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Thursday, December 5, 2019

“Hundreds of lawyers share their own abortion stories with U.S. Supreme Court ahead of landmark case”: Deanna Paul of The Washington Post has this report.

Posted at 9:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“How Amazon Dodges Responsibility for Unsafe Products: The Case of the Hoverboard; Courts are starting to challenge the idea that big tech companies are mere platforms connecting buyers and sellers.” Alexandra Berzon of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

Posted at 8:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump Again Asks Supreme Court to Bar Release of His Financial Records; The justices will soon say whether they will hear the case, about a House subpoena, along with one concerning a subpoena from Manhattan prosecutors”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Trump asks Supreme Court to review decision granting Congress access to his financial records.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Trump claims Constitution shields his tax returns from public.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today has an article headlined “Trump to Supreme Court: Take case and block House committee from tax returns.”

Jeff Mordock of The Washington Times reports that “Trump files second Supreme Court petition to block release of tax documents.”

Lawrence Hurley and Karen Freifeld of Reuters report that “Trump turns to U.S. Supreme Court as last chance to keep his finances secret.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Trump Appeals to Supreme Court on Financial-Records Subpoena.”

Ariane de Vogue of CNN reports that “Trump asks Supreme Court to block House subpoena for financial documents and take up case.”

Andrew Desiderio and Darren Samuelsohn of Politico report that “Trump asks Supreme Court to block subpoena for financial docs; ‘This controversy is about whether — and to what degree — Congress can exercise dominion and control over the Office of the President,’ Trump’s lawyers write.”

And John Kruzel of The Hill reports that “Trump asks Supreme Court to shield financial records from House Democrats.”

You can access the petition for writ of certiorari at this link.

Posted at 8:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“N.H. Defends Laconia Law Barring Female Nudity In U.S. Supreme Court Appeal”: Annie Ropeik of New Hampshire Public Radio has this report.

You can access New Hampshire’s Brief in Opposition at this link.

Posted at 8:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“A Florida death row case indicts the entire capital punishment system”: Columnist Scott Martelle has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.

Posted at 7:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“Florida’s Supreme Court is more conservative than ever. Here’s what it could do. Fights over abortion, Amendment 4 and new congressional maps are all on a crash course with the high court.” Steve Contorno of The Tampa Bay Times has an article that begins, “If you’ve never heard of the Federalist Society, get familiar with it.”

Posted at 7:45 PM by Howard Bashman



“Gunfight at the Supreme Court: A push to expand the Second Amendment produces some judicial contortions.” Linda Greenhouse has this essay online at The New York Times.

Posted at 7:26 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court confronts homeless crisis and whether there’s a right to sleep on the sidewalk”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

Posted at 7:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“Alex Kozinski Set to Return to 9th Circuit as Oral Advocate; Kozinski, the former chief judge of the court who retired abruptly two years ago amid sexual harassment allegations, is set to make arguments before the court on Monday in a copyright case against the filmmakers behind ‘The Shape of Water'”: Ross Todd of The Recorder has this report.

The Ninth Circuit’s oral argument calendar shows that the case will be argued before a three-judge panel consisting of Circuit Judges Kim McLane Wardlaw and Kenneth Kiyul Lee and U.S. District Judge Matthew F. Kennelly (N.D. Ill.), sitting by designation.

You can access online the Brief for Appellant and the Reply Brief for Appellant.

Posted at 5:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“Atlanta-based court considers school’s transgender bathroom policy”: Bill Rankin of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has an article that begins, “Judges on the federal appeals court in Atlanta on Thursday peppered lawyers with questions in a case that could set an important precedent for bathroom access by transgender high school students.”

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has not yet posted the audio of this oral argument online.

Posted at 3:12 PM by Howard Bashman



“President Trump has one last chance to keep tax returns, financial records secret: the Supreme Court.” Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

Posted at 8:42 AM by Howard Bashman