“Republicans slam Kansas Supreme Court justice over Davis fundraiser at her home”: Bryan Lowry of The Wichita Eagle has an article that begins, “The Kansas Republican Party criticized a Kansas Supreme Court justice Tuesday, saying a fundraiser hosted for Democrat Paul Davis at her Topeka home was inappropriate.”
And The Associated Press reports that “Kansas GOP criticizes event at justice’s home.”
“R.I. Supreme Court hears arguments on gay-pride parade lawsuit filed by Providence firefighters against ex-Mayor Cianci”: This article will appear in Wednesday’s edition of The Providence Journal.
“Sirius XM Loses Lawsuit on Royalties for Oldies”: Wednesday’s edition of The New York Times will contain this article.
The Wall Street Journal reports that “Sirius XM Loses Royalties Case Against Oldies Band; Suit Alleged That Satellite Radio Played the Turtles’ Music Without Permission.” You can freely access the full text of the article via Google.
And at the “Hollywood, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter, Eriq Gardner has a post titled “SiriusXM Suffers Crushing Loss in High-Stakes Courtroom Battle; In a ruling with far-reaching consequences, Flo & Eddie of The Turtles convince a judge that their public performance rights were violated.”
You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California at this link.
“Booksellers seek void of ‘revenge porn’ legislation”: Howard Fischer of The East Valley Tribune has this news update.
And Alia Beard Rau of The Arizona Republic has a news update headlined “Changing Hands, others sue over Arizona ‘revenge porn’ law.”
My initial coverage of the suit appeared in this post earlier today.
“Bashman and the Judges”: By special request, I am pleased to note that the Summer 2014 issue of The Green Bag contains this item in its Ex Ante section.
“Students before teachers: Why progressives should defend ‘Vergara v. California’ ruling.” Law professor Laurence H. Tribe will have this op-ed in Wednesday’s edition of USA Today.
In papers of interest recently posted at SSRN: Law professor Stephen E. Sachs has posted an article titled “Originalism as a Theory of Legal Change” (via “Legal Theory Blog“).
Law professor Sonja West has posted a paper titled “The Stealth Press Clause” (via “Legal Theory Blog“).
And law professor Andrew Koppelman has posted a book review titled “Six Overrulings,” reviewing Justice John Paul Stevens’ book, “Six Amendments: How and Why We Should Change the Constitution” (via “Legal Theory Blog“).
“Major League Baseball’s Nightmare: A Judge Who Isn’t a Fan of Instant Replay; Judge Shira Scheindlin refuses to certify an appeal on her ruling that could shake up sports broadcasting.” Eriq Gardner has this post today at the “Hollywood, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter.
“Wisconsin Files Opposition to 7th Circuit Rehearing on Voter ID Law”: Rick Hasen has this post at his “Election Law Blog.” He has posted the response in opposition at this link.
“Party Diary: Opera with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.” Helena Andrews has this entry today at the “Reliable Source” blog of The Washington Post.
“Markell taps Vaughn for Del. Supreme Court”: Sean O’Sullivan of The News Journal of Wilmington, Delaware has this news update.
And Tom Hals of Reuters reports that “Veteran judge nominated for Delaware Supreme Court.”
“Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: I’m not going anywhere.” An excerpt from Justice Ginsburg’s interview with Jessica Weisberg for Elle magazine can now be accessed online at this link.
In coverage of the interview, Ian Millhiser of ThinkProgress has a post titled “Justice Ginsburg: If I Resign, Obama Could Not Appoint ‘Anyone I Would Like To See In The Court.'”
And earlier this week, David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times had an article headlined “Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg signals she has no plans to retire soon.”
“Deputy SG Kneedler Recognized for Career in Public Service”: Tony Mauro has this post today at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”
You can freely access the full text of the post via Google News.
And you can view information about the recognition, including a video, at this link.
“Opponents challenge Arizona’s ‘revenge porn’ law in court”: Reuters has this report.
The ACLU today issued a news release titled “First Amendment Lawsuit Challenges Arizona Criminal Law Banning Nude Images.” You can access the complaint initiating suit at this link.
“U.S. on Supreme Court Protest Restrictions: Sidewalk is Wide Enough.” Brent Kendall has this post today at the “Washington Wire” blog of The Wall Street Journal.
And at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Tony Mauro has a blog post titled “Appeals Court Weighs Ban on Supreme Court Protests.” You can freely access the full text of this blog post via Google News.
As soon as the audio from this oral argument becomes available at the web site of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, I will link to it.
Update: You can access the audio of today’s oral argument before a three-judge D.C. Circuit panel (Circuit Judges Henderson, Srinivasan, Williams) in Harold Hodge v. Pamela Talkin via this link (58.6 MB mp3 audio file).
Perhaps a reason to visit again tomorrow? The new online address of “How Appealing” effective October 1, 2014 will be announced here tomorrow, one week in advance of this blog’s relocation.
“Free Expression, In-Group Bias, and the Court’s Conservatives: A Critique of the Epstein-Parker-Segal Study.” Law professor Todd E. Pettys has posted this paper online at SSRN (via Ed Whelan’s blog post titled “Garbage In, Garbage Out” at National Review Online’s “Bench Memos” blog).
“Federal judge rejects Citizens United push to avoid disclosure laws”: The Denver Post had this blog entry yesterday.
Earlier, the newspaper reported that “Ted Olson argues Citizens United case in Denver court.”
If think this sounds like the case is destined for appeal, you are correct. Today at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Zoe Tillman has a post titled “Citizens United Vows Appeal After Losing Disclosure-Rules Case.” You can freely access the full text of this post via Google News.
“Behind the Chevron Case”: Columnist Joe Nocera has this op-ed in today’s edition of The New York Times.
“Public Peek Into Supreme Court Procedures”: Angela Morris of Texas Lawyer has an article that begins, “The public got a proverbial peek into the Texas Supreme Court’s inner workings this weekend in Austin.”
You can freely access the full text of the article via Google News.
Additional information is available from The Texas Tribune’s live blog of “The Justice Track at The Tribune Festival.”
And in related news, Justice Debra Lehrmann of the Supreme Court of Texas has joined Twitter. She isn’t yet following “How Appealing” on Twitter, however.
“Atheist will deliver opening prayer at this week’s Huntsville City Council meeting”: The Huntsville Times has this report.
“Judge lifts ban on Alagasco pipeline integrity document”: The Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser has this news update.
And The Associated Press reports that “Judge Robert Vance lifts order blocking newspaper from publishing Alabama Gas pipeline information.”
“Would (and should) I perform a wedding ceremony for a gay couple in my courtroom?” Senior U.S. District Judge Richard G. Kopf has this post today at his “Hercules and the Umpire” blog.
“Rep. Mike Rogers, national figures call for resignation of Judge Mark Fuller”: AL.com has this report.
And today’s edition of The Washington Post contains an editorial titled “If a federal judge has committed domestic violence, Congress should impeach him.”
“What To Expect When The Supreme Court Returns To Work Next Week”: Ian Millhiser and Nicole Flatow of ThinkProgress have this report today.
“Railroad Tax Fight Lands on Supreme Court Docket; Millions of dollars of tax revenue are at stake in a long-running dispute between Alabama and CSX; The decision could affect state tax systems nationwide”: Governing.com has this report.
“R.I. Supreme Court to hear gay pride parade lawsuit involving Cianci”: Katie Mulvaney has this article in today’s edition of The Providence Journal.
“Constitution Check: What if the Supreme Court takes a pass now on same-sex marriage?” Lyle Denniston has this post at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.