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Wednesday, July 22, 2015

“Omnicare’s early impact: mixed and muted.” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report today.

Posted at 9:57 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court activism prompts conservative calls for limits on judiciary”: Cheryl Wetzstein of The Washington Times has this report.

The Washington Post has a report headlined “Cruz: Inject political process into Supreme Court decision-making.”

The Los Angeles Times reports that “Ted Cruz takes on Supreme Court in bid for Republican voters’ attention.”

Colby Bermel of National Journal has an article headlined “Ted Cruz Sits in Judgment of the Supreme Court; The Texas Republican derides Justice Anthony Kennedy’s ‘pop psychology.’

Igor Bobic of The Huffington Post reports that “Ted Cruz Calls Gay Marriage Ruling The ‘Very Definition Of Tyranny’; The senator is ‘horrified’ by the Supreme Court’s ‘abuses.’

The Hill reports that “Cruz pushes retention elections for Supreme Court justices.”

And msnbc.com reports that “Ted Cruz goes after Supreme Court for ‘judicial tyranny.’

Posted at 9:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“Appeals court OKs tossing strict North Dakota abortion law”: The Associated Press has a report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued today.

Part III of the opinion, which Circuit Judge Bobby E. Shepherd issued on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel consisting of only Republican appointees, contains a call for the U.S. Supreme Court to reevaluate its abortion jurisprudence to allow states to enact broader abortion bans.

Posted at 1:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Do religious rights trump order to issue marriage licenses? A federal judge said Monday he would rule on whether the Rowan County Clerk should be required to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.” James Pilcher of The Cincinnati Enquirer has this report.

Posted at 1:08 PM by Howard Bashman



“Facebook Loses Appeal on New York Search Warrants”: James C. McKinley Jr. has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times reporting on a ruling that the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department issued yesterday.

In other coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Facebook loses in clash with prosecutors over users’ data.”

And today at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Orin Kerr has a post titled “Facebook cannot challenge warrant on behalf of its users.”

Posted at 1:05 PM by Howard Bashman



“Critics of Solitary Confinement Are Buoyed as Obama Embraces Their Cause”: This article appears in today’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 1:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“FAN 69 (First Amendment News) Justice Alito discusses four First Amendment cases in Kristol interview — Free-Speech Jurisprudence Comes into Sharper Focus”: Ronald K.L. Collins has this post today at “Concurring Opinions.”

Posted at 8:30 AM by Howard Bashman