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Friday, December 28, 2018

“Challengers To Trump’s Transgender Military Ban Push Back At The Supreme Court; Trump’s efforts to ban transgender military service have been blocked by lower courts; Challengers asked the Supreme Court on Friday to keep it that way”: Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News has this report.

Posted at 9:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“Will the Supreme Court Save Obamacare Again? The chief justice would rather leave it to Congress.” This editorial appears online at The New York Times.

Posted at 8:46 PM by Howard Bashman



“Judge grants Mumia Abu-Jamal partial appeals request”: Robert Moran of The Philadelphia Inquirer has an article that begins, “A Philadelphia Common Pleas Court judge ruled Thursday that convicted cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal can re-argue an appeal before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court because then-Chief Justice Ronald D. Castille did not recuse himself due to his prior role as Philadelphia district attorney when Abu-Jamal was appealing his case.”

And Bobby Allyn of WHYY has a report headlined “Judge: Mumia Abu-Jamal can reargue appeal in 1981 Philly police slaying.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas at this link.

Posted at 11:34 AM by Howard Bashman



“Disinformation campaign targeting Roy Moore’s Senate bid may have violated law, Alabama attorney general says”: Craig Timberg and Tony Romm have this article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

Posted at 11:20 AM by Howard Bashman



“Athletes Don’t Own Their Tattoos. That’s a Problem for Video Game Developers.” Jason M. Bailey has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 11:08 AM by Howard Bashman



“A Woman’s Rights: More and more laws are treating a fetus as a person, and a woman as less of one, as states charge pregnant women with crimes.” The New York Times has posted this editorial series online.

Posted at 11:06 AM by Howard Bashman