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Sunday, November 9, 2014

“Traditional marriage groups use 1972 ruling to defend states’ rights; 1972 ruling said it wasn’t a federal issue”: Cheryl Wetzstein of The Washington Times has this report.

Posted at 11:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“U.S. Supreme Court justices talk Jewish at G.A. opening”: The Jewish Telegraphic Agency has this report. The “G.A.” in the headline is an abbreviation for the 2014 General Assembly conference of the Jewish Federations of North America.

Posted at 9:36 PM by Howard Bashman



“The conversation that I wish Judge Sutton would have had with one skeptical law clerk from a land grant law school”: Senior U.S. District Judge Richard G. Kopf had this post yesterday at his “Hercules and the Umpire” blog.

Posted at 8:09 PM by Howard Bashman



“Pa. voters will have chance to remake state Supreme Court next year, with 3 seats on ballot”: The Associated Press has this report.

Posted at 1:23 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court ponders life sentences for juveniles”: The News Service of Florida has an article that begins, “The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday heard arguments in a debate about sentencing for juveniles convicted of first-degree murder.”

Posted at 9:15 AM by Howard Bashman



“Grassley set to be first non-lawyer to chair Senate Judiciary Committee”: Today’s edition of The Globe Gazette of Mason City, Iowa contains a front page article that begins, “A farmer from Iowa likely will become the first non-lawyer to chair the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee.”

And The Des Moines Register has an article headlined “Chuck Grassley picks from trio of chairmanships: It’s Judiciary; He tells The Des Moines Register in a statement: ‘The Judiciary Committee should not be a rubber stamp for the president.’

Posted at 9:08 AM by Howard Bashman



“Lewiston lawyer takes his case to the country’s highest court”: Today’s edition of The Lewiston-Auburn (Me.) Sun Journal contains an article that begins, “After four decades of practicing law, George Isaacson will go to Washington next month to argue a case before the highest court in the country.”

Posted at 9:00 AM by Howard Bashman