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Tuesday, June 28, 2016

“Kansas Supreme Court signs off on new school funding equity law; Justices will soon turn toward determining funding adequacy”: Jonathan Shorman of The Topeka Capital-Journal has this report.

The Associated Press reports that “Kansas Supreme Court accepts latest school funding changes.”

And Reuters reports that “Kansas court says funding plan averts need to close public schools.”

You can access today’s order of the Supreme Court of Kansas at this link.

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“Supreme Court to Hear Case on ATM Fees; Visa, MasterCard and several banks are challenging lawsuits alleging they conspired to set anticompetitive ATM fees”: Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

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“Sallie Updyke Mundy appointed to Pennsylvania Supreme Court; The Superior Court judge fills vacancy left by Justice Eakin”: Anthony Mendicino of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has this report.

And in today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Tommy Rowan has an article headlined “Porngate justice’s replacement approved.”

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“How goes the legislative attack on abortion rights?” Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

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“Liberal Rulings End ‘Strange and Ill-Fated’ Term”: Kenneth Jost has this post at his blog, “Jost on Justice.”

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Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court granted review in eight new cases.

In Stormans, Inc. v. Wiesman, No. 15-862, Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. issued a dissent, in which Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. and Justice Clarence Thomas joined, from the denial of certiorari.

And in Delaware Strong Families v. Denn, No. 15-1234, Justice Thomas issued a dissent from the denial of certiorari, and Justice Alito notes that he voted to grant certiorari.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Justices reject request to rehear union case that tied 4-4“; “High court will hear appeal over high ATM fees“; “Supreme Court will review unusual citizenship law“; “Justices to hear dispute over deaf driver education in Texas“; “High court will hear dispute over service dog at school“; “High court to hear Miami loan discrimination case“; “Supreme Court rejects pharmacists’ religious rights appeal“; and “Justices reject challenge to Delaware campaign finance law.”

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Monday, June 27, 2016

“Quick Note: 5-4 Decisions and Equally Divided Votes Since 1946.” Adam Feldman has this post today at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

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“Appeals Court Revives Lawsuit Claiming Viacom Violates Kids’ Privacy on Nick.com; The 3rd Circuit lets Viacom off the hook on most claims, but not one that alleges the company failed to live up to a promise not to collect personal information”: Eriq Gardner has this post at the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter. My earlier coverage of today’s Third Circuit ruling can be accessed here.

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“This Lawyer’s First Supreme Court Case Just Decided The Fate Of Abortion Rights; Relatively inexperienced women have now won the three most important abortion rights cases in American history”: Laura Bassett of The Huffington Post has this report.

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“McDonnell ruling a big blow to corruption law; The Supreme Court’s decision shocks good-government activists, who say it revives ‘pay for play'”: Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has this report.

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“The Supreme Court’s Just Application of the Undue-Burden Standard for Abortion”: Margaret Talbot has this post online at The New Yorker.

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“The Supreme Court’s Bribery-Blessing McDonnell Decision”: Amy Davidson has this post online at The New Yorker.

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“The Rules for Abortion Are Still Rules — Not Loopholes: Texas’s H.B.2 statute imposed regulations that yielded no health benefit but made abortion a lot harder to get; The Supreme Court wasn’t fooled”: Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at The Atlantic.

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“Diversity Is Not Equity: The Supreme Court’s Fisher decision is a victory for affirmative action; But has the war on resegregation already been lost?” Jeff Chang has this jurisprudence essay online today at Slate.

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“Supreme Court: Domestic abusers can be banned from owning firearms.” Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has this report.

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