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Thursday, February 4, 2016

“Can Florida restrict doctors’ speech to patients about guns?” Eugene Volokh has this post today at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

Posted at 10:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Judicial Court Justice Robert Cordy to retire”: John R. Ellement of The Boston Globe has this report. The newspaper has posted the retirement letter at this link.

Laurel J. Sweet of The Boston Herald reports that “SJC Justice Cordy to retire this summer.” In addition, Bob McGovern — that newspaper’s legal columnist — has an essay titled “Charlie Baker’s Judicial decisions: Four justices to leave by end of next year.”

And MassLive.com has reports headlined “Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Justice Robert Cordy to retire“; “Robert Cordy reveals reason for retirement from Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court“; and “Gov. Charlie Baker says he has no litmus test for judicial nominees.”

Posted at 1:10 PM by Howard Bashman



“Constitution Check: What does the ‘Take Care Clause’ mean?” Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

Posted at 11:28 AM by Howard Bashman



“Roberts sold more than $250,000 in Microsoft stock”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “The Supreme Court’s recent decision to step into a relatively unimportant case involving Microsoft’s Xbox 360 gaming system revealed that Chief Justice John Roberts has sold between $250,000 and $500,000 in Microsoft stock in the past year.”

Posted at 11:26 AM by Howard Bashman



“James Obergefell — Making Supreme Court History As An Accidental Activist”: The Maurer School of Law of Indiana University — a law school whose web site is either incredibly innovative or entirely frustrating, you decide — yesterday posted this video online at YouTube.

Posted at 11:08 AM by Howard Bashman



“The political wars damage public perception of Supreme Court, Chief Justice Roberts says”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

Gintautas Dumcius of MassLive.com has an article headlined “Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on judges: ‘We don’t work as Democrats or Republicans.’

And Gerry Tuoti of WickedLocal.com reports that “Chief Justice Roberts discusses court’s past and future; Looking to the future, U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Roberts expects issues surrounding emerging technology to pose significant challenges to the court.”

New England Law | Boston yesterday issued a news release titled “Chief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts, Jr., visits New England Law | Boston; Law Day participation a great honor and a valuable teachable moment.”

Posted at 10:48 AM by Howard Bashman



“Phoenix City Council votes to end prayers at meetings”: In today’s edition of The Arizona Republic, Dustin Gardiner has a front page article that begins, “A sharply divided Phoenix City Council voted 5-4 Wednesday to stop having an opening prayer at council meetings and instead observe a ‘moment of silent prayer,’ a move that blocks a group of Satanists from giving the invocation at its next formal meeting.”

Posted at 9:16 AM by Howard Bashman



“Let Them Have Teslas”: Online today at Bloomberg View, law professor Noah Feldman has an essay that begins, “Tesla Motors has taken the first step toward challenging a year-old Michigan law that bars direct-to-consumer auto sales in the state.”

Posted at 9:12 AM by Howard Bashman