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Tuesday, August 11, 2015

“New Mexico court strikes down ruling that allowed assisted-suicide; Decision a blow to right-to-die movement in one of few states permitting euthanasia”: Valerie Richardson of The Washington Times has this news update.

And The Associated Press reports that “New Mexico Court of Appeals strikes down ruling that essentially allowed assisted suicides.”

You can access today’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the New Mexico Court of Appeals, in which each of the judges wrote separately, at this link.

Posted at 10:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“Chastened Ex-Blogger Urges Other Judges to Use Social Media”: Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal has an article that begins, “A month after U.S. District Judge Richard Kopf of Nebraska abruptly shut down his controversial blog, he still believes federal judges and even Supreme Court justices would do ‘far more good than harm’ if they publicly blogged and tweeted.”

You can freely access the full text of the article via Google News.

Posted at 6:15 PM by Howard Bashman



“SCOTUSblog on camera: Walter Dellinger (Part three).” This post, the third of five parts, appears today at “SCOTUSblog.”

Posted at 1:10 PM by Howard Bashman



“Third Circuit Oral Arguments Coming Soon to YouTube?” This month’s installment of my “Upon Further Review” column appears in today’s edition of The Legal Intelligencer, Philadelphia’s daily newspaper for lawyers.

You can freely access the full text of this month’s column via Google News.

Posted at 9:20 AM by Howard Bashman



“Democrats urge ‘fair, and open hearings’ on Supreme Court justice”: Jim Nolan of The Richmond Times-Dispatch has this report.

Posted at 9:15 AM by Howard Bashman



“States, religious groups, colleges, retirement homes file Supreme Court briefs; All oppose government-forced birth control rule on religious institutions”: Cheryl Wetzstein of The Washington Times has this report.

Posted at 9:04 AM by Howard Bashman