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Monday, November 26, 2018

“Justices appear skeptical that antitrust lawsuit over Apple’s App Store should be blocked”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court signals Apple could stand trial in antitrust suit centered on App Store.”

Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Apple’s App Store Under Fire in Supreme Court Case; High court considering whether plaintiffs can proceed with suit arguing app prices are higher than they would be in a competitive market.”

And at Gizmodo, Rhett Jones has a post titled “Supreme Court Appears to Lean Heavily Against Apple’s Defense of Its Walled Garden.”

Posted at 10:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Considers a Thorny Question of Free Speech and Police Power”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has an article headlined “Free speech violation or a simple arrest? Supreme Court faces a familiar problem.”

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Hears Case Stemming From Arctic Man Festival Arrest; Justice Ginsburg says problem is separating ‘contempt of cop’ cases from those involving free expression.”

And Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press reports that “Justices weigh free speech case involving ‘Arctic Man’ event.”

You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Nieves v. Bartlett, No. 17-1174.

Posted at 10:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump more right than Roberts on ‘Obama judges’: Washington Times analysis; Analysis of significant decisions on immigration cases shows that 53 of 54 Democratic judges ruled against Trump.” S.A. Miller and Stephen Dinan have this front page article in today’s edition of The Washington Times.

Online at USA Today, Harry Litman has an essay titled “John Roberts can’t tame Trump, but his Supreme Court might get it done in the end.”

The Boston Globe has published an editorial titled “Trump’s attacks on judiciary echo his press bashing.”

Online at Bloomberg Opinion, law professor Noah Feldman has an essay titled “Chief Justice Learns There’s No Compromising With Trump; Expect John Roberts to start looking for ways to curb executive overreach.”

And online at The New Republic, Jonathan Zimmerman has an essay titled “Who Is John Roberts Kidding? Of course the court system is political! The first step toward changing that is acknowledging it.”

Posted at 10:33 PM by Howard Bashman



“Kennedy cousin Skakel fights effort to reinstate his murder conviction at U.S. Supreme Court”: Edmund H. Mahony of The Hartford Courant has this report.

Posted at 10:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“Of Monuments, Arguments, Vampires and Thanksgiving: John Wayne, Brett Kavanaugh, my brothers Michael and Kevin, and me.” Columnist Maureen Dowd had this essay on page 1 of the Sunday Review section of yesterday’s issue of The New York Times.

Posted at 4:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court skeptical of Apple’s monopoly on app purchases through its App Store”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “Justices skeptical of Apple in case about iPhone apps’ sales.”

Andrew Chung of Reuters reports that “U.S. top court leans toward allowing Apple App Store antitrust suit.”

Greg Stohr and Naomi Nix of Bloomberg News report that “Apple Faces Skepticism at Supreme Court in Bid to Stop Antitrust Suit.”

And Pete Williams of NBC News reports that “Supreme Court may let consumers sue Apple over App Store monopoly claims; ‘It’s a closed loop,’ said Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who appeared to side with the customers.”

You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Apple Inc. v. Pepper, No. 17-204.

Posted at 1:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“Could having Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court affect abortion laws in Texas?” Brianna Stone of The Dallas Morning News has this report.

Posted at 1:05 PM by Howard Bashman



“Can Police Retaliate Against Loudmouths? The Supreme Court will rule on whether citizens can talk back to law enforcement without fear of consequences.” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at The Atlantic.

Posted at 9:55 AM by Howard Bashman



“‘Kavanaugh’s Revenge’ Fell Short Against Democrats in the Midterms”: Carl Hulse has this new installment of his “On Washington” column in today’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 9:26 AM by Howard Bashman



“‘It’s a Long Story’: Justice John Paul Stevens, 98, Is Publishing a Memoir.” Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Posted at 9:24 AM by Howard Bashman