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Friday, October 28, 2016

“‘Journey to the Supreme Court’ — A conversation with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan”: This event occurred this afternoon as part of the Equal Justice Works 2016 Conference and Career Fair.

C-SPAN has posted online at this link the video of the conversation with Justice Kagan.

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“Appeals court reinstates ballot selfie ban”: Chad Livengood of The Detroit News has this report.

Bill Laitner of The Detroit Free Press reports that “Court says no ballot-box selfies in Michigan, after all.”

Brad Devereaux of MLive.com reports that “Ballot selfies not allowed in Michigan, federal appeals court rules.”

The Associated Press has a report headlined “US appeals court: Michigan can enforce ballot selfie ban.”

Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News reports that “Federal Appeals Court Says Michigan ‘Ballot Selfie’ Ban Will Stay In Effect For Now; A lower court had stopped enforcement of the law earlier this week.”

And at his “Election Law Blog,” Rick Hasen has a post titled “Divided 6th Circuit Restores Michigan Ban on Ballot Selfies for this Election.”

You can access today’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit at this link. Circuit Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton delivered the decision of the court.

Posted at 9:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justices argue they interpret the law fairly but acknowledge rulings can provoke anger; All five justices up for retention answered questions from The Capital-Journal”: Jonathan Shorman of The Topeka Capital-Journal has this report.

Posted at 5:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“Antonin Scalia remembered for moral courage in commitment to rule of law, Catholic faith”: Bradford Richardson of The Washington Times has this report.

Posted at 5:33 PM by Howard Bashman



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

In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Supreme Court to rule in Virginia transgender case“; “Justices to hear sex offender’s challenge to Facebook ban“: and “Justices will consider deportation law for sex offenders.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. Supreme Court takes up transgender rights case” and “U.S. Supreme Court to hear sex offender social media ban case.”

And Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Transgender Bathroom Case Will Get U.S. Supreme Court Review.”

Posted at 4:35 PM by Howard Bashman



“Conviction Reinstated in Facebook Threats Case; Supreme Court had previously overturned the decision in free-speech case”: Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

And The Associated Press reports that “Man loses latest court fight over violent Facebook posts.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit at this link.

Peter Hall of The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania reported on the Third Circuit oral argument (24.0 MB mp3 audio file) that occurred earlier this year in an article headlined “Federal appeals court hears arguments in Anthony Elonis Facebook threats case.”

Posted at 1:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“Vote no on misleading ballot question that would raise judges’ retirement age”: This editorial appears in today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Posted at 11:50 AM by Howard Bashman



“Clarence Thomas On Supreme Court Gridlock: Washington ‘Is Broken In Some Ways’; The 68-year-old justice offered Republicans in Congress a lesson on how to do your job.” Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post has this report.

Posted at 9:25 AM by Howard Bashman