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Tuesday, April 25, 2017

“La Grande native was on hand to witness ceremony; Chris Mammen became friends with Neil Gorsuch at Oxford University”: Josh Benham of The La Grande (Ore.) Observer has this report.

Posted at 8:33 PM by Howard Bashman



In the May 2017 issue of ABA Journal magazine: Mark Walsh has an article headlined “Racially discriminating statements in jury rooms are subject to scrutiny.”

Lorelei Laird has an article headlined “Controversial Supreme Court decision lands on the big screen.”

Victor Li has an article headlined “The 14th: A Civil War-era amendment has become a mini-Constitution for modern times.”

David L. Hudson Jr. has an article headlined “Public Employees, Private Speech: 1st Amendment doesn’t always protect government workers.”

And G.M. Filisko has an article headlined “Gun War: Congress has been silent on guns, but states haven’t, so change is on the horizon.”

Posted at 8:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“WV Supreme Court hears arguments in hate-crime case”: Erin Beck of The Charleston (W. Va.) Gazette-Mail has this report.

Shauna Johnson of West Virginia MetroNews reports that “Hate crime charges against former Marshall football player now a question for state Supreme Court.”

And online at Slate, Mark Joseph Stern has a jurisprudence essay titled “Sex and Hate in the Mountain State: The West Virginia Supreme Court debates whether an anti-gay hate crime is really a hate crime.”

Posted at 8:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“How Justice Thomas’ Discontent Channels Justice Douglas”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

Posted at 3:32 PM by Howard Bashman