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Monday, October 6, 2014

Access online today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: The Court has posted today’s 81-page Order List at this link. The Court did not grant review in any new cases, but the Court called for the views of the Solicitor General in six cases.

The Court today also issued a per curiam summary reversal of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Lopez v. Smith, No. 13-946

In early news coverage, The Associated Press has reports headlined “High court denies gay marriage appeals“; “Court lets stand terrorism conviction“; “Supreme Court rejects appeal of fired Ohio teacher“; “Court won’t hear appeal over judge’s conduct“; and “Court rejects appeal in SC redistricting case.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “Supreme Court declines to intervene in gay marriage cases“; “Supreme Court declines to review Massachusetts man’s al Qaeda support conviction“; and “U.S. top court rejects challenge to ozone regulations.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Rule on Gay Marriage.”

And Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed reports that “Supreme Court Denies Review Of Same-Sex Marriage Cases, Bringing Marriage Equality To Five States; The decision not to decide brings marriage equality to Indiana, Oklahoma, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Utah.”

Posted at 9:48 AM by Howard Bashman



“A Jilted Lover’s Case Against the Supreme Court”: Kenneth Jost had this post yesterday at his blog, “Jost On Justice.”

Posted at 9:27 AM by Howard Bashman



“The ‘Barney Fife Loophole’ to the Fourth Amendment: A case before the Supreme Court asks whether police can stop drivers for doing something that isn’t a crime if the officers have misunderstood the law.” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at The Atlantic.

Posted at 8:22 AM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Poised to Decide Cases on Bias, Employment, and Outlaw Fish”: Paul M. Barrett of Bloomberg Businessweek has this report.

Posted at 8:20 AM by Howard Bashman



“Amazon Workers Take Security-Line Woes to Supreme Court”: Spencer Soper, Sophia Pearson, and Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News have this report.

Posted at 8:03 AM by Howard Bashman



“Embrace the Irony: Lawrence Lessig wants to reform campaign finance; All he needs is fifty billionaires.” Evan Osnos has this article in the October 13, 2014 issue of The New Yorker.

Posted at 8:00 AM by Howard Bashman