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Thursday, January 30, 2020

“In Supreme Court Abortion Case, Louisiana Goes on the Offensive; State argues that clinics shouldn’t be allowed to sue on women’s behalf in an approach that could change abortion litigation”: Jacob Gershman of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

Posted at 11:03 PM by Howard Bashman



“Emotional debate on Colorado death penalty repeal culminates in historic vote; Republicans threaten to halt the process in the House”: Alex Burness of The Denver Post has this report.

Posted at 11:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“Illinois Taxpayers Get Rare Chance to Sue in Federal Court”: Aysha Bagchi of Bloomberg Tax has a report (subscription may be required for full access) that begins, “A lawsuit accusing the nation’s second-most populous county of discriminatory tax treatment is the rare challenge to state or local taxes that may proceed in federal court, the Seventh Circuit ruled.”

Circuit Judge Amy C. Barrett wrote yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel.

Posted at 10:34 PM by Howard Bashman



“Officer’s Suit Against Black Lives Matter Leader May Proceed”: Bernie Pazanowski of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access) on an order accompanied by concurring and dissenting opinions that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued Tuesday denying rehearing en banc in this case by an evenly divided 8-to-8 vote.

And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Eugene Volokh has a post titled “More Fifth Circuit Opinions in Doe v. Mckesson, the Baton Rouge Black Lives Matter Protest Case.”

Posted at 10:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump lawyer Pat Cipollone was a camera-shy Washington Everyman — until impeachment made him a star”: Manuel Roig-Franzia and Josh Dawsey of The Washington Post have this report.

Posted at 10:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“States Seek Ruling on Equal Rights Amendment Ratification Deadline; Opponents argue that legal deadlines to approve the ERA expired in 1982 or 1979”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

Posted at 9:58 PM by Howard Bashman



“AG Ken Paxton sidesteps gay marriage case that conflicts with his beliefs”: Taylor Goldenstein of The Houston Chronicle has this report.

Posted at 8:37 PM by Howard Bashman



“Brett Kavanaugh added pizza to the Supreme Court cafeteria, but these don’t pass the bar”: Tim Carman of The Washington Post has this report.

Posted at 7:58 PM by Howard Bashman



“John Roberts blocks mentions of alleged whistleblower’s name; Rand Paul has composed questions with the alleged whistleblower’s name”: John Bresnahan, Burgess Everett, and Heather Caygle of Politico have a report that begins, “Chief Justice John Roberts has communicated to senators that he will not read aloud the alleged Ukraine whistleblower’s name or otherwise publicly relay questions that might out the official, a move that’s effectively blocked Sen. Rand Paul from asking a question.”

Posted at 10:34 AM by Howard Bashman



“What’s the Meaning of ‘Life’ When Sentencing Kids? The Supreme Court ended automatic life without parole for children. What replaces it remains unclear.” Eli Hager has this essay online at The Marshall Project.

Posted at 7:45 AM by Howard Bashman



“Facebook to Pay $550 Million in Biometric Privacy Class Action Settlement; The social media giant will pay a landmark settlement to end a dispute with Illinois users over its face-tagging technology”: Ashley Cullins has this post at the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter.

Posted at 7:33 AM by Howard Bashman



“The Third Circuit has begun appendix-hyperlinking pilot project, and it might apply to your case without you realizing it”: Matthew Stiegler has this post at his “CA3blog.”

Posted at 7:28 AM by Howard Bashman



“Federal court rules against National Labor Relations Board in Duquesne University case”: Tyler Dague of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has this report.

Daniel Wiessner of Reuters reports that “D.C. Circuit nixes NLRB’s Obama-era test for jurisdiction over religious schools” (subscription required for full access).

Kathleen Dailey and Robert Iafolla of Bloomberg Law report that “Duquesne Exempt From NLRA, Beats Adjunct Faculty Union Push” (subscription required for full access).

And Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed reports that “Appeals Court Blocks Adjunct Union; Duquesne is a religious institution and so is exempt from National Labor Relations Board rules, appeals court finds.”

You can access Tuesday’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.

Posted at 7:25 AM by Howard Bashman