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Monday, June 22, 2015

Access online today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court granted review today in one new case.

And in Carlton v. United States, No. 14-8740, Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a statement, in which Justice Stephen G. Breyer joined, respecting the denial of certiorari.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “High court to hear dispute over gov’t contracts to veterans“; “High court won’t hear Ford appeal of tax overpayment“; “Court won’t hear appeal on recovery for Madoff victims“; and “High court rejects appeal from general denied promotion.”

And Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “Supreme Court turns down Ford in $470 million tax dispute“; “Supreme Court rejects Madoff trustee’s appeal over $4 billion recovery“; and “U.S. Supreme Court rejects Google patent appeal over Street View.”

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Sunday, June 21, 2015

“U.S. Supreme Court on brink of deciding gay marriage question”: Howard Mintz of The San Jose Mercury News has this report.

Todd Spangler of The Detroit Free Press reports that “Same-sex ruling will trigger next round of fights.”

Jessica Parks of The Philadelphia Inquirer has an article headlined “Supreme Court on gay marriage: A foregone conclusion?”

Markus Schmidt of The Richmond Times-Dispatch has an article headlined “Gay marriage: A look at key questions ahead of ruling.”

The Cincinnati Enquirer has an articles headlined “Obergefell’s routine: ‘Sitting there being nervous’” and “Small-town Indiana judge and gay marriage? No problem.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has an article headlined “Turmoil Only Sure Thing If Supreme Court Rejects Gay Marriage: Questions could be raised about tens of thousands of unions across the country, and more legal fights would likely follow.”

And Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed has an article headlined “The 2005 Decision To Go Forward With The Fight For Marriage Equality.”

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“Washington whipped into frenzy ahead of ObamaCare ruling”: Sarah Ferris of The Hill has this report.

In Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, Stephanie Armour will have an article headlined “Insurers, Hospitals Brace for Affordable Care Act Ruling; Hospitals, doctors and consumers prepare for fallout if the Supreme Court strikes down subsidies that help 6.4 million Americans buy insurance.” You can freely access the full text of the article via Google.

And The Kansas City Star reports that “With ACA ruling near, health insurance for millions hangs in the balance.”

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“Parsing the Clues Ahead of the Supreme Court’s Same-Sex Marriage Decision”: Cristian Farias has this post today at the “Daily Intelligencer” blog of New York magazine.

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“Justice Anthony Kennedy Might Use a Conservative Principle to Save Obamacare; Here are the three most likely outcomes in the Supreme Court case”: Simon Lazarus has this essay online today at The New Republic.

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“Kennedy’s Gay-Rights Rulings Seen in His Sacramento Roots”: Sheryl Gay Stolberg will have this article in Monday’s edition of The New York Times.

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“Why does President Obama criticize the Supreme Court so much?” Greg Jaffe of The Washington Post has an article that begins, “President Obama seemed to relish the chance to take yet another swipe at the Supreme Court justices who were deliberating a case that could determine the fate of his landmark health-care law.”

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“The Supreme Court Is About to Decide the Fate of Housing Segregation; Any day now, the Justices could hand down a ruling on a case that asks whether states can keep their poorest residents concentrated in the worst neighborhoods”: Alana Semuels has this essay online today at The Atlantic.

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Saturday, June 20, 2015

“Legal arguments that could sway Supreme Court on Affordable Care Act”: David G. Savage and Noam N. Levey of The Los Angeles Times have this report.

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“Better Judgment”: In tomorrow’s edition of The New York Times Magazine, Emily Bazelon will have an article that begins, “Nearly 100 years ago, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. stood at an upright desk in his study, dipped a pen into an inkwell inherited from his father and wrote a Supreme Court opinion allowing the government to imprison people for speaking out against World War I.”

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Friday, June 19, 2015

“You Will Be Assimilated: The same-sex marriage bait-and-switch.” Jonathan V. Last has this cover story in the June 22, 2015 issue of The Weekly Standard.

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

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“Empathy”: Today at “Balkinization,” Joseph Fishkin has a blog post that begins, “At the time of Justice Sotomayor’s nomination, there was much controversy about President Obama’s assertion that ’empathy’ was an important quality to look for in a Supreme Court justice.”

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“The 2014 Term & the First Amendment — Surprising twists & turns”: Ronald Collins has this post today at “SCOTUSblog.”

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“Appeals court declines to delay ruling on Texas abortion law”: Chuck Lindell of The Austin American-Statesman has this news update.

Brian M. Rosenthal of The Houston Chronicle has a news update headlined “Court declines to delay ruling that could close Texas abortion clinics.”

The Texas Tribune reports that “5th Circuit Won’t Halt New Texas Abortion Restrictions.”

And Laurel Brubaker Calkins of Bloomberg News reports that “Texas Abortion Clinics Lose Bid to Remain Open Past July 1.”

I have posted at this link the stay denial order that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued today.

Posted at 8:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“How Government Stifled Reason’s Free Speech: Yes, the feds can compel magazines and websites to cough up user information about obviously non-threatening trolls, while barring them from even acknowledging it.” Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch have this post today at Reason’s “Hit & Run” blog.

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“Court upholds gay divorce from Travis County”: Chuck Lindell of The Austin American-Statesman has a news update that begins, “The Texas Supreme Court declined Friday to overturn a Travis County court ruling granting a divorce to two women who had married in Massachusetts.”

The Houston Chronicle has a news update headlined “Texas Supreme Court upholds same-sex divorce.”

The Dallas Morning News has a blog post titled “Texas Supreme Court upholds Austin judge’s grant of divorce to two lesbians.”

The Texas Tribune has a report headlined “Court: Texas AG Cannot Halt Same-Sex Couple’s Divorce.”

Reuters reports that “Texas Supreme Court allows same-sex divorce.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Texas Supreme Court upholds divorce of same-sex couple.”

Today’s 5-to-3 ruling of the Supreme Court of Texas (with one justice not participating) consists of a majority opinion, a concurring opinion, and two dissenting opinions (here and here).

Posted at 1:36 PM by Howard Bashman