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Tuesday, November 1, 2022

“Rappers’ Lyrics Are Used Against Them in Court. The Music Industry Wants It to Stop. A Warner Music Group-led industry coalition is urging prosecutors and state and federal legislators to limit the use of hip-hop lyrics as evidence.” Neil Shah of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

Posted at 9:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“The IRS and the Eighth Amendment: The Supreme Court takes up a case of a $2.72 million fine for a taxpayer’s error.” Travis Nix and Tyler Martinez will have this op-ed in Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 9:18 PM by Howard Bashman



“Pa. Supreme Court orders counties to set aside undated and wrongly dated mail ballots and not count them”: Jonathan Lai and Jeremy Roebuck of The Philadelphia Inquirer have this report.

You can access today’s order of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania at this link.

Update: In other coverage, Laura Kusisto of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Pennsylvania Supreme Court Orders Election Officials to Disallow Ballots with Missing or Incorrect Dates; The ruling came in a case brought by state and national Republicans.”

Posted at 7:38 PM by Howard Bashman



“A Diverse Supreme Court Questions the Value of Diversity; Since 1978, the sole justification for race-conscious admissions has been educational diversity; The rationale’s days may be numbered”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Posted at 7:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Rules That Lindsey Graham Must Testify in Georgia Inquiry; The court’s order said the questioning allowed by lower courts was limited and subject to appropriate safeguards”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report on an order that the U.S. Supreme Court issued today.

Posted at 7:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Reaches TikTok; Katie Barlow, a lawyer and broadcaster, is teaching the public about the Supreme Court through two-minute TikToks”: Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal has this post at his “The Marble Palace Blog.”

Posted at 2:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“Donor, Legacy, and Athlete Preferences in Higher Education Admissions: Art Museum and Squash Edition.” Michael C. Dorf has this post at his blog, “Dorf on Law.”

Posted at 1:08 PM by Howard Bashman