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Monday, June 10, 2013

“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



Sunday, June 9, 2013

“Gay marriage rulings: Experts predict what court will do; Experts don’t expect all-encompassing rulings from a cautious court.” Richard Wolf will have this article in Monday’s edition of USA Today.

Posted at 8:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden: ‘I do not expect to see home again’; Source for the Guardian’s NSA files on why he carried out the biggest intelligence leak in a generation — and what comes next.” Ewen MacAskill of The Guardian (UK) has this interview. [Update: A related article from The Guardian can be accessed here.]

The New York Times has a news update headlined “Former C.I.A. Worker Says He Leaked U.S. Surveillance Data.”

And The Washington Post has a news update headlined “Edward Snowden identified as source of NSA leaks.”

Posted at 4:08 PM by Howard Bashman



“What Happened to Eric Holder? He was a Reagan-appointed judge and a Clinton-appointed prosecutor respected by both sides; Then it all fell apart.” Matthew Cooper has this article online at National Journal.

Posted at 1:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Paul wants to lead Supreme Court challenge to fed’s tracking of Americans’ calls, emails”: FoxNews.com has this report.

At Politico.com Josh Gerstein has an article headlined “Leak investigations so far: Just a warm-up act.”

Online at The Guardian (UK), U.S. Representative Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) has an op-ed titled “This abuse of the Patriot Act must end: President Obama falsely claims Congress authorised all NSA surveillance; In fact, our law was designed to protect liberties.”

And online at The Atlantic, Rebecca J. Rosen has an essay titled “Security-State Creep: The Real NSA Scandal Is What’s Legal; The Court has failed to develop a robust system for applying the Fourth Amendment meaningfully to the questions of the 21st century.”

Posted at 1:16 PM by Howard Bashman



“U.S. Supreme Court decision in Flint man’s case could have far-reaching impact”: The Flint (Mich.) Journal has this report.

Posted at 9:55 AM by Howard Bashman



“New Jersey’s legacy of Supreme Court power”: Online at The Newark Star-Ledger, columnist John Farmer has an essay that begins, “With two New Jersey natives among its nine members today, you could assume the Garden State never had more impact on the U.S. Supreme Court, poised today to deliver potentially culture-shifting decisions in the coming weeks.”

Posted at 9:46 AM by Howard Bashman



“US v. Apple could go to the Supreme Court: The unique facts of Apple’s case will make it a singularly sympathetic one to today’s markedly pro-business Supreme Court — if the case reaches it.” Roger Parloff of Fortune has this report.

Posted at 9:42 AM by Howard Bashman



“U.S. Supreme Court Justice Kagan to visit R.I. in August to mark Royal Charter anniversary”: Edward Fitzpatrick of The Providence Journal has an article that begins, “Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan will be in Rhode Island in August to speak on the 350th anniversary of the state’s Royal Charter, Roger Williams University of Law School dean David A. Logan said.”

Posted at 9:40 AM by Howard Bashman