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Monday, November 6, 2017

“Where to Draw Line on Free Speech? Wedding Cake Case Vexes Lawyers.” Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 12:36 PM by Howard Bashman



Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court did not grant review in any new cases.

The Court did, however, issue two per curiam opinions — the first two merits rulings of the new Term.

In Dunn v. Madison, No.17-193, the Court issued a unanimous per curiam reversal of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsurg issued a concurring opinion, in which Justices Stephen G. Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor joined. And Justice Breyer issued a concurring opinion.

And in Kernan v. Cuero, No. 16-1468, the Court issued a unanimous per curiam reversal of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Posted at 10:52 AM by Howard Bashman



“Google Convinces U.S. Court That Canadian Ruling Threatens Free Speech Globally; The tech giant gets injunctive relief in the latest round of the Equustek dispute, but does the ruling mean anything?” Eriq Gardner has this post at the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter.

Posted at 1:04 AM by Howard Bashman



“Pentagon’s war crimes prosecutor begins a media blackout at Guantanamo”: Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this report.

Posted at 1:02 AM by Howard Bashman



“Name Dropping in Oral Argument”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog. It was wonderful to have Adam participating as a panelist on my “Courts in the Age of New Media” panel at the just-concluded 2017 AJEI Summit.

Posted at 1:00 AM by Howard Bashman



“What If a Tyrant Can’t Be Booted Out of Office? The Constitution’s founders did not fully anticipate the rise of the party system.” Law professor Cass R. Sunstein has this essay online at Bloomberg View.

Posted at 12:46 AM by Howard Bashman