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Saturday, June 15, 2019

“Cleveland Is Paying $225,000 to a Man Who Burned the American Flag; Gregory L. Johnson claims police officers violated his rights after his act of protest; Those rights were established 30 years ago in a Supreme Court case that bears his name”: Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

And earlier this week, Eric Heisig of The Cleveland Plain Dealer reported that “Cleveland to pay $225,000 to 2016 RNC protester arrested during flag burning.”

Posted at 10:18 PM by Howard Bashman



“When We Kill: Everything you think you know about the death penalty is wrong.” Columnist Nicholas Kristof will have this essay in the Sunday Review section of tomorrow’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 10:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“Kansas Supreme Court rules cap on damages for pain, suffering is unconstitutional”: In today’s edition of The Wichita Eagle, Amy Renee Leiker and Steve Vockrodt have this front page article reporting on a ruling that the Supreme Court of Kansas issued yesterday.

Justice Caleb Stegall‘s opinion concurring in part and concurring in judgment contains a lengthy discussion of Thayerism that, among other things, examines the views of former Seventh Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner on that subject.

Posted at 9:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court Should Take a Field Trip to California; Immigrants want to take part in the census, a basic exercise in our democracy; But many are afraid”: Patricia Leigh Brown will have this essay in the Sunday Review section of tomorrow’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 9:15 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Term Nears End, With Big Decisions To Come”: Nina Totenberg had this audio segment on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Weekend Edition Saturday.”

Posted at 9:10 PM by Howard Bashman