“Comcast agrees to settle 10-year-old class-action suit”: The Philadelphia Inquirer has this news update.
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Wednesday, October 29, 2014
“Comcast agrees to settle 10-year-old class-action suit”: The Philadelphia Inquirer has this news update. Posted at 10:44 PM by Howard Bashman“Amendment 3 would let outgoing governor name judges — an unnecessary power, critics say”: The Tampa Bay Times has an article that begins, “Florida voters are being asked to approve a little-noticed amendment to the state Constitution that would rewrite the way judges are appointed to the state’s highest courts and strengthen the powers of governors who are leaving office.” Posted at 10:32 PM by Howard Bashman“More turmoil for House GOP lawsuit against Obama”: Josh Gerstein and Maggie Haberman of Politico.com have this report. Posted at 10:03 PM by Howard Bashman“Yates, A Fishy Case”: Richard M. Re has this post at “Re’s Judicata.” Posted at 9:56 PM by Howard Bashman“Virginia Supreme Court hears Yelp Internet speech case”: Frank Green has this article in today’s edition of The Richmond Times-Dispatch. Posted at 9:55 PM by Howard Bashman“SCOTUSblog on camera: Laurence H. Tribe (Part six).” “SCOTUSblog” has this post today. Posted at 9:52 PM by Howard Bashman“The Supreme Court Should Stay Far Away from the Vesting Clause in Zivitofsky“: Julian Davis Mortenson has this post today at the “Lawfare” blog. Posted at 9:47 PM by Howard Bashman“Danger Zone: A Supreme Court Misstep On Voting Rights.” Linda Greenhouse has this essay online at The New York Times. Posted at 9:42 PM by Howard Bashman“Wearing unearned medal can be a crime; free-speech claim rejected”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this news update. And Courthouse News Service reports that “‘Stolen Valor’ Precedent Won’t Help Lying Marine.” You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link. Posted at 9:24 PM by Howard Bashman“Court of Appeal rules that Section 377A that criminalises sex between men is constitutional”: The Straits Times of Singapore has this report. And Bloomberg News reports that “Singapore’s Ban on Gay Male Sex Is Upheld by Top Court.” The ruling of Singapore’s Court of Appeal does not yet appear to be freely available online. Update: You can access the ruling at this link (via Jurist’s “Paper Chase“). Posted at 8:27 PM by Howard Bashman“In Passport Case, Alyza Lewin Steps Into Her Father’s Shoes”: Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal has this Supreme Court Brief. You can freely access the full text of the article via Google. Posted at 5:46 PM by Howard Bashman“Missouri man’s execution on hold indefinitely”: The Associated Press has this report. Posted at 5:44 PM by Howard Bashman“Outside money pouring into state Supreme Court race”: The Chicago Tribune has this report. And the subject of today’s broadcast of The Diane Rehm Show was “Campaign Spending On State Judicial Elections.” Posted at 5:40 PM by Howard Bashman“‘As Kim Kardashian is with her husband, I’m not going to keep you long.'” Today at his “Southern District of Florida Blog,” David Oscar Markus has a post that begins, “That was Chief Judge Ed Carnes today at Robin Rosenbaum’s investiture. It was a great event with lots of good speeches.” Posted at 5:33 PM by Howard Bashman“Can Authorities Cut Off Utilities And Pose As Repairmen To Search A Home?” This audio segment — featuring both Nina Totenberg and Tom Goldstein — appeared on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.” Posted at 4:35 PM by Howard Bashman“Search Party: A 30-year-old loophole increasingly gives police officers a pass when they violate the Fourth Amendment.” Nathan Freed Wessler has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate. Posted at 3:55 PM by Howard Bashman“Health overhaul’s subsidies at Supreme Court”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report. Posted at 3:54 PM by Howard Bashman“Ala. judge’s spousal abuse case has some seeking his resignation”: This video segment, featuring disturbing audio from the wife’s 911 call from the hotel room, appeared on yesterday’s broadcast of the CBS Evening News. Posted at 2:58 PM by Howard Bashman“Quick fix unlikely in bid to fill McCaffery’s seat”: Angela Couloumbis and Craig R. McCoy have this front page article in today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer. And in today’s edition of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Brad Bumsted has an article headlined “Bipartisan deal in works to stock Pa. Supreme Court.” Posted at 1:37 PM by Howard Bashman“Court focuses on late filing in prayer case”: Today’s edition of The Danville (Va.) Register & Bee contains a front page article that begins, “The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit heard oral arguments in the Pittsylvania County public prayer case Tuesday, and focused most of their questions on whether the county had filed an appeal on time.” Posted at 1:22 PM by Howard Bashman“Lobbyists, Bearing Gifts, Pursue Attorneys General”: Eric Lipton has this front page article in today’s edition of The New York Times. Posted at 1:14 PM by Howard Bashman“Justice Ginsburg Tells Students She Pulls All-Nighters, Too; Supreme Court Justice Says Emergency Appeals Can Require Working Till Dawn”: Jess Bravin has this article in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal. You can freely access the full text of the article via Google. In addition, at WSJ.com’s “Speakeasy” blog, Bravin has a post titled “On ‘The Death of Klinghoffer,’ Justice Ginsburg Finds for the Defense.” Posted at 1:11 PM by Howard Bashman |
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