“Second Amendment Repeal Would Hurt Constitution; Justice Stevens’s frustrated call to action contradicts his experience as a judge”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View.
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Tuesday, March 27, 2018
“Second Amendment Repeal Would Hurt Constitution; Justice Stevens’s frustrated call to action contradicts his experience as a judge”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View. Posted at 11:36 PM by Howard Bashman“Our Increasingly Unenforceable Constitution”: Law professor Stephen I. Vladeck has this essay online at The New York Times. Posted at 11:04 PM by Howard Bashman“House leader wisely douses fire to impeach Pa. Supreme Court justices”: The Philadelphia Inquirer has published an editorial that begins, “An effort to impeach four Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices for overturning and replacing the state’s gerrymandered map for congressional districts has been effectively extinguished.” Posted at 10:58 PM by Howard Bashman“Proposed resolution rejected in ethics case against Supreme Court Justice Flaherty”: G. Wayne Miller of The Providence (R.I.) Journal has this report. Posted at 10:20 PM by Howard BashmanThanks to this blog’s 10,000th follower on Twitter just now: You too can follow “How Appealing” on Twitter via this link. Posted at 9:50 PM by Howard Bashman“Democrats did ‘duty’ in Md. redistricting. Now the Supreme Court will evaluate.” Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report. And Steven Shepard of Politico reports that “Supreme Court to consider limits on gerrymandering.” Posted at 9:22 PM by Howard Bashman“Uber beats Philadelphia cabbies’ antitrust appeal”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued today. Posted at 9:10 PM by Howard Bashman“Justices wary of upending rule that could affect water law”: Amanda Reilly of Greenwire has an article that begins, “Supreme Court justices today seemed reluctant to completely upend a decades-old rule for interpreting fractured high court decisions in a case that could have implications for water law.” You can access at this link the transcript of today’s very interesting U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Hughes v. United States, No. 17-155. Posted at 8:00 PM by Howard Bashman“Connecticut Senate Rejects Andrew McDonald As Chief Justice Of State Supreme Court By 19-16 Vote”: Christopher Keating of The Hartford Courant has this report. From The Connecticut Post, Ken Dixon reports that “Republicans reject McDonald for Supreme Court chief.” And Emilie Munson reports that “Next nominee for chief justice still undecided.” Rick Rojas of The New York Times reports that “Connecticut Rejects Nominee for Chief Justice After Intense Battle.” Joseph De Avila of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Connecticut Supreme Court Nominee Is Blocked by State Republicans; Gov. Malloy says Andrew McDonald wasn’t confirmed because he is gay; the GOP denies that.” And Susan Haigh of The Associated Press reports that “Connecticut chief justice defeat becomes election year issue.” Posted at 7:54 PM by Howard Bashman“Kentucky lawmakers vote to ban some abortions, despite claim it’s unconstitutional”: Deborah Yetter of The Louisville Courier Journal has this report. Posted at 7:45 PM by Howard Bashman“Wen Fa, ’13: Standing Up for Personal Liberties.” Lori Atherton of Michigan Law has this report. Posted at 7:40 PM by Howard Bashman“Supreme Court prepares for right turn”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report. Posted at 7:34 PM by Howard Bashman“To clarify standing in class actions, Pfizer offers SCOTUS a prescription”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post. Posted at 7:32 PM by Howard Bashman“Oracle Wins Court Ruling Against Google in Multibillion-Dollar Copyright Case; Appeals court rules that Google infringed Java copyrights, orders trial to determine damages”: Brent Kendall and Jay Greene of The Wall Street Journal have this report. Jan Wolfe of Reuters reports that “Appeals court revives Oracle’s billion-dollar copyright claim against Google.” And Susan Decker of Bloomberg News reports that “Oracle Wins Revival of Billion-Dollar Case Against Google.” You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit at this link. Posted at 1:26 PM by Howard Bashman“Iowa Supreme Court: Innocent people who plead guilty can challenge their convictions.” Stephen Gruber-Miller has this front page article in today’s edition of The Des Moines Register. Katarina Sostaric of Iowa Public Radio reports that “Iowa Supreme Court Allows Innocence Claim After Guilty Plea.” And at “On Brief: Iowa’s Appellate Blog,” Rox Laird has a post titled “Iowa Supreme Court opens door to ‘actual innocence’ claims following guilty pleas.” You can access last Friday’s 4-to-3 ruling of the Supreme Court of Iowa at this link. Posted at 1:03 PM by Howard Bashman“Supreme Court To Take Hard Look At Partisan Gerrymander, This Time By Democrats; This week the justices will consider a Republican challenge to a Maryland district redrawn to boost Democratic odds”: Sam Levine of HuffPost has this report. Posted at 12:56 PM by Howard Bashman“‘She didn’t let anyone push her around’: Rebecca Dallet seeks seat on state Supreme Court.” Patrick Marley of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report. Posted at 12:54 PM by Howard Bashman“Supreme Court won’t rule on deceased’s emails; Bay State ruling begs privacy concerns”: Bob McGovern of The Boston Herald has this report. Posted at 12:52 PM by Howard Bashman“Gregg Popovich, Spurs hit the Supreme Court, surprising some Illinois high schoolers”: Cindy Boren of The Washington Post has this report. Posted at 12:46 PM by Howard Bashman“U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Greenberg’s Company on AIG Bailout”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report. And Andrew Chung of Reuters reports that “Supreme Court rejects AIG ex-CEO Greenberg’s bailout challenge.” Posted at 10:34 AM by Howard Bashman“‘Magnificent’ or ‘demeaning’: Kyle Duncan awaits Senate vote for federal judgeship in New Orleans.” Drew Broach of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans has this report. Posted at 10:08 AM by Howard BashmanAccess today’s ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in an argued case: Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in Hall v. Hall, No. 16-1150. You can access the oral argument via this link. Posted at 10:03 AM by Howard Bashman“Court in Metro’s ad ban case discusses Christmas shopping, beer-making monks, charitable giving”: Ann E. Marimow has this article in today’s edition of The Washington Post. And Melissa Heelan Stanzione of Bloomberg Law reports that “SCOTUS Bigwigs Clash Over Ban on Religious Ads on Buses.” You can access via this link the audio of yesterday’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The argument featuring Paul D. Clement and Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. on opposing sides. Posted at 9:58 AM by Howard Bashman“Yes, You Can Indict the President”: Walter Dellinger has this op-ed in today’s edition of The New York Times. Posted at 9:52 AM by Howard Bashman“Linda Brown, center of Brown v. Board case, dies at 75”: Katie Moore and Tim Hrenchir of The Topeka Capital-Journal have this report. Today’s edition of The New York Times contains an obituary headlined “Linda Brown, Symbol of Landmark Desegregation Case, Dies” written by Neil Genzlinger. And Harrison Smith and Ellie Silverman of The Washington Post have written an obituary headlined “Linda Brown Thompson, girl at center of Brown v. Board of Education case, dies.” Posted at 9:45 AM by Howard Bashman“Hughes v. United States Argument Preview, with Argumentative Comments on the Parties’ and Amici’s Arguments”: Asher Steinberg has this post at his blog, “The Narrowest Grounds.” Posted at 9:26 AM by Howard Bashman“Lawyers ask judge to declare African-Canadians deserve special consideration in sentencing, like Indigenous people”: Sean Fine of The Toronto Globe and Mail has this report. Posted at 9:24 AM by Howard Bashman“Repeal the Second Amendment”: Retired Justice John Paul Stevens has this essay online at The New York Times. Posted at 9:20 AM by Howard Bashman |
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