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Thursday, November 12, 2015

“Ruling in favor of California death penalty leaves larger questions unanswered”: Paige St. John and Maura Dolan will have this article in Friday’s edition of The Los Angeles Times.

Howard Mintz of The San Jose Mercury News has an article headlined “California death penalty: legal obstacle to executions removed.”

In Friday’s edition of The New York Times, Erik Eckholm will have an article headlined “Federal Appeals Panel Overturns Anti-Death Penalty Ruling in California.”

Mark Berman of The Washington Post reports that “Federal appeals court reverses ruling that said California’s death penalty system is unconstitutional.”

The Sacramento Bee reports that “Federal appeals court upholds death penalty in California.”

Dan Levine and Eric M. Johnson of Reuters report that “U.S. appeals court rejects challenge to California death penalty.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Appeals court rejects challenge to California death penalty.”

You can access today’s ruling of a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

Posted at 11:58 PM by Howard Bashman



“Constitution Check: Is the new immigration policy at risk constitutionally?” Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

Posted at 11:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“Pleading for the Fourth: Justice Sonia Sotomayor stood alone again on Monday as the U.S. Supreme Court chipped away at the Fourth Amendment’s constraints on law enforcement.” Matt Ford of The Atlantic has this report.

Posted at 11:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“Agreeing to disagree: Supreme Court Justice Breyer says rulings are strong but discourse thoughtful.” Harvard Gazette has this report today.

Posted at 11:49 PM by Howard Bashman



“Judging Roberts: The Chief Justice of the United States, ten years in.” Adam J. White has this article in the November 23, 2015 issue of The Weekly Standard.

Posted at 11:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“Does the American Criminal Justice System Need an Overhaul?” On Monday afternoon in Washington, DC, the Cato Institute will host this event, described as “Featuring Alex Kozinski, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; and J. Harvie Wilkinson III, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit; moderated by Tim Lynch, Director, Project on Criminal Justice, Cato Institute.”

If you can’t attend, you can view a live webcast of the event once underway via this link.

Posted at 9:16 PM by Howard Bashman



“How the world’s biggest bookie was snared at last year’s WSOP — and walked a free man”: This article, featuring a cameo appearance from Tom Goldstein, appears online at ESPN.com.

Posted at 9:12 PM by Howard Bashman