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Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Access online today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: The Court has posted its Order List at this link. The Court did not grant review in any new cases.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Supreme Court upholds Hawaii reapportionment” and “High court stays out of Conn. layoff case.”

Bloomberg News reports that “SAP Rejected by Supreme Court Over $391 Million Loss.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. top court declines to hear $345 million SAP AG patent appeal.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Hawaii redistricting upheld.”

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“Harris v. Quinn: The Context of First Amendment Claims.” Benjamin Sachs has this post at the blog “On Labor,” whose entire home page is devoted to the case right now.

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“What Happens to the Death Penalty When Lethal Injection Isn’t Quick and Painless?” Andrew Cohen has this essay online today at The Daily Beast.

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“Supreme Court battle over what child pornography viewer owes victim”: Cheryl Wetzstein of The Washington Times has this report.

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“Court questions judge’s travel expenses; Former top judge of federal appeals court faces Justice Department investigation”: Dan Horn has this article today in The Cincinnati Enquirer.

You can access this blog’s earlier related posts here, here, and here.

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Monday, January 20, 2014

“Supreme Court to weigh restitution in child-porn case; Under appeals court ruling, downloading one image of a young victim can bring a restitution claim in the millions of dollars”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

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“Federal Judge Boyce Martin Jr.’s retirement ended investigation into travel reimbursements”: The Courier-Journal of Louisville, Kentucky has this news update.

You can access this blog’s earlier related posts here and here.

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“Your privacy is protected — if you live in the West.” Michael McGough has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.

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“Supreme Court takes up limits of child porn victim restitution in case involving East Texan”: The Dallas Morning News has this report.

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“European Court Won’t Lift Ban on Monkey Abuse Film; Free expression doesn’t trump a corporation’s personality rights in a decade-long legal dispute over a journalist who went undercover to document the treatment of lab animals”: Today at the “Hollywood, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter, Eriq Gardner has a post that begins, “The difference between the United States and Europe in regards to free expression might be summed up by the asymmetrical treatment afforded late last week to a Hulk Hogan sex tape and video footage of lab monkeys.”

My earlier coverage of Friday’s Hulk Hogan sex tape ruling can be accessed here.

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“Striking a Free-Speech Balance at Abortion Clinics”: Kenneth Jost had this post yesterday at his blog, “Jost On Justice.”

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“A Strike at the Heart of Obamacare: A case against IPAB is heard by the Ninth Circuit — and eventually by the Supreme Court?” Quin Hillyer has this essay today at National Review Online.

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Sunday, January 19, 2014

“Tiny Antenna Threatens Network TV’s Airspace; Chet Kanojia and Aereo Seek to Shake Up Television Industry”: Leslie Kaufman will have this article in Monday’s edition of The New York Times.

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“US Supreme Court may help ‘aged out’ immigrant kids get back on citizenship track”: The New York Daily News has this report.

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“Juveniles Facing Lifelong Terms Despite Rulings”: Erik Eckholm will have this article in Monday’s edition of The New York Times.

And in today’s edition of The Boston Globe Magazine, Nancy Gertner has an essay titled “Locking up kids for life? A new court decision takes a step toward juvenile justice reform.”

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“School finance shaped by history of lawsuits; Kansas’ school finance litigation dates back to early 1970s”: The Topeka Capital-Journal has an article that begins, “As the Legislature awaits a Kansas Supreme Court ruling in the Gannon v. State school finance case, a simultaneous debate has been whether the courts should have any say on state funding levels.”

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“Torres selected as next chief justice”: The Pacific Daily News of Guam has an article that begins, “The Supreme Court of Guam’s three justices elected Justice Robert J. Torres to serve as the next chief justice of the island.”

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“Ciavarella’s last chance”: Today’s edition of The Citizens’ Voice of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania contains a front page article that begins, “Disgraced former Luzerne County Judge Mark A. Ciavarella Jr. is down to his final shot at appealing his conviction on corruption charges that landed him in prison for 28 years.”

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