Streaming live broadcast television”: Michelle Olsen has this new installment of her “Circuit Split Watch” column in today’s edition of The National Law Journal.

Posted at 7:38 PM by Howard Bashman



“NSA leaker’s father lives in Upper Macungie; Lonnie Snowden and his wife, Karen, aren’t talking about Edward Snowden”: The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania has this news update.

Posted at 1:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“Civil rights case is obstacle for Obama’s Labor Department pick; Thomas Perez’s nomination to head Labor could founder on GOP criticism of his intervention in a Minnesota civil rights case”: David G. Savage and Michael A. Memoli have this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

Posted at 1:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“Poll shows Californians favor legalizing same-sex marriage; Change in voters’ attitudes is ‘across the board’ — region, ethnicity, age, religion; The biggest shift is among seniors”: Maura Dolan has this front page article today in The Los Angeles Times.

Posted at 1:12 PM by Howard Bashman



“Cited by a Justice, but Feeling Less Than Honored”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 1:05 PM by Howard Bashman



“On Sunday, June 10, CAC Chief Counsel Elizabeth Wydra joined Shannon Bream on FOX News Channel * * * to discuss President Obama’s nominees to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals”: You can access the video via YouTube by clicking here.

Posted at 11:14 AM by Howard Bashman



“Justice delayed in Maryland: Priority of the state’s new top judge must be a return to the tradition of promptly filed opinions.” James B. Astrachan, George W. Liebmann, and Henry R. Lord have this op-ed today in The Baltimore Sun.

Posted at 11:11 AM by Howard Bashman



“Why’d He Do It? To understand Edward Snowden’s motivations, look to Aaron Swartz.” Noam Scheiber has this essay online today at The New Republic.

Posted at 10:52 AM by Howard Bashman



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

1. Justice Elena Kagan delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in Oxford Health Plans LLC v. Sutter, No. 12-135. Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. issued a concurring opinion, in which Justice Clarence Thomas joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.

2. Justice Sonia Sotomayor delivered the opinion of the Court in Peugh v. United States, No. 12-62, except for one subsection of the opinion, in which Justice Anthony M. Kennedy did not join. Justice Thomas issued a dissenting opinion, in which Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. and Justices Antonin Scalia and Alito joined. And Justice Alito issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Scalia joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.

3. And Justice Thomas delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in Horne v. Department of Agriculture, No. 12-123. You can access the oral argument via this link.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press has reports headlined “Court: Judges can’t use new guidelines on old case” and “Calif. raisin farmers win new day in court.”

Posted at 10:04 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 one new case.

In early news coverage, Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “BG Gets Top Court Hearing on $185 Million Argentina Award.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. justices agree to hear BG Group arbitration case.”

And The Associated Press reports that “High court ends torture suit against Rumsfeld.”

Posted at 9:36 AM by Howard Bashman