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Tuesday, March 11, 2014

“Supreme Court won’t hear appeal of dispute over Episcopal Church’s property in Va.” The Washington Post has this report.

Posted at 9:45 AM by Howard Bashman



Monday, March 10, 2014

“Sotomayor Earns Another Scolding As She Breaks From Majority In Railroad Case”: Daniel Fisher has this post today at Forbes.com.

Posted at 9:56 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court rules against Forest Service in ‘blow to rail-trail efforts'”: Jeremy P. Jacobs of Greenwire has this report.

Posted at 3:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“Coalition Pushes Cameras in U.S. Supreme Court”: Tony Mauro has this post today at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”

Posted at 3:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Deciding If Death Row Inmates Get to Know How They’ll Be Killed”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 3:00 PM by Howard Bashman



Access online today’s ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in an argued case: Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court in Marvin M. Brandt Revocable Trust v. United States, No. 12-1173. Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a dissenting opinion. You can access the oral argument via this link.

Update: In news coverage, Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Court ruling in land dispute could threaten bike trails.”

Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “Court rules for landowner in trail dispute.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Trail Ownership in Doubt as Supreme Court Backs Landowner.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. justices deliver blow to ‘rails-to-trails’ policy.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Opinion analysis: Victory — and money — for landowners.”

Posted at 10:06 AM by Howard Bashman



Access online today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: The Court has posted the Order List at this link. The Court granted review in one case and called for the views of the Solicitor General in two cases.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Court won’t hear dispute over ‘boobies’ bracelets” and “Court declines to take up Episcopal Church dispute.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “Supreme court declines to hear ‘I (heart sign) boobies’ case.”

And at the “School Law” blog of Education Week, Mark Walsh has a post titled “Supreme Court Declines District’s Appeal in ‘Boobies’ Student-Speech Case.”

Posted at 9:35 AM by Howard Bashman



Sunday, March 9, 2014

“Death penalty in U.S. spurs Wild West scramble for drugs; Capital punishment in the USA is in decline as states wrestle to find drugs for lethal injections”: USA Today has this report.

Posted at 9:25 PM by Howard Bashman



“He Looked Hate in the Eye: A gay father, a dead son — and the bigoted church that judged them both wrong.” Michael Smerconish has this article online at Politico Magazine.

Posted at 8:47 PM by Howard Bashman



“Toews now a possible candidate for Supreme Court”: Sean Fine and Bill Curry of The Toronto Globe and Mail have this report.

Posted at 1:33 PM by Howard Bashman



Saturday, March 8, 2014

“In Prop. 8 ruling’s wake, initiative sponsors take protective steps; Mindful of the Supreme Court ruling against Proposition 8, California initiative sponsors build in language so they can defend their measures if the state does not”: Maura Dolan will have this article in Sunday’s edition of The Los Angeles Times.

Posted at 10:45 PM by Howard Bashman



“Kansas Supreme Court’s school finance ruling seen by many as win for both sides”: This article will appear in Sunday’s edition of The Wichita Eagle.

Posted at 10:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“Judge: Gay marriage trial ruling within 2 weeks.” The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A federal judge said he expects to make a decision within two weeks of Friday’s closing arguments in a challenge to Michigan’s ban on same-sex marriage.”

Posted at 1:35 PM by Howard Bashman



“Courts In 9 Western States To Review Anti-Gay Laws More Closely; Appeals court decision on ‘heightened scrutiny’ for sexual orientation claims stands, LGBT rights group says; A decision about jury selection could prove to be the key to coming legal fights”: Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed has this report today.

Posted at 1:25 PM by Howard Bashman



“Federal appeals court rules Colorado TABOR lawsuit can move forward”: Today’s edition of The Denver Post contains an article that begins, “A federal appeals court on Friday said it would allow a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Colorado’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights to go forward.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Challenge to TABOR wins round in court; Lawsuit contesting Colorado tax limits could affect other states.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit at this link.

Posted at 8:06 AM by Howard Bashman



Friday, March 7, 2014