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Thursday, June 11, 2015

“You’ll Never Tweet As Well As This Texas Judge: By order of the 84th Texas Legislature, Justice Don Willett has just become our official ‘Tweeter Laureate.'” Texas Standard has posted the audio of its interview at this link.

Posted at 11:16 PM by Howard Bashman



“Court overrules Wolf on firing Open Records chief”: This front page article appears in today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer.

In today’s edition of The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania, Steve Esack has a front page article headlined “Court: Gov. Tom Wolf wrong to fire Open Records chief.”

In today’s edition of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Charles Thompson has a front page article headlined “Is Arneson ruling a win for transparency? Media representatives, lawmakers and more think so.”

And Reuters reports that “Pennsylvania court says governor overstepped in ousting official.”

You can access yesterday’s 4-to-3 ruling of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania at this link.

Posted at 11:11 PM by Howard Bashman



“SCOTUSblog on camera: Jeffrey Rosen (Part one).” You can access the video of the interview — the first of five parts — via this link.

Posted at 10:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“Why Is John Roberts Siding With the Supreme Court’s Liberals? There are two cases — one famous and one forgotten — that may haunt the chief justice.” Law professor Adam Winkler has this essay online at Slate.

Posted at 4:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justice Anthony Kennedy: The Decider.” The PBS program “Washington Week” has posted online this podcast featuring Joan Biskupic of Reuters.

Posted at 11:02 AM by Howard Bashman



“Fourth Circuit airs internal dispute about whether to criticize the Government’s appellate litigating position”: Jonathan Biran has this post today at the “Maryland Appellate Blog.”

Posted at 10:20 AM by Howard Bashman



“After hearing, Philadelphia judge close to 3rd Circuit confirmation”: Tracie Mauriello has this article in today’s edition of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania reports that “Senate Judiciary panel vets Pa. nominee.”

And Law360.com reports that “3rd Circ. Nominee Edges Closer To Long-Vacant Seat” (subscription required for full access).

You can view the video of yesterday’s Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing via this link.

Posted at 10:12 AM by Howard Bashman



“Form signed by ill ER patient doesn’t immunize hospital for shoddy care”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has a blog post that begins, “When a patient died from a brain hemorrhage that an emergency room physician had failed to diagnose, the hospital tried to protect itself from liability by pointing to a form the patient had signed when she checked in two days earlier, in severe pain. It said all doctors who provided services at the facility were independent contractors rather than hospital employees.”

You can access Tuesday’s ruling of the California Court of Appeal for the Third Appellate District at this link.

Posted at 9:52 AM by Howard Bashman



Wednesday, June 10, 2015

“Third Circuit Nominee Breezes Through Confirmation Hearing; U.S. District Judge Luis Felipe Restrepo was nominated in November to the appeals court”: Mike Sacks of The National Law Journal has this report.

Posted at 4:18 PM by Howard Bashman



“With Senate control, will the GOP stop confirming circuit court judges?” Russell Wheeler of The Brookings Institution has this blog post today.

Posted at 4:13 PM by Howard Bashman



“High court denies teen’s family damages after brain is found on class trip”: The Staten Island Advance has this news update.

The New York Daily News reports that “Medical examiner does not have to return organs of the dead after performing autopsy, Appeals Court rules.”

The New York Post has an article headlined “Brains don’t have to be returned to bodies after autopsy: court.”

Reuters reports that “Family of dead NYC teen loses court battle over brain.”

And The Associated Press has a report headlined “NY court: Medical examiners don’t have to return all organs.”

You can access today’s 5-to-2 ruling of the Court of Appeals of New York — that state’s highest court — at this link.

Posted at 4:12 PM by Howard Bashman



“HHS Chief Burwell, House GOP Square Off Over Health-Law Case; Two sides fine tune messages ahead of Supreme Court’s decision on Affordable Care Act”: Louise Radnofsky of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

Posted at 4:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“Abortion rights groups file motion to halt key provisions in Texas law”: Reuters has a report that begins, “Several women’s health providers filed a motion on Wednesday seeking to halt a U.S. appeals court decision a day earlier allowing Texas to impose restrictions on abortions, and said they plan to take the case to the U.S. Supreme Court.”

Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor reports that “Ruling on Texas abortion law sets up potential Supreme Court showdown.”

John Council of Texas Lawyer has an article headlined “Who Wrote for the Majority in Controversial Abortion Decision?” You can freely access the full text of the article via Google.

Via “SCOTUSblog,” you can access the stay motion at this link.

Meanwhile, in commentary, online at Bloomberg View, law professor Noah Feldman has an essay titled “Why the Texas Abortion Law May Stand.”

And online at The Guardian (UK), Scott Lemieux has an essay titled “The US supreme court may bring Texas- style abortion restrictions to every state; The state’s years-long effort to minimize women’s access to abortion services just got a legal boost, and it sets up another battle at the nation’s highest court.”

Posted at 3:58 PM by Howard Bashman



“President Obama’s Supreme Court Remarks Set Him Apart; Previous presidents only briefly commented on Supreme Court cases, study finds”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

Posted at 3:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Are Gun Rights Second-Class Rights? Supreme Court Declines Major Second Amendment Case, Over Fiery Dissent.” Evan Bernick has this blog entry today at The Huffington Post.

Posted at 11:09 AM by Howard Bashman



“FAN 63 (First Amendment News) CJ Roberts: Mr. First Amendment — The Trend Continues.” Ronald K.L. Collins has this post today at “Concurring Opinions.”

Posted at 10:47 AM by Howard Bashman



“The right’s slimy new scheme: The made-up ‘religious freedom’ protection designed to gut same-sex marriage; Indiana was just the beginning: A host of new ‘religious freedom’ bills are coming; The target: Marriage equality.” Elliot Mincberg has this essay at Salon.com.

And online at The Atlantic, law professor Garrett Epps has an essay titled “North Carolina’s Rightward Turn: A bill excusing public officials from performing gay marriages caps a string of legislative victories for conservatives.”

Posted at 10:42 AM by Howard Bashman



“Obama lawyers asked secret court to ignore public court’s decision on spying; Justice Department’s national security chief cites six-month transition period in the USA Freedom Act as a reason to turn the bulk surveillance spigot back on”: Spencer Ackerman of The Guardian (UK) has this report.

Posted at 10:38 AM by Howard Bashman