How Appealing



Friday, July 4, 2014

“Christian School’s Relief on Contraception Coverage Could Embolden Others; Supreme Court Temporary Order Gives Wheaton College a Way Around Compromise Offered by Obama Administration”: Jess Bravin will have this article in Saturday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

You can freely access the full text of the article via Google.

Posted at 8:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“Google Starts Erasing Links for Searches in Europe”: Today’s edition of The New York Times contains an article that begins, “In May, a European court told Google it must assist people in cleaning up their online reputations by ruling that there is a ‘right to be forgotten.'”

Posted at 7:58 PM by Howard Bashman



“Signs That the Supreme Court May Push Back Against the NSA: A recent ruling in a case on cell-phone searches may point to future limitations on surveillance.” Conor Friedersdorf has this essay online at The Atlantic.

Posted at 11:50 AM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court’s Fish Tale: A federal case involving a commercial fisherman who discarded some groupers could broaden Sarbanes-Oxley’s scope to a burdensome degree.” Jim McTague has this essay online today at Barron’s.

You can freely access the full text of the essay via Google.

Posted at 11:48 AM by Howard Bashman



Thursday, July 3, 2014

“Supreme Court 101: Top takeaways from big rulings of the term.” Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has this report today.

Posted at 8:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“High court grants Wheaton College plea”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A divided Supreme Court has agreed to allow an evangelical college in Illinois that objects to paying for contraceptives in its health plan to avoid filling out a government document that the college says would violate its religious beliefs.”

Update: You can view today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling, and the dissent therefrom, at this link (via Rick Hasen).

Adam Liptak of The New York Times has a news update headlined “Supreme Court Order Suspends Contraception Rule for Christian College.”

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has a news update headlined “Supreme Court sides with Christian college in birth control case.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has a news update headlined “Supreme Court OKs another religious birth control exemption.”

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has a news update headlined “High Court Female Justices Dissent From Wheaton Contraception Order; Justices Sotomayor, Ginsburg and Kagan File 17-Page Dissent to Majority’s Order.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has a report headlined “College wins U.S. top court temporary exemption on Obamacare birth control.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Religious College Shielded by Court on Birth Control Form.”

At “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Marcia Coyle has a post titled “Justices Grant Religious College an Injunction Over Contraception.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Broader right to object to birth control.”

Posted at 5:08 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court: A year of drama and dissent; The Roberts court quietly paves the way for big changes.” This article appears in the July 5, 2014 print edition of The Economist.

Posted at 1:12 PM by Howard Bashman



Wednesday, July 2, 2014

“After Hobby Lobby Comes Judge Pryor: An Eleventh Circuit judge, citing Hobby Lobby, rules in favor of a Catholic TV network.” Quin Hillyer has this essay today at National Review Online.

Posted at 9:12 PM by Howard Bashman



“Groups want emails from reprimanded Montana judge”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A group of American Indians wants a court to preserve and eventually release an investigative file containing inappropriate emails sent by a federal judge, including a racist message involving President Barack Obama.”

Posted at 3:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“U.S.: Don’t expand Hobby Lobby exemption.” Lyle Denniston has this post today at “SCOTUSblog.”

Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has a report headlined “Gov’t: Ruling backs nonprofits’ birth control plan.”

And Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has a news update headlined “Administration Points to Hobby Lobby Ruling in Wheaton College Case; Government Uses Supreme Court’s Ruling to Back Its Birth-Control Alternative for Religious Nonprofits.”

Posted at 2:05 PM by Howard Bashman



“Obama’s Disappointing Year at the Supreme Court: From recess appointments to warrantless cellphone searches to Obamacare, the White House lost big this term at SCOTUS.” Damon Root has this essay online at Reason.

Posted at 2:03 PM by Howard Bashman