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Wednesday, December 23, 2015

“The Supreme Court Is Cray If It Doesn’t Listen To Killer Mike; This time the justices should see rap for what it is: music.” Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post has this report today.

Posted at 11:58 PM by Howard Bashman



Seventh Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner issued published opinions in six different cases today: It was a relatively quiet day in the federal appellate courts today, unless you happen to be Seventh Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner.

Today, he issued six opinions resolving six separate appeals. You can access the opinions here, here, here, here, here, and here.

Posted at 11:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“9/11 judge shields Guantanamo captive’s ‘misogynistic rant’ about female guards from public record”: Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this report.

Posted at 9:35 PM by Howard Bashman



“An empirical analysis of emotional language in legal briefs before the Supreme Court”: Sarah Escalante, Ryan Black, Matthew Hall, Ryan Owens, and Eve Ringsmuth had this post yesterday at “SCOTUSblog.”

Posted at 9:05 PM by Howard Bashman



“Conservative legal strategist has no office or staff, just a surprising Supreme Court track record”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

Posted at 8:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“The racist, sexist comments Pa. Supreme Court Justice Eakin made to his ‘boys’ prove bigotry still sits on America’s high courts”: Columnist Shaun King has this essay online at The New York Daily News.

Posted at 3:03 PM by Howard Bashman



“A FOIA Circuit Split That the Supreme Court Needs To Resolve”: Steve Vladeck has this post today at the “Just Security” blog.

Posted at 12:11 PM by Howard Bashman



Tenth Circuit affirms dismissal of suit in which Native Americans sought accounting of massacre reparations: In April, Andrew Westney of Law360.com had a report headlined “Native Americans Seek Accounting Of Massacre Reparations” (subscription required for full access) reporting on this appeal.

Yesterday, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued a decision affirming the dismissal of the case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.

Posted at 10:22 AM by Howard Bashman



“AG Kathleen Kane: Michael Eakin’s suspension restores ‘faith in our justice system.'” Wallace McKelvey of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has this report.

Posted at 10:12 AM by Howard Bashman



“Kentucky governor alters marriage licenses to accommodate opponents of same-sex marriage”: Sandhya Somashekhar has this article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

Today’s edition of The Lexington Herald-Leader contains a front page article headlined “Bevin orders marriage license changes; reverses Beshear on felon voting rights, minimum wage.”

And today’s edition of The Louisville Courier-Journal contains a front page article headlined “Bevin takes ax to Beshear’s executive orders.”

Posted at 9:04 AM by Howard Bashman



Comparing and contrasting two newsworthy Pennsylvania appellate judges: See the front page of today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer, for which Chris Mondics has written an obituary headlined ” Arlin M. Adams, 94, former judge” about a man who served for “many decades as a respected federal appellate judge, litigator.”

Also on today’s front page, as the lead item at the very top of the page, is Angela Couloumbis’s article headlined “Justice Eakin suspended over emails,” which begins, “The state’s judicial ethics tribunal on Tuesday suspended Supreme Court Justice J. Michael Eakin for his involvement in the ‘Porngate’ scandal, saying his continued presence on the bench harmed the public’s trust in the judiciary.”

Posted at 8:46 AM by Howard Bashman