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Monday, August 10, 2015

“Issue of where to move Guantanamo detainees threatens closure plan”: Adam Goldman and Missy Ryan will have this article in Tuesday’s edition of The Washington Post.

Posted at 11:09 PM by Howard Bashman



“Transgender inmate ‘kind of in shock’ about state decision to allow surgery”: Bob Egelko has this blog post today at The San Francisco Chronicle.

Posted at 11:06 PM by Howard Bashman



“New or forthcoming books on the Supreme Court, including one by Justice Stephen Breyer”: Ronald Collins has this post today at “SCOTUSblog.”

Posted at 5:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Industry, States Set to Fight EPA Greenhouse Gas Rules; Lawsuits would challenge rules requiring significant cuts in power-plant carbon emissions”: Brent Kendall and Amy Harder have this article in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal. You can freely access the full text of the article via Google.

Posted at 5:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“Ninth Circuit Gives Unmarried Couples Double The Mortgage Interest Deduction Available To Married Couples”: Paul Caron has this post today at “TaxProf Blog” about a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued on Friday.

Because a judge sitting by designation from another circuit provided the decisive vote on the three-judge panel, the case could have a better than average chance of attaining rehearing en banc should the IRS opt to pursue that remedy.

Posted at 12:01 PM by Howard Bashman



“Partisan Attacks on Voting Rights Tested in Court”: Kenneth Jost had this post yesterday at his blog, “Jost on Justice.”

Posted at 11:56 AM by Howard Bashman



“D.C. Circuit won’t rehear ‘origination clause’ suit against Obamacare; Plaintiffs will take fight to Supreme Court”: Tom Howell Jr. of The Washington Times has this report.

At “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Health insurance mandate survives again.”

And at ThinkProgress, Ian Millhiser has a post titled “Conservative Federal Judges Wave The White Flag On Obamacare.”

My earlier coverage of Friday’s D.C. Circuit order can be accessed here.

Posted at 11:44 AM by Howard Bashman



“We consider the constitutionality of a decision to impound a vehicle based on a community-caretaking justification. Such impoundments have been the topic of substantial debate and disagreement among our sibling circuits.” So began a decision that a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued on Friday.

Posted at 9:14 AM by Howard Bashman



“In this appeal we consider whether a hyperlink to a document containing a forum selection clause may be used to reasonably communicate that clause to a consumer.” So began a ruling that a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued on Friday. The panel answered the question “yes,” requiring the plaintiff to litigate her case in Canada.

Posted at 8:42 AM by Howard Bashman