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Thursday, August 29, 2019

“S.D. legislators urge state Supreme Court to allow concealed handguns in chambers”: Lisa Kaczke of The Argus Leader of Sioux Falls, South Dakota has this report.

Posted at 10:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“UA trustee John Goodson and Supreme Court Justice Courtney Hudson settle divorce case in advance of hearing”: Max Brantley of the Arkansas Times has this report.

Posted at 10:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“Md.’s top court upholds child pornography charge against teen who texted friends a video of herself”: Ann E. Marimow has this front page article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

And Tasneem Nashrulla of BuzzFeed News reports that “A Teen Is A Child Pornographer For Sexting A Video Of Herself To Her Friends, A Court Ruled; For the first time, the Maryland Court of Appeals said it had to grapple with applying the state’s child pornography law to minors who consensually engage in sexting.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the Court of Appeals of Maryland — that state’s highest court — at this link.

Posted at 9:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“Mississippi Supreme Court throws out Curtis Flowers’ conviction, orders new trial”: Jimmie E. Gates of The Clarion Ledger of Jackson, Mississippi has this report.

Posted at 8:46 PM by Howard Bashman



“Senate Republicans tell Supreme Court not to be ‘cowed’ by Democratic senators”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “GOP senators say they’ll block Dem efforts to expand the Supreme Court.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “McConnell Tells Supreme Court Not to Be ‘Cowed’ by Democrats on Guns.”

Ronn Blitzer of Fox News reports that “Senate Republicans in Supreme Court letter accuse Dems of ‘assault’ on judiciary.”

Tucker Higgins of CNBC reports that “McConnell tells Supreme Court justices that he will protect them from Democrats’ court-packing ‘threat.’

And Burgess Everett of Politico has an article headlined “McConnell to Supreme Court: We won’t let Dems ‘pack the court’; Republicans hit back after Democratic senators sent a brief warning voters may eventually demand the high court be restructured.”

You can view the letter at this link.

Posted at 8:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“22 Women Say They Were Exploited by Porn Producers; Their lawsuit, a rare look into an opaque industry, seeks $22 million in damages”: Katie Van Syckle of The New York Times has this report.

Posted at 8:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“Judicial Nominees Remain A Touchy Subject After Rejection Of Sununu’s Supreme Court Pick”: Josh Rogers of New Hampshire Public Radio has this report.

Posted at 8:27 AM by Howard Bashman



“Another Missed Opportunity: Kisor v. Wilkie and the Failure to Overturn Auer Deference.” Mike Rappaport has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

Posted at 8:26 AM by Howard Bashman



“Arizona’s Governor Is Leading Republicans’ Quiet, Radical Takeover of State Supreme Courts; He may now be angling to appoint Bill Montgomery, Maricopa County’s reactionary prosecutor”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

Posted at 8:22 AM by Howard Bashman