“N.S. judge strikes down cyberbullying law created after Rehtaeh Parsons death”: Sean Fine of The Toronto Globe and Mail has this report.
The Canadian Press reports that “Judge strikes down cyberbullying law inspired by Rehtaeh Parsons; Argument said the law was too broad and an ‘unreasonable and unjustified’ infringement of freedom of expression rights.”
And CBC News has reports headlined “Court strikes down anti-cyberbullying law created after Rehtaeh Parsons’s death; Nova Scotia was 1st jurisdiction in Canada to try to regulate cyberbullying” and “Rehtaeh Parsons’s mother hopes new anti-cyberbullying law will be drafted; Nova Scotia Department of Justice says 800 complaints were dealt with under the Cyber-Safety Act.”
You can access yesterday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia at this link.
“One Person, One Vote: The Supreme Court sets its sights on the bedrock principle that has shaped electoral maps for the past half-century.” Slate has posted online today this new “Amicus” podcast featuring Dahlia Lithwick.
“Ex-Chief Justice Castille on Kane’s Porngate prosecutor: ‘There will be a challenge to everything this guy does.'” John L. Micek of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has this report.
And Steve Esack of The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania has an article headlined “Is 2015 the worst year in Pennsylvania political history?”
“Alan Dershowitz on the Defense (His Own)”: Barry Meier will have this article in Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.
“Trump: Roberts ‘disgraceful’ on high court; Thomas favorite.” The Associated Press has this report.
“Shutting Down Conversations About Rape at Harvard Law”: Online at The New Yorker, law professor Jeannie Suk has a post that begins, “This is a piece on a subject about which I may soon be prevented from publishing, depending on how events unfold.”
“Who is Antonin Scalia and why is he out of touch with changing social views? Comments about black students during conservative supreme court justices’ sympathetic hearing in affirmative action case is just the latest in judge’s 30-year record of a radical reading of the US constitution.” Dan Roberts of The Guardian (UK) has this report.
Corey Fedde of The Christian Science Monitor has an article headlined “Scalia’s comments on race draw ire, but he’s not alone in his concerns; Justice Scalia received a range of rebukes for comments suggesting black students might do better at less competitive universities, an opinion that has also been expressed by the high court’s only black justice.”
And at the “Answer Sheet” blog of The Washington Post, Valerie Strauss has a post titled “Can a Supreme Court justice be forcibly removed from the bench? A quick civics lesson.”
“New Supreme Court justice sworn in at balloon park”: The Albuquerque Journal has this report.
“Kathleen Kane’s porn review to cost taxpayers up to $880 an hour”: Steve Esack has this front page article in today’s edition of The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania.
And The Associated Press reports that “Lawyers reviewing ‘Porngate’ emails for Kane to get up to $880 an hour.”
Access the December 2015 issue of the Harvard Law Review: Via this link.
“Black scientists respond to Scalia’s suggestion that ‘less advanced’ classes are more suitable”: Dexter Thomas of The Los Angeles Times has this report.
