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Friday, September 18, 2015

“Alabama Supreme Court says state doesn’t have to recognize lesbian adoption from Georgia”: Kent Faulk of The Birmingham News has a report that begins, “The Alabama Supreme Court on Friday refused to recognize an adoption by a lesbian mother of her three children granted by a Georgia court in 2007.”

The Associated Press reports that “Alabama court refuses to recognize lesbian mother’s adoption.”

And Reuters reports that “Alabama court voids lesbian couple’s Georgia adoption agreement.”

You can access today’s per curiam ruling of the Supreme Court of Alabama at this link.

Posted at 10:18 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justice Stephen Breyer: The Court and the World.” Justice Stephen G. Breyer spoke yesterday at the National Constitution Center with the Center’s president, Jeffrey Rosen. You can view the video of the event at this link.

Posted at 3:18 PM by Howard Bashman



“Congratulations, GOP. You’re Confirming Judges At The Slowest Rate In 60 Years.” Jennifer Bendery of The Huffington Post has this report.

Posted at 2:04 PM by Howard Bashman



“Ted Cruz on John Roberts: Why Let the Facts Get in the Way?” Brianne Gorod has this post today at the “Text & History Blog” of the Constitutional Accountability Center.

Posted at 2:01 PM by Howard Bashman



“Appeals court strikes down parts of D.C. gun registration requirements”: Andrea Noble of The Washington Times has this news update.

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “Washington, D.C., gun laws partly upheld by U.S. court.”

And The Associated Press has a report headlined “DC gun laws: Appeals court strikes some down.”

You can access today’s ruling of a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in Heller v. District of Columbia at this link.

Posted at 1:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“New York Church Appeals to Supreme Court in Lawsuit Against Wal-Mart; Trinity Wall Street church wants high court to weigh in on dispute over shareholders’ say on products”: Sarah Nassauer of The Wall Street Journal has an article that begins, “A New York church is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on its dispute with Wal-Mart Stores Inc. over whether shareholders should have a greater say in what products a company sells.”

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

Posted at 8:04 AM by Howard Bashman