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Tuesday, January 14, 2025

“Texas law requiring age verification for online porn goes before U.S. Supreme Court; The justices will hear arguments Wednesday on requirements that have been adopted in more than a dozen states”: Joseph Morton of The Dallas Morning News has this report.

And in commentary, online at Bloomberg Opinion, law professor Noah Feldman has an essay titled “Texas Porn Law Has a First Amendment Problem; The case before the Supreme Court requires a technical solution; Unfortunately the justices aren’t particularly good at those.”

Posted at 10:15 PM by Howard Bashman



“Protesters gather by NC Supreme Court as GOP candidate files new legal arguments; Protesters gathered in Raleigh Tuesday to draw attention to the 60,000 votes that Jefferson Griffin is trying to get thrown out in the still-unresolved election for a seat on the state Supreme Court; Also Tuesday, Griffin filed new arguments in court explaining his effort”: Laura Leslie and Will Doran of WRAL News have this report.

Posted at 10:09 PM by Howard Bashman



“Cookies, Cocktails and Mushrooms on the Menu as Justices Hear Bank Fraud Case; In trying to find the line between false statements and misleading ones in the case of a Chicago politician, members of the Supreme Court posed colorful questions”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Posted at 10:06 PM by Howard Bashman



“A new Supreme Court case seeks to make it harder to get screened for cancer; Becerra v. Braidwood Management threatens to make your health insurance worse”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

Posted at 10:05 PM by Howard Bashman



“How a second Trump administration could shape federal courts; Experts worry that the incoming Trump White House, looking to install nominees loyal to the president, will lurch even further to the right — and that this time around, they’ll have fewer guardrails against extremism”: Benjamin S. Weiss of Courthouse News Service has this report.

Posted at 11:07 AM by Howard Bashman



“Federal Court Blocks Transfer of Guantánamo Convict to Prison in Iraq; The Iraqi prisoner had sued the Biden administration, saying he would be at risk for abuse at a prison in his homeland”: Carol Rosenberg of The New York Times has this report.

Posted at 11:04 AM by Howard Bashman