“God vs. the Government: The Little Sisters case is not about a form; It’s about who gets to decide what the form means.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
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Wednesday, January 29, 2014
“God vs. the Government: The Little Sisters case is not about a form; It’s about who gets to decide what the form means.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate. Posted at 10:12 PM by Howard Bashman“Supreme Court Ousts Attorney Who Sued to Oust Obama”: Jess Bravin has this post at WSJ.com’s “Law Blog.” Posted at 10:08 PM by Howard Bashman“Strine confirmed as next chief justice of Delaware Supreme Court”: The News Journal of Wilmington, Delaware has this news update. Update: Tom Hals of Reuters reports that “Leo Strine confirmed as chief justice of Delaware’s Supreme Court.” Posted at 7:21 PM by Howard Bashman“US Supreme Court lifts stay of Missouri execution”: The Associated Press has this report. Posted at 5:58 PM by Howard Bashman“Judge, 90: ‘I Was Not Asleep.'” The afternoon, The New Haven Independent posted online a report that begins, “In a rare self-defense from the bench, a nonagenarian federal judge said she was merely ‘bored,’ not catching a few winks, while presiding over a New Haven trial involving the largest federal drug sweep in state history.” According to the article, “Judge Burns addressed the rumors from the bench. She said she wasn’t sleeping, just taking notes.” Last night, a photographer also captured Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg taking notes during the State of the Union address. Nearly two years ago, The New Haven Register published a profile of Senior U.S. District Judge Ellen Bree Burns headlined “Revered Judge Ellen Bree Burns, 88, still rules.” Posted at 5:55 PM by Howard Bashman“Death penalty decision imminent in Boston bombing”: Pete Yost of The Associated Press has this report. Posted at 5:22 PM by Howard Bashman“Hearing Offers Rare Peek at Guantanamo; Reporters, Advocates Observe Arguments on Whether a Detainee Can Return to Yemen”: Jess Bravin has this article in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal. Posted at 3:32 PM by Howard Bashman“Obama wants to fix the patent system; Here’s a crucial reform he overlooked”: Timothy B. Lee has this entry, which is highly critical of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, online today at “The Switch” blog of The Washington Post. Posted at 3:27 PM by Howard Bashman“Same-sex marriage at the Supreme Court, again; The justices will probably have to face the issue again soon, and they should rule unequivocally that state bans violate the Constitution”: This editorial appears today in The Los Angeles Times. Posted at 3:22 PM by Howard BashmanHope to see you at the 2014 Third Circuit judicial conference: This year, the judicial conference of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit is taking place at the Hershey Lodge & Conference Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania from May 7 through 9, 2014 and is open to all lawyers. I have just booked my registration and lodging. You can access the agenda at this link. Associate Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. is scheduled to speak at dinner on the first night of the event, and Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. is scheduled to speak at lunch on the second day. It does not appear that the conference as of yet includes any formal law blog-related discussions, although a breakfast meeting on the second day of the event is titled “Ensuring Access to the Courts,” with further details to be announced. Posted at 3:06 PM by Howard BashmanThe ghost of Jimi Hendrix rocks the Ninth Circuit: Today, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued its ruling in Experience Hendrix, L.L.C. v. Hendrixlicensing.com. Update: At the “Hollywood, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter, Eriq Gardner has a post titled “Jimi Hendrix Estate Wins Appeal Over Unlicensed Merchandise; The 9th Circuit reverses a decision that declared Washington’s publicity rights law to be unconstitutional.” Posted at 2:08 PM by Howard Bashman“Lavabit case highlights legal fuzziness around encryption rules”: PC World has this report on an appeal argued yesterday before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Sometime soon, a link to the oral argument audio should be available from the Fourth Circuit via this link. Posted at 2:00 PM by Howard Bashman“Kansas Supreme Court hears case of Roeder, killer of abortion doctor George Tiller; Argument focuses on jury instructions in 2009 trial”: The Topeka Capital-Journal has this news update. The Wichita Eagle has a news update headlined “Kansas Supreme Court skeptical of Roeder defense in Tiller shooting.” And The Associated Press reports that “Kan. court skeptical of defense in Tiller shooting.” At some point next week, the audio from today’s oral argument in the Supreme Court of Kansas should be available online via this link. Posted at 1:55 PM by Howard Bashman“Paying a price for child pornography: Should a man who bought two photos of a girl being raped a decade before be held responsible for paying her full restitution?” This editorial appears today in The Los Angeles Times. Posted at 11:23 AM by Howard Bashman“Ex-AIG CEO loses appeal of bailout lawsuit vs N.Y. Fed”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued today. Posted at 11:20 AM by Howard BashmanNinth Circuit denies rehearing en banc of decision upholding California gay conversion therapy ban: Today, the original three-judge Ninth Circuit panel issued an amended opinion, which I have posted online at this link. The amended opinion also includes an order denying rehearing en banc in these two related cases. Circuit Judge Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain issued a dissent from the denial of rehearing en banc, in which two other judges joined. His dissent begins, “May the legislature avoid First Amendment judicial scrutiny by defining disfavored talk as ‘conduct’? That is what these cases are really about.” My earlier coverage of the panel’s original ruling can be accessed here. Posted at 11:14 AM by Howard Bashman“Kansas Supreme Court to hear Scott Roeder’s appeal in abortion doctor George Tiller’s death”: The Associated Press has this report. Posted at 9:35 AM by Howard Bashman“Supreme Court Justice Temporarily Halts Execution Of Missouri Inmate”: St. Louis Public Radio has this report. And at Justia.com’s Verdict, law professor Michael C. Dorf has an essay titled “The Supreme Court’s Responsibility for Recent Death Penalty Mishaps.” Posted at 9:34 AM by Howard Bashman“6 nominees selected for Hawaii Supreme Court”: The Associated Press has this report. Posted at 9:30 AM by Howard Bashman“Dee Farmer Won a Landmark Supreme Court Case on Inmate Rights; But that’s Not the Half of It”: Alison Flowers has this lengthy cover story in the current issue of The Village Voice. Posted at 9:28 AM by Howard Bashman“Welcome to Tennessee, where lawmakers are trying to kneecap judges; So much for checks and balances”: Andrew Cohen has this essay online today at The Week. Posted at 9:18 AM by Howard Bashman“3rd Circuit chief judge satisfied with Cebull investigation”: This front page article appears today in The Billings (Mont.) Gazette. Posted at 9:16 AM by Howard Bashman“Justices Have Spotty Attendance at State of the Union”: Tony Mauro had this post last night at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.” And last night at WSJ.com’s “Washington Wire” blog, Jess Bravin had a post titled “Obama Delivers Subtle Messages to Justices.” Posted at 9:12 AM by Howard BashmanTuesday, January 28, 2014
“Supreme Court orders stay of execution”: The Associated Press has this report. Posted at 11:26 PM by Howard Bashman“Book review: New edition for a classic treatise.” Tom Goldstein and Amy Howe have this post at “SCOTUSblog.” Posted at 7:32 PM by Howard Bashman“Notre Dame Revives Bid for Injunction Over Contraception”: At WSJ.com’s “Law Blog,” Louise Radnofsky has a post that begins, “The University of Notre Dame is trying again to get a court injunction so it can stop covering contraception for its employees, following a favorable Supreme Court order in a similar case.” Posted at 7:16 PM by Howard Bashman“Federal appeals decision deals blow to Missouri death row inmates”: The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has this article. My earlier coverage of last Friday’s en banc Eighth Circuit ruling can be accessed here. Posted at 6:20 PM by Howard Bashman“Adult bookstores win legal fight with Indianapolis”: The Indianapolis Star has this article reporting on an opinion written by Circuit Judge Frank H. Easterbrook that a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued last Friday. Posted at 6:02 PM by Howard Bashman“Philly District Attorney files appeal of Monsignor William Lynn’s overturned conviction”: Philly.com has this report and has posted at this link the petition for allowance of appeal filed in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Update: In other coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Philly prosecutor appeals in landmark church case.” Posted at 5:04 PM by Howard Bashman“Oklahoma Same-Sex Marriage appeal will be put on fast track”: Chris Casteel of The Oklahoman has this news update. You can view today’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit at this link. Posted at 4:58 PM by Howard Bashman“Bold challenge to a law on religion”: Lyle Denniston has this post today at “SCOTUSblog.” Posted at 3:58 PM by Howard Bashman“In Swatch copyright opinion, 2nd Circuit boosts financial news cos.” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report today. Posted at 3:10 PM by Howard Bashman“Restructuring the Federal Circuit”: Law professor Jeremy W. Bock has posted this article online at SSRN (via “Appellate Advocacy Blog“). Posted at 3:07 PM by Howard Bashman“Court rules in Argus Leader’s favor on making food stamp data from businesses public”: The Argus Leader of Sioux Falls, South Dakota has this news update. And Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has a blog post titled “Court rejects secrecy for food stamp numbers.” You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit at this link. Posted at 1:48 PM by Howard Bashman“Yemeni held as ‘forever prisoner’ at Guantanamo asks to go home, start a ‘milk and honey’ business”: Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this report. Posted at 12:22 PM by Howard Bashman |
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