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Thursday, December 25, 2014

“Appeals court rules Staten Island resident toll discount on Verrazano Bridge is constitutional”: The Staten Island Advance has this report.

The Associated Press has a report headlined “Appeals court: Staten Island toll discount allowed.”

And Courthouse News Service has a report headlined “Chilly Ruling for Luddites on New York City Bridges.”

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

Posted at 12:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“Utahns of the Year: Same-sex marriage plaintiffs; Same-sex marriage plaintiffs will forever be linked to civil rights for gay partners.” This front page article appears in today’s edition of The Salt Lake Tribune.

Posted at 11:18 AM by Howard Bashman



Wednesday, December 24, 2014

“Cornelia Kennedy: A judge who didn’t see discrimination.” Emily Bazelon will have this item in “The Lives They Lived” feature in this upcoming Sunday’s edition of The New York Times Magazine.

Posted at 10:08 PM by Howard Bashman



Tuesday, December 23, 2014

“Doctors shouldn’t be compelled to give anti-abortion lectures to patients”: The Los Angeles Times today posted online an editorial that begins, “A federal appeals court made the right decision this week when it struck down a key provision in a North Carolina law requiring doctors to perform ultrasounds on women seeking abortions and then both show and describe the sonogram images to them.”

Posted at 11:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“Judges could face mandatory retirement age”: Dee J. Hall of The Wisconsin State Journal has an article that begins, “Wisconsin voters passed a constitutional amendment requiring the Legislature to set a mandatory retirement age for judges in the state. But for 37 years, no one has ever gotten around to doing it. Until now.”

Posted at 9:08 PM by Howard Bashman



“Willett v. Harrell: The Battle for Appellate Pop-Culture Dominance.” Steve Klepper had this post yesterday at the “Maryland Appellate Blog.”

Posted at 1:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“PowerPoint Justice: When prosecutors slide around the law.” Ken Armstrong has this article online today at The Marshall Project.

Posted at 8:27 AM by Howard Bashman



“When, if ever, should law clerks betray their bosses?” Will Baude has this post today at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

Posted at 8:24 AM by Howard Bashman



Monday, December 22, 2014

“Leondra Kruger approved as new California Supreme Court justice”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this news update.

Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times has a news update headlined “California Supreme Court appointee Kruger wins state panel’s approval.”

The Sacramento Bee has a news update headlined “Leondra Kruger confirmed to California Supreme Court.”

And The Associated Press reports that “California Supreme Court nominee confirmed.”

Posted at 11:08 PM by Howard Bashman



“Guantanamo Envoy Cliff Sloan Quits Amid Delays in Prisoner Releases”: Helene Cooper will have this article in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 9:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“Appeals court says NC ultrasound abortion provision unconstitutional”: The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina has this update.

The Associated Press reports that “Appeals court strikes down NC abortion law.”

Reuters reports that “U.S. court strikes down North Carolina ultrasound abortion law.”

And online at Slate, Dahlia Lithwick has a jurisprudence essay titled “North Carolina’s Outrageous Abortion Requirement Is Struck Down: A conservative judge sticks up for medical ethics and the First Amendment.”

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

Posted at 8:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“Record Lame Duck Confirmations Pad Obama’s Improving Judicial Record”: Russell Wheeler has this post today at the “FixGov” blog of the Brookings Institution.

Posted at 11:36 AM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Justices Admit Inconsistency, and Embrace It”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 11:06 AM by Howard Bashman