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Tuesday, November 18, 2014

“Lawyer who defended ex-Judge Thomas Porteous hired for Obama lawsuit, WSJ reports”: Andy Grimm of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans has this report.

Posted at 10:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Court bars state from curbing sex offenders’ Internet privacy”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this news update.

Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times has a news update headlined “9th Circuit says sex offender Internet rules violate free speech.”

And at her “Trial Insider” blog, Pamela A. MacLean has a post titled “Sex Offender Free Speech Ruling Upheld.”

My earlier coverage of today’s Ninth Circuit ruling appears at this link.

Posted at 10:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“Srinivasan Tells Del. Audience of U.S. Supreme Court Experiences”: Jeff Mordock will have this article in tomorrow’s edition of Delaware Law Weekly.

You can freely access the full text of the article via Google.

Posted at 9:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“Gilbert religious sign fight headed for Supreme Court”: Howard Fischer of The Arizona Capitol Times has this report today.

Posted at 9:37 PM by Howard Bashman



“Inverted equal protection: same-sex marriage at the Sixth Circuit (Part II, rational-basis review).” Dale Carpenter has this post today at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

Posted at 9:34 PM by Howard Bashman



“There Is No ‘Glitch’ in Obamacare: Liberals need to stop recycling a dangerous piece of conservative spin.” Simon Lazarus has this essay online today at The New Republic.

Posted at 9:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“Turley Agrees to Serve as Lead Counsel for House of Representatives in Constitutional Challenge”: Law professor Jonathan Turley has this post today at his blog.

In news coverage, Politico.com reports that “GOP hires legal scholar to oversee Obama lawsuit.”

The Hill reports that “Boehner hires new lawyer for Obama suit.”

WSJ.com’s “Washington Wire” has a post titled “House Republicans Hire Jonathan Turley to Pursue Obama Lawsuit.”

And Vox.com reports that “Boehner finally found a lawyer to sue Obama.”

Posted at 1:26 PM by Howard Bashman



“Hijinks in the Ninth Circuit Clerk’s Office?” Ed Whelan has this post today at National Review Online’s “Bench Memos” blog.

If anyone connected with the Ninth Circuit wishes to offer any response, I will be glad to post it here in full.

Posted at 1:05 PM by Howard Bashman



“Sunnyvale gun law up in the air in federal appeals court”: Howard Mintz of The San Jose Mercury News has this report.

And Courthouse News Service reports that “9th Circuit Hears Arguments on Ammo Law.” (This article’s identification of the judges on the oral argument panel seems a little creative, to say the least.)

You can access via this link the audio of yesterday’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Posted at 10:55 AM by Howard Bashman



“Certiorari Practices When Lower Federal Courts Hold State Laws Unconstitutional”: Michael Dorf had this post yesterday at his “Dorf on Law” blog.

Posted at 10:27 AM by Howard Bashman



“Stephen Breyer and Elena Kagan on Being Jewish Justices”: Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly has posted this video online at YouTube.

Posted at 10:20 AM by Howard Bashman



“Copyright for APIs is going to be a disaster and only the Supreme Court can stop it”: Timothy B. Lee has this post today at Vox.com.

Posted at 10:16 AM by Howard Bashman



“Judge Pamela Harris and the Fourth Circuit’s Collaborative Culture”: Derek Stikeleather has this post today at the “Maryland Appellate Blog.”

Posted at 10:15 AM by Howard Bashman



“Appeals court blocks LePage’s MaineCare cuts for young people; The ruling preserves health coverage for about 6,000 of Maine’s 19- and 20-year-olds, which costs the state roughly $4 million a year”: Today’s edition of The Portland Press Herald contains this report.

The Bangor Daily News reports that “Federal appeals court rejects LePage administration attempt to trim Medicaid rolls.”

And Reuters reports that “U.S. court rejects Maine’s effort to trim Medicaid rolls.”

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

Posted at 8:27 AM by Howard Bashman



“Suit Alleges Race-Based Discrimination in Harvard Admissions Practices”: This article appears in today’s edition of The Harvard Crimson.

Posted at 8:20 AM by Howard Bashman