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Friday, March 16, 2018

“The Court Case Making Gun Makers Anxious: Families of victims killed at Sandy Hook allege Remington was negligent in supplying AR-15 to distribution channel that led to killer’s mother buying the gun.” Jacob Gershman of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

Posted at 11:10 PM by Howard Bashman



“Conservatives Mobilize Grass-Roots Activists To Promote Trump Judges”: Carrie Johnson had this audio segment on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”

Posted at 10:55 PM by Howard Bashman



“Atty Bloggers Find Niche Tracking Federal Appeals Courts”: Dan Packel of Law360.com has this report (subscription required for full access).

Posted at 10:25 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Justice Department Just Lost A Legal Battle Over Public Access To The Secret Surveillance Court”: Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News has this report on a per curiam ruling that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review issued today.

Today’s opinion reveals that the Court of Review either doesn’t have or hasn’t installed the italics font pack for Century Schoolbook on the word processing system from which today’s PDF opinion was created. On the other hand, a Google search seems to suggest that this blog may be the only place on the internet with any interest in this issue.

Posted at 10:10 PM by Howard Bashman



“Daughter of Supreme Court chief withdraws support of candidate Rebecca Dallet following criticism”: Daniel Bice and Patrick Marley of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel have this report.

Posted at 9:58 PM by Howard Bashman



Thursday, March 15, 2018

“Fiat Chrysler Loses Appeal of Fatal Jeep-Fire Case in Georgia Supreme Court; Panel upholds admission of CEO Sergio Marchionne’s compensation as evidence in the case”: Mike Spector of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

Kate Brumback of The Associated Press reports that “Georgia court rules against Fiat Chrysler in Jeep fire case.”

And David Shepardson of Reuters reports that “Georgia Supreme Court upholds $40 million fatal Jeep fire award.”

You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Georgia at this link.

Posted at 9:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“A much bigger payday awaits Florida Supreme Court justices; Legislature approves request raising their salaries to $220,600 a year”: Steve Bousquet of The Tampa Bay Times has this report. According to the article, the “justices’ salaries are being raised an eye-catching $42,000 a year.”

Posted at 9:35 PM by Howard Bashman



“Tennessee Supreme Court denies AG’s request for 8 executions by June 1”: Dave Boucher of The Tennessean has an article that begins, “The state’s high court denied a request from the Tennessee attorney general to schedule eight executions before June 1, when the state’s top lawyer believes the availability of lethal injection drugs would become ‘uncertain.'”

Posted at 9:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court draws criticism for shielding police against wrongful-shooting claims”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

Posted at 9:18 PM by Howard Bashman



Wednesday, March 14, 2018

“Supreme Court Justices Make Their Own Security Choices, Documents Reveal; Watchdog group says domestic travel policy should be tightened”: Todd Ruger of Roll Call has this report.

Posted at 8:36 PM by Howard Bashman



“Ann Arbor man part of 1969 Supreme Court case that lets students protest”: Lauren Slagter of The Ann Arbor News has this report.

Posted at 8:27 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Legacy of Justice Scalia: Rick Hasen in Conversation with Joan Biskupic.” The Brennan Center for Justice has posted this video on YouTube.

Posted at 3:09 PM by Howard Bashman



“Will the U.S. Supreme Court Bless Sports Wagers? Casinos Are Placing Bets.” Christopher Palmeri of Bloomberg News has this report.

Posted at 3:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“More Trouble for Undocumented Immigrants and the Suspension Clause”: Steve Vladeck has this post at the “Just Security” blog.

Posted at 11:31 AM by Howard Bashman



“[Fix the Court] Exclusively Obtains Records from U.S. Marshals Service on Scalia’s Final Trip, Justices’ Summer Travel; Despite heavy redacting, the challenges of corralling federal agents in remote parts of the U.S. are on full display”: Fix the Court issued this news release today. The documents that the organization obtained can be accessed via this link.

Posted at 11:18 AM by Howard Bashman



“After ‘disparaging’ comments on black students, Amy Wax barred from teaching first-year course”: Madeleine Lamon of The Daily Pennsylvanian has an article that begins, “For the first time since Penn Law professor Amy Wax made headlines last year for controversial comments on race and free speech, the University that employs her has responded with action.”

And at “Above the Law,” Joe Patrice has a post titled “Amy Wax Relieved Of Her 1L Teaching Duties After Bald-Faced Lying About Black Students; Amy Wax finally took her racially insulting behavior far enough that the school had to step in.”

Posted at 9:57 AM by Howard Bashman



Tuesday, March 13, 2018

“Appeals court allows SB 4 ‘sanctuary cities’ ban to stand”: Philip Jankowski of The Austin American-Statesman has this report.

James Barragan of The Dallas Morning News reports that “Federal appeals court says Texas ‘sanctuary cities’ law can stand for now.”

Jason Buch of The San Antonio Express-News reports that “5th Circuit upholds Texas’ sanctuary cities law.”

Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times reports that “Appeals court backs Texas, Trump in sanctuary city fight; Ruling: ICE detainers are legal; state can punish sanctuaries.”

Paul J. Weber of The Associated Press reports that “US appeals court upholds Texas’ ban on ‘sanctuary cities.’”

Jon Herskovitz of Reuters reports that “U.S. court upholds most of Texas law to punish ‘sanctuary cities.’”

Laurel Brubaker Calkins of Bloomberg News reports that “Texas Anti-Sanctuary Law Mostly Survives Appeal Court Fight.”

Josh Gerstein of Politico reports that “Appeals court overturns block on Texas anti-sanctuary law.”

And Julian Aguilar of The Texas Tribune reports that “Federal appeals court’s ruling upholds most of Texas’ ‘sanctuary cities’ law.”

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

Posted at 11:03 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court supermajority bill might violate Iowa Constitution”: Online at The Des Moines Register, law professor Todd E. Pettys has an essay that begins, “On March 6, the Iowa Senate approved legislation that would prevent the Iowa Supreme Court from declaring Iowa statutes unconstitutional unless it can muster a supermajority of five out of seven justices.”

Posted at 7:44 PM by Howard Bashman