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Tuesday, October 14, 2014

“Texas May Proceed With Voter ID Law, Appeals Court Finds”: Erik Eckholm will have this article in Wednesday’s edition of The New York Times.

The Austin American-Statesman has a news update headlined “Federal appeals court reinstates voter ID law.”

The Texas Tribune has a report headlined “Judges: Texas Should Use Voter ID in Current Election.”

The Associated Press reports that “Appeals court reinstates Texas voter ID law.”

Bloomberg News reports that “Texas Can Enforce Voter-ID Law in Blow to Democrats.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. appeals court revives Texas voter identification law.”

Ryan J. Reilly of The Huffington Post reports that “Texas Voter ID Law Deemed ‘Poll Tax’ Reinstated by Appeals Court.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Circuit Court allows Texas to enforce voter ID law.”

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

Posted at 8:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“Citizens United can make movie without disclosing donors, court says”: The Denver Post has a news update that begins, “A documentary slamming Colorado liberals, and Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper, can be aired without disclosing its backers, a federal appeals court in Denver ruled 3-0 in a decision released Tuesday.”

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

Posted at 8:26 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Allows Texas Abortion Clinics to Stay Open”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this news update.

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has a news update headlined “Supreme Court suspends part of Texas law on abortion clinics.”

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Blocks Some Texas Abortion Restrictions; Justices Act in Litigation Over Abortion Clinic Standards.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court eases impact of Texas abortion law.”

Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “Justices stop parts of Texas abortion law.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Texas Abortion Curbs Blocked by Divided U.S. High Court.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. Supreme Court blocks Texas abortion restrictions.”

Chuck Lindell of The Austin American-Statesman has a news update headlined “Supreme Court bars state from enforcing Texas abortion law.”

Brian M. Rosenthal of The Houston Chronicle has a news update headlined “U.S. Supreme Court blocks parts of Texas abortion law.”

The Texas Tribune reports that “U.S. Supreme Court Puts Abortion Provision on Hold.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Court blocks abortion limits in Texas.”

You can access today’s order of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.

Posted at 8:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“Judged accordingly”: Today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer contains an editorial that begins, “One certain consequence of rendering judgment, as the apostles noted, is being judged. State Supreme Court Justice Seamus McCaffery, being linked to a body of rather extracanonical correspondence, should be no exception.”

Posted at 1:25 PM by Howard Bashman



“Federal judge reports on progress in his court ordered counseling”: Steve Visser of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has a news update that begins, “A federal judge arrested on charges of an Atlanta hotel assault on is his wife reported to a Fulton County judge today on his counseling.”

Posted at 12:28 PM by Howard Bashman



Access online today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court did not grant review in any new cases today, but the Court called for the views of the Solicitor General in one case.

Justice Antonin Scalia issued a dissent, in which Justices Clarence Thomas and Ruth Bader Ginsburg joined, from the denial of certiorari in Jones v. United States, No., 13-10026.

Update: In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Justices won’t review judge’s add-on to sentences“; “Supreme Court rejects appeal over Justice memo“; “Supreme Court won’t touch foie gras ban“: and “High court rejects Iowa senator’s defamation case.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “Supreme Court leaves California foie gras ban intact.”

And Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “California’s Foie Gras Ban Left Intact by U.S. High Court.”

Posted at 9:33 AM by Howard Bashman