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Friday, August 14, 2020

“Justice Dept. Says Yale Discriminates. Here’s What Students Think. The Trump administration’s charge that the university discriminates against Asian-American applicants was disputed by many Asian-American students and others.” Anemona Hartocollis and Giulia McDonnell Nieto del Rio of The New York Times have this report.

Posted at 10:04 PM by Howard Bashman



“Heritage Act case pushed to SC Supreme Court by state Attorney General Wilson”: Gregory Yee of The Post and Courier of Charleston, South Carolina has an article that begins, “The S.C. Attorney General’s Office has asked the state’s highest court to rule on whether the Heritage Act protecting Confederate memorials is constitutional.”

Posted at 8:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“Jimcy McGirt, subject of Creek reservation ruling, now in federal custody”: Chris Casteel of The Oklahoman has an article that begins, “The federal government on Wednesday took custody of Jimcy McGirt, whose successful appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court has begun to reshape the criminal justice system in eastern Oklahoma.”

Posted at 8:17 PM by Howard Bashman



“How did Renatha Francis ascend to Florida’s highest court? After Gov. Ron DeSantis named her in May, some have questioned whether she is experienced enough; A pending court case argues she’s not qualified.” Dan Sullivan of The Tampa Bay Times has this report.

Posted at 8:05 PM by Howard Bashman



“Appeals court strikes down California law banning large-capacity gun magazines”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

Teri Figueroa of The San Diego Union-Tribune reports that “9th Circuit tosses California’s ban on high-capacity magazines, saying it ‘runs afoul of Second Amendment’; The decision upholds San Diego federal judge’s ruling barring law from going into effect.”

Michael Levenson of The New York Times reports that “California’s Ban on High-Capacity Magazines Violates the Second Amendment, Court Rules; Supporters of tougher gun laws called the ruling a dangerous infringement on the ability of states to protect their residents from mass shootings.”

Jacob Gershman of The Wall Street Journal reports that “U.S. Appeals Court Strikes Down California Ban on High-Capacity Gun Magazines; In divided ruling, judges say 10-bullet limit violates Second Amendment.”

Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has an article headlined “9th Circuit: California ban on large-capacity magazines violates 2nd Amendment.”

Don Thompson of The Associated Press reports that “9th Circuit ends California ban on high-capacity magazines.”

Tal Axelrod of The Hill reports that “Appeals court rejects California’s ban on high-capacity magazines.”

And Bianca Bruno of Courthouse News Service reports that “Ninth Circuit Strikes Down California Ban on High-Capacity Gun Magazines.”

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

Posted at 7:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“Judge rebukes feds over statement slamming Supreme Court’s DACA ruling; A Department of Homeland Security official stated in June that the ruling ‘has no basis in law'”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has an article that begins, “A federal judge reprimanded the Trump administration Thursday over an unusual statement a Department of Homeland Security official issued in June declaring that the Supreme Court’s recent decision on the so-called DACA program ‘has no basis in law.'”

Posted at 11:00 AM by Howard Bashman



“The Eleventh Circuit Divided Over State-Action Appeals; The Eleventh Circuit allows immediate appeals from the denial of state-action immunity; Judge Jordan wants to reexamine this rule; And he might not be alone”: Bryan Lammon has this post at his “final decisions” blog.

Posted at 10:56 AM by Howard Bashman



“The Appeal of Social Media: The advantages, pitfalls, and ethics of engaging online.” The Appellate Practice Section of the Houston Bar Association hosted this program online Thursday featuring Carl Cecere, Kendyl T. Hanks, and Raffi Melkonian. You can view the video on YouTube via this link.

Posted at 12:02 AM by Howard Bashman