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Sunday, May 17, 2020

“What Qualifies as Harassment? A federal appeals court says universities must do everything in their power to stop further harassment of students who report it, and defines what behaviors qualify.” Greta Anderson of Inside Higher Ed had this report the day after a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued this ruling in March 2020.

On Friday, the Sixth Circuit issued this order granting rehearing en banc in the case.

Posted at 11:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Appeals Court Urged to Allow Probe of MSNBC Host’s Anti-Trump Bias; Joy Reid was hauled into court for a series of posts on social media; She beat libel claims; Now, the Second Circuit entertains bold legal theories about this case”: Eriq Gardner has this post at the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter reporting on an oral argument (click here to download oral argument audio) that a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit heard Thursday.

Posted at 11:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“Voters get one shot at three Supreme Court races in extraordinary circumstances”: Brad McElhinny of West Virginia’s MetroNews has a report that begins, “West Virginians have electoral choices in a few weeks that will shape the majority of the state Supreme Court.”

Posted at 1:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court eyes more gun cases as conservatives signal eagerness to expand 2nd Amendment protections”: Tucker Higgins of CNBC has this report.

Posted at 1:11 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Debate Over Constitutional Originalism Just Got Ugly; A vicious new claim is circulating that there’s only one lawful way for Supreme Court justices to interpret the Constitution; Reject it”: Law professor Cass R. Sunstein has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

Posted at 1:07 PM by Howard Bashman



“Graham on potential Supreme Court vacancy: ‘This would be a different circumstance’ than Merrick Garland.” Tal Axelrod of The Hill has this report.

Posted at 1:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“Major Supreme Court opinions set to be released: DACA, Trump’s taxes, gay rights, abortion; Due to the coronavirus, the potentially landmark rulings will be posted online, not distributed at the court, which is closed.” Pete Williams of NBC News has this report.

Posted at 1:00 PM by Howard Bashman