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Tuesday, October 8, 2013

“Supreme Court seems skeptical of campaign donation limits”: Michael Doyle of McClatchy Washington Bureau has this post at his “Suits & Sentences” blog.

Posted at 1:09 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court appears divided on contribution limits; Case offers best chance since 1976 to ease federal restrictions on campaign contributions”: Fredreka Schouten and Richard Wolf of USA Today have this news update.

Posted at 1:04 PM by Howard Bashman



“McCutcheon v. FEC: Supreme Court Skeptical Of Campaign Contribution Limits.” Paul Blumenthal and Ryan J. Reilly of The Huffington Post have this report.

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“Supreme Court conservatives skeptical of campaign finance limits”: Josh Gerstein and Byron Tau of Politico.com have this report.

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“2nd chance for convicted felon: The inspiring story of a man making the most of his second chance.” This profile of Shon Hopwood appeared on last night’s broadcast of KING5’s “Evening Magazine.”

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“Supreme Court to hear Alabama political donations case; Alabama man says $123,200 cap violates his right to free speech”: Mary Orndorff Troyan of The Montgomery Advertiser has this report.

Bill Mears of CNN.com reports that “Money and politics high court’s first big case this term.”

At the ABC News blog “The Note,” Ariane de Vogue has a post titled “Campaign Finance Back at the Supreme Court; Most Important Case Since Citizens United.”

On today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition,” Nina Totenberg had an audio segment titled “Supreme Court Hears Another Challenge To Campaign Finance Law.”

Today’s edition of The New York Times contains an editorial titled “Politicians for Sale.”

And The Los Angeles Times contains an editorial titled “Big money in politics: What are the limits? Three years after Citizens United, the Supreme Court may weaken campaign finance laws again.”

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Monday, October 7, 2013

“Supreme Court opens doors to cases on campaign money, abortion”: This video segment featuring Marcia Coyle appeared on this evening’s broadcast of The PBS NewsHour.

Posted at 10:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court refuses to intervene in lacrosse case; Federal civil-rights claims by 3 players denied”: The Herald-Sun of Durham, North Carolina has this report.

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“U.S. Supreme Court turns down Medtronic appeal; The suit dealing with repairing heart valves without surgery could cost the giant $245 million”: The Minneapolis Star Tribune has this report.

Posted at 10:38 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court rejects Argentina’s appeal in sovereign debt fight; The decision upholds a 2012 ruling by a lower court obliging Argentina to pay bondholders that have refused offers to renegotiate the value of their holdings”: This article will appear Tuesday in The Los Angeles Times.

Posted at 10:35 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Ponders Suits in Stanford Fraud Over Securities That Never Existed”: Adam Liptak will have this article in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

In Tuesday’s edition of The Washington Post, Robert Barnes will have an article headlined “Supreme Court returns to work, hears case on R. Allen Stanford’s Ponzi scheme.”

And in Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, Jess Bravin will have an article headlined “Justices Hear Case Tied to Stanford; Plaintiffs Argue Financial and Law Firms Helped Aid $7 Billion Ponzi Scheme.” You can freely access the full text of the article via Google News.

Posted at 10:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Miami Herald sources: Capitol Hill lawyer chosen as Pentagon’s ‘Guantanamo closer.'” Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this report.

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“High Court Tapped Fee Pool to Open Term”: Brent Kendall has this post at WSJ.com’s “Washington Wire” blog.

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“Brown allows illegal immigrants to get law licenses — but noncitizens can’t serve on juries”: Howard Mintz and Jessica Calefati of The San Jose Mercury News have this update.

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“Kansas murder, EPA cases go before U.S. Supreme Court; Overturning of death-row gunman’s conviction in sheriff slaying under review”: The Topeka Capital-Journal has this report.

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“The man who would take U.S.A. v. Apple to the Supreme Court: Meet Ted Boutrous, the lawyer handling Apple’s appeal of the e-book antitrust verdict.” Philip Elmer-DeWitt has this blog post online today at Fortune.

Posted at 8:04 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court: Is new campaign finance case another ‘Citizens United’? Supreme Court justices will hear oral arguments Tuesday over whether certain limits on individuals’ campaign contributions are justified in the wake of the Citizens United decision.” Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has this report.

Posted at 8:02 PM by Howard Bashman