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Sunday, April 14, 2019

Programming note: My visit to Atlanta to attend my 30th law school reunion will conclude Monday evening after I visit a law school class tomorrow and then speak with the participants in Emory Law’s Supreme Court clinic.

Because I won’t be returning home until late Monday night, additional posts will appear here on Tuesday morning. As always while I’m traveling, more frequent appellate-related retweets are likely to appear on this blog’s Twitter feed.

Posted at 10:25 PM by Howard Bashman



“His Supreme Court case legalized gay marriage — Now, Jim Obergefell is leaving DC; Nearly four years after the landmark Supreme Court decision, LGBT activist Jim Obergefell is leaving Washington for a new act”: Mike Valerio of Washington, DC’s CBS affiliate WUSA9 has this report.

Posted at 10:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“‘Law must protect human freedom’: Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy receives award from Duke Law.” Stefanie Pousoulides of The Duke Chronicle has this report.

Posted at 10:16 PM by Howard Bashman



“University of Chicago professor spoke on whether the Supreme Court was the law of the land”: Megan Mittelhammer of The Red & Black, the student newspaper of the University of Georgia, has this report.

Posted at 5:07 PM by Howard Bashman



“Chuck Grassley: Supreme Court unlikely to overturn Obamacare, so no need to create replacement.” Tony Leys of The Des Moines Register has this report.

Posted at 5:04 PM by Howard Bashman



“If Assange Encouraged Leaks, So What? The arrest of the WikiLeaks founder amplifies an important free-speech conversation.” Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

Posted at 4:57 PM by Howard Bashman



“State Supreme Court to hear arguments over financial liability in Parkland shooting”: Jim Saunders of the News Service of Florida has this report.

Posted at 4:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court Botches Another Death Penalty Decision: If a state has capital punishment, then the court must ensure that it proceeds fairly and deliberately.” Law professor Stephen L. Carter has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

Posted at 4:36 PM by Howard Bashman



“Washington VIPs celebrate new book about retired Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O’Connor”: Helena Andrews-Dyer of The Washington Post has this report.

Posted at 4:33 PM by Howard Bashman



“Death Penalty Dust-Ups at the High Court: The gowns are on but the gloves are off when it comes to capital punishment.” Slate has posted online this new installment of its “Amicus” podcast featuring Dahlia Lithwick.

Posted at 3:20 PM by Howard Bashman