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Sunday, December 7, 2014

“Does an Innocent Man Have the Right to Be Exonerated? In the 1980s, Larry Youngblood was wrongfully imprisoned for raping a 10-year-old boy; The way the Supreme Court handled his case had lasting consequences.” Marc Bookman has this lengthy article online at The Atlantic.

Posted at 10:18 PM by Howard Bashman



“San Francisco’s powerful U.S. appeals court gets new ‘Big Sky’ leader”: Howard Mintz of The San Jose Mercury News has this report.

Posted at 10:12 PM by Howard Bashman



“Military appeals court to hear Kansas HIV case”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A Kansas airman accused of aggravated assault for exposing multiple sex partners to HIV at swinger parties in Wichita will have his appeal heard this week before the nation’s highest military court.”

Posted at 8:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“Candidate suggests that out-of-state judges resolve Prosser ethics case”: Patrick Marley of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has an article that begins, “A Rock County judge running for state Supreme Court wants to ship an ethics case against Justice David Prosser to another state’s top court — an idea that two law professors suggested is legally impossible.”

Posted at 8:23 PM by Howard Bashman



“Pleasing the Court With Intrigue: David Lat’s ‘Supreme Ambitions’ Is a Thriller for Lawyers”: Alexandra Alter will have this article in Monday’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 7:56 PM by Howard Bashman



“Now Magazine plans to defy ad ban in new prostitution bill; Alternative newspaper has long published ads promoting sexual services in back pages”: The Canadian Press has this report.

Posted at 1:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“The D.C. Circuit’s Mandamus Jurisdiction and the Legitimacy of the Military Commissions”: Steve Vladeck has this post today at the “Lawfare” blog.

Posted at 1:35 PM by Howard Bashman



“Health coverage subsidies facing court challenge”: This article appears in today’s edition edition of The Detroit Free Press.

Posted at 1:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“State Supreme Court races will sizzle in 2015”: James P. O’Toole has this article in today’s edition of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Posted at 1:22 PM by Howard Bashman