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Sunday, May 1, 2016

“Scalia’s death affecting next term, too? Pace of accepted cases at Supreme Court slows.” Robert Barnes will have this article in Monday’s edition of The Washington Post.

Posted at 11:16 PM by Howard Bashman



“U.S. court rules Amtrak has too much power over freight carriers”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.

Sam Hananel of The Associated Press has an article headlined “Appeals court: Amtrak can’t have regulatory role.”

Ashley Halsey III of The Washington Post has an article headlined “Getting there on time: Who goes first, Amtrak or a freight train? A court rules.”

At “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Round 2 for Amtrak: A major defeat in appeals court.”

And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Sasha Volokh has a post titled “D.C. Circuit rules against Amtrak — again!

You can access Friday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.

Posted at 11:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“This Is Not Corruption: Why the appearance of quid pro quo may not be enough to uphold the conviction of Virginia’s former governor.” Yesterday, Slate posted online this new installment of its “Amicus” podcast featuring Dahlia Lithwick with guest Nancy Gertner.

Posted at 10:36 AM by Howard Bashman