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Wednesday, June 19, 2013 "Strategist Out of Closet and Into Fray, This Time for Gay Marriage": Thursday's edition of The New York Times will contain a front page article that begins, "As the Supreme Court considers overturning California's ban on same-sex marriage, gay people await a ruling that could change their lives." Posted at 10:33 PM by Howard Bashman "Iowa case cries out for Supreme Court clarity; Appeals court gives mixed review to campaign law": The Des Moines Register has an editorial that begins, "When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2010 that corporations have a First Amendment right to spend money to advocate for political candidates, it made clear that the Constitution does not prohibit laws requiring public reporting of corporate campaign spending." Posted at 10:02 PM by Howard Bashman "Redefining marriage -- above the Supreme Court's pay grade; Ruling for homosexual 'marriage' would unleash endless national division": Chuck Donovan has this essay online at The Washington Times. Posted at 09:58 PM by Howard Bashman "Nina Totenberg Answers Your Supreme Court Questions": NPR has posted this item online today. "SCOTUSblog" explains why you should follow its live blog instead of going to the U.S. Supreme Court to hear opinion announcements (even though this post already purports to have been updated tomorrow). And for those who care about such things, on Monday of this week, the fastest announcements of U.S. Supreme Court opinions being handed down that morning appeared at the Twitter feed of U.S. Law Week. "Liberals brace for Supreme Court decision on voting rights": Tom Curry, national affairs writer for NBC News, has this report. Posted at 09:44 PM by Howard Bashman "Supreme pitch: Justice Samuel Alito throws 1st pitch before Rangers game -- a bit wide of plate." The Associated Press has this report. Posted at 08:50 PM by Howard Bashman "Justice Alito to speak at inaugural Belmont law commencement; University expects 120 in school's first graduation class": Nashville Post has this report. Nashville Business Journal has a blog post titled "Belmont lands Justice Alito for first College of Law graduation." And The Associated Press reports that "Supreme court justice to speak at Belmont." "Could Supreme Court's Arizona Ruling Lead to Voting Messes Down the Road? Some court-watchers say the opinion might strip Congress of the power to regulate the ballot -- but, for now, they can probably relax." Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at The Atlantic. Posted at 07:30 PM by Howard Bashman "Guantanamo prosecutors say arguments on waterboarding should be in secret session": Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has an article that begins, "The prosecution in the Sept. 11 conspiracy trial put the judge on notice Wednesday that it wants to hold secret pretrial motions in the death-penalty case -- and exclude both the public and five alleged terrorists during discussion of their years in CIA custody." Posted at 07:26 PM by Howard Bashman "Justices' Princeton-related activities provide clues as to how they might rule": The Daily Princetonian has this report. Posted at 04:37 PM by Howard Bashman "Our Genes, Their Secrets": Online at The New York Times, Eleonore Pauwels has an essay that begins, "The Supreme Court's unanimous ruling last Thursday, barring patents on human genes, was a wise and balanced decision that clears away a major barrier to innovation in the areas of biotechnology, drug development and medical diagnostics." Posted at 03:45 PM by Howard Bashman "Lamar Alexander Warns Harry Reid Against Breaking Filibuster Pledge, Despite Breaking His Own": Jennifer Bendery of The Huffington Post has this report. And the new installment of Al Kamen's "In the Loop" is headlined "Judges, judges, judges." "McConnell Sings Very Different Tune On Nuclear Option Than In 2005": Sahil Kapur of TPM DC has this report. Posted at 01:58 PM by Howard Bashman "Supreme Court's Final Decisions Also A Verdict On SG Verrilli": Daniel Fisher has this blog post today at Forbes.com. Posted at 01:50 PM by Howard Bashman "Is DOMA Headed for Disaster? A limited ruling would be a constitutional trainwreck." Law professor Adam Winkler has this essay online today at The New Republic. Posted at 01:27 PM by Howard Bashman In posts of interest at "The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times": Tony Mauro has a post titled "Durbin Asks High Court to Go Live with Opinions." And Zoe Tillman has a post titled "Justice Ginsburg: 'Optimistic' About Women in the Courts." "Judge Rubenstein's age limit lawsuit still alive, lawyer says": The Intelligencer of Doylestown, Pennsylvania has this report. In related commentary, today's edition of The Express-Times of Easton, Pennsylvania contains an editorial titled "Pa. Supreme Court makes the right call on judges' retirement age." And today's edition of The Times-Tribune of Scranton, Pennsylvania contains an editorial titled "Balancing age against need to shift power." "Study shows elections not good for justice; Campaign contributions affect state Supreme Court justices' decisions, researchers find": Peter Hall has this article today in The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania. Posted at 12:18 PM by Howard Bashman Tuesday, June 18, 2013 "Attention turns to Indiana Supreme Court justice in Rockport plant case": The Indianapolis Star has this recusal-related news update. Posted at 10:16 PM by Howard Bashman "Fisa court oversight: a look inside a secret and empty process; Obama and other NSA defenders insist there are robust limitations on surveillance but the documents show otherwise." Glenn Greenwald has this essay online at The Guardian (UK). Posted at 08:26 PM by Howard Bashman "Court upholds Arizona law that denies bail to certain immigrants": Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times has this news update. The Associated Press reports that "Appeals court upholds ruling on Arizona's bail law." And at her "Trial Insider" blog, Pamela A. MacLean reports that "Arizona No-Bail Law for Alien Arrestees Upheld." 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. "Judge urges new approach for Gitmo detainee cases": The Associated Press has a report that begins, "A federal appeals court judge Tuesday called on the president and Congress to consider a different approach to the handling of legal cases of Guantanamo Bay prisoners." The AP's report focuses on an opinion concurring in the judgment that accompanied a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued today. "Supreme Court rejects Kopp's bid to have murder conviction overturned": The Buffalo News has an article that begins, "James C. Kopp, the anti-abortion zealot who fatally shot an Amherst physician nearly 15 years ago, lost his latest -- and likely last -- bid to have his convictions overturned at the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday." Posted at 04:32 PM by Howard Bashman "Judges uphold import ban on polar bear hides": Jeremy P. Jacobs of Greenwire has this report. You can access today's ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link. "Google challenges U.S. gag order, citing First Amendment": The Washington Post has a news update that begins, "Google asked the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on Tuesday to ease long-standing gag orders over data requests it makes, arguing that the company has a constitutional right to speak about information it's forced to give the government." Posted at 04:18 PM by Howard Bashman "Senate Republicans: We Won't Be The First To Go Nuclear." Sahil Kapur of TPM DC has this report. Posted at 04:15 PM by Howard Bashman "The Next Citizens United? The Supreme Court tackles a new frontier in campaign finance law." Jeremy P. Jacobs has this article in Campaigns & Elections. Posted at 04:12 PM by Howard Bashman "David Boies On Gay Marriage Ruling: Opponents Likely Don't Have Standing." Sam Stein of The Huffington Post has this report. Posted at 04:05 PM by Howard Bashman "Supreme Court to resolve circuit split on timing of appeals": Alison Frankel's "On the Case" from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report. Posted at 03:57 PM by Howard Bashman "Clarence Thomas, Liberal: In the strange world of the Supreme Court, sometimes being an archconservative can turn you into a liberal." Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate. Posted at 03:45 PM by Howard Bashman "FBI Looks for Leaks at Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court; Investigators still do not know if the FISA system has been compromised, or if Edward Snowden was the source of the Verizon warrant published by the 'Guardian'": Eli Lake of The Daily Beast has this report. Posted at 02:24 PM by Howard Bashman "Can a Treaty Increase the Power of Congress?" The Cato Institute has posted online the video of this event, held last Friday and featuring law professor Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz and Ninth Circuit Chief Judge Alex Kozinski, at this link. Posted at 01:10 PM by Howard Bashman "McConnell To Reid: If You Go Nuclear On Nominations, I'll Go Nuclear On Everything When I'm Majority Leader." Sahil Kapur of TPM DC has this report. Posted at 01:07 PM by Howard Bashman "Supreme Court to Decide on Voting Rights": Ariane de Vogue of ABC News has this blog post. Posted at 01:05 PM by Howard Bashman "D.C. Circuit Judge Srinivasan Sworn In": Zoe Tillman has this post at "The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times." Posted at 12:57 PM by Howard Bashman "Pa. high court rejects changing mandatory retirement for judges": Paula Reed Ward has this article today in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. And today's edition of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review contains an article headlined "Pa. Supreme Court: Judges still have to retire at 70." My earlier coverage of yesterday's Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling appears at this link. "Why America Still Needs Affirmative Action": John Cassidy has this blog post online today at The New Yorker. Posted at 09:46 AM by Howard Bashman "U.S. lawyer Cliff Sloan faces tough assignment: Closing Guantanamo." Reuters has this report. Posted at 09:45 AM by Howard Bashman "Justice Dept. Releases Recommended Fates for Guantanamo Detainees": Charlie Savage of The New York Times has this report. Posted at 09:34 AM by Howard Bashman "A 5-4 Ruling, One of Three, Limits Silence's Protection": Adam Liptak has this article today in The New York Times. In today's edition of The Wall Street Journal, Jess Bravin has an article headlined "'Right to Remain Silent' Is Limited." And at "SCOTUSblog," Lyle Denniston has a post titled "Opinion recap: If you want to claim the Fifth . . . ." "Special Report: For top U.S. lawyers, case in Guam is rare prize." Joan Biskupic of Reuters has this article today. Posted at 08:45 AM by Howard Bashman "Why The FISA Court Is Not What It Used To Be": This audio segment featuring Nina Totenberg appeared on today's broadcast of NPR's "Morning Edition." Posted at 08:42 AM by Howard Bashman "Hearst to 2nd Circuit: Clarify intern issue." Carlyn Kolker of Reuters has this report. Posted at 08:34 AM by Howard Bashman "Claims against generics not pre-empted, California court rules": Terry Baynes of Reuters has a report that begins, "A California appeals court has supplied an opening for plaintiff lawyers seeking to hold generic drugmakers liable for injuries allegedly caused by their copycat drugs." You can access last Thursday's ruling of the California Court of Appeal for the Fourth Appellate District, Division Three, at this link. Monday, June 17, 2013 "G.O.P. Pushes New Abortion Limits to Appease Vocal Base": This article will appear in Tuesday's edition of The New York Times. Posted at 10:30 PM by Howard Bashman "Dispute over Obama's choices for D.C. court centers on need -- and politics": Kate Irby of McClatchy Washington Bureau has this report. At TPM LiveWire, Sahil Kapur reports that "Senate Dems Schedule Hearing For D.C. Circuit Nominee Patricia Millett." And today's edition of The Des Moines Register contains an editorial titled "Grassley's 'court-packing' analogy goes astray; An independent commission, not politics, should guide the distribution of federal appeals judges." "At the Supreme Court, Divisions and Signs of Trouble to Come: Two new rules for criminal cases, and a discussion -- in code -- about Roe v. Wade." Andrew Cohen has this essay online at The Atlantic. Posted at 09:18 PM by Howard Bashman "FOIA suit reveals Guantanamo's 'indefinite detainees'": Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this report. Posted at 09:15 PM by Howard Bashman "Supreme Court limits judges' discretion on minimum sentences; Any fact that increases the mandatory minimum sentence for a crime must be determined by a jury, not a judge, the Supreme Court rules in an important Sixth Amendment case": Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has this report. Posted at 08:30 PM by Howard Bashman "This Time, Scalia Doesn't Want to See Your Papers: The Supreme Court declares Arizona's voter registration law unconstitutional." Emily Bazelon has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate. Online at The Daily Beast, law professor Richard L. Hasen -- author of the "Election Law Blog" -- has an essay titled "The Supreme Court Gives States New Weapons in the Voting Wars; What looks like a victory for the federal government may give states new powers to resist Washington's control over elections." And on this evening's broadcast of NPR's "All Things Considered," Nina Totenberg had an audio segment titled "Supreme Court Strikes Down Arizona Voting Law." "Supreme Court Lets Regulators Sue Over Generic Drug Deals": Edward Wyatt will have this article Tuesday in The New York Times. David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has a news update headlined "Supreme Court rules for generic drugs, against 'pay for delay.'" Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that "Supreme Court hits drug companies' profit-sharing deals; Justices rule that settlements of patent lawsuits are often anti-competitive under federal law, even though they could benefit consumers in some cases." Brent Kendall and Jonathan D. Rockoff of The Wall Street Journal have a news update headlined "Setback for Pacts That Delay Sale of Generics." Politico.com reports that "SCOTUS gives pay-for-delay case another day in court." At "SCOTUSblog," Lyle Denniston has a post titled "Opinion recap: 'Pay to delay' in deep trouble." Alison Frankel's "On the Case" from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has a report titled "SCOTUS pay-for-delay ruling: New scrutiny for nonpharma patent deals?" And this evening's broadcast of NPR's "All Things Considered" contained an audio segment titled "High Court Sides With Regulators In Drug Patent Case." "Feds won't budge on public access to drone legal memos": Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has this blog post. Posted at 06:22 PM by Howard Bashman "Arizona citizenship proof law: Supreme Court issues split ruling." Rebekah L. Sanders of The Arizona Republic has this news update. Howard Fischer of The Arizona Daily Star has a news update headlined "Supreme Court: Arizona citizenship proof voting law illegal." Adam Liptak of The New York Times has a news update headlined "Justices Block Law Requiring Voters to Prove Citizenship." Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has a news update headlined "Supreme Court says states may not add citizenship proof for voter registration." David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has a news update headlined "Supreme Court blocks Arizona law on voter registration." Richard Wolf of USA Today has an article headlined "Justices: Arizona voter registration rules go too far; Supreme Court ruling could block other states from imposing new restrictions on citizens seeking to register to vote." Jess Bravin and Tamara Audi of The Wall Street Journal have a news update headlined "Supreme Court Strikes Down Arizona Voting Rules." Michael Doyle of McClatchy Washington Bureau reports that "Supreme Court rejects Arizona's proof-of-citizenship voting law." Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has an article headlined "Arizona can't ask voters for proof of citizenship, Supreme Court rules; By 7 to 2, the Supreme Court justices struck down Arizona's Proposition 200 as violating the National Voter Registration Act, which requires only a written declaration of US citizenship." Josh Gerstein of Politico.com reports that "SCOTUS rejects Arizona voter registration rule." And at "SCOTUSblog," Lyle Denniston has a post titled "Opinion recap: One hand giveth . . . ." "Top Court to hear Mount Holly discrimination suit": The Star-Ledger of Newark, New Jersey has this news update. Posted at 05:44 PM by Howard Bashman "Pa. Supreme Court upholds law requiring judges to retire at age 70": The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has this update. Peter Hall of The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania has a news update headlined "Pa. Supreme Court upholds mandatory retirement for judges." The Express-Times of Easton, Pennsylvania has a news update headlined "Pennsylvania judges can be ousted over age, state Supreme Court rules." And The Associated Press reports that "Pa. high court upholds judge's retirement age." Today's ruling of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania consists of a unanimous opinion of the court and a concurring opinion. Programming note: Due to a meeting with co-counsel in a case that is expected to be heading to appeal, additional posts will not appear here until this evening. Posted at 12:20 PM by Howard Bashman Access online today's rulings in argued cases of the U.S. Supreme Court: The Court today issued five decisions in argued cases. 1. Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. announced the judgment of the Court in Salinas v. Texas, No. 12-246, and delivered an opinion in which Chief Justice John G. Roberts and Justice Anthony M. Kennedy joined. Justice Clarence Thomas issued an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Justice Antonin Scalia joined. And Justice Stephen G. Breyer issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan joined. You can access the oral argument via this link. 2. Justice Breyer delivered the opinion of the Court in FTC v. Actavis, Inc., No. 12-416. The Chief Justice issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Scalia and Thomas joined. Justice Alito did not participate in the decision. You can access the oral argument via this link. 3. Justice Thomas delivered the opinion of the Court in large measure in Alleyne v. United States, No. 11-9335. Justice Sotomayor issued a concurring opinion, in which Justices Ginsburg and Kagan joined. Justice Breyer issued an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment. The Chief Justice issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Scalia and Kennedy joined. And Justice Alito issued a dissenting opinion. You can access the oral argument via this link. 4. Justice Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court in Maracich v. Spears, No. 12-25. Justice Ginsburg issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Scalia, Sotomayor, and Kagan joined. You can access the oral argument via this link. 5. And Justice Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court in Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Ariz. Inc., No. 12-71. Justice Kennedy issued an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment. And Justices Thomas and Alito each filed a dissenting opinion. You can access the oral argument via this link. In early news coverage, The Associated Press has reports headlined "Court: 'pay to delay' generic drugs can be illegal"; "Court: Ariz. citizenship proof law illegal"; "Court says pre-Miranda silence can be used"; "Court says jury should have final say in minimums"; and "High court says driver records protected." Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that "Drugmakers Opened to 'Pay for Delay' Suits by High Court" and "Voter Proof-of-Citizenship Law Voided by Supreme Court." And Reuters reports that "U.S. justices say FTC can challenge deals that keep generic drugs off market" and "Supreme Court invalidate Arizona voter registration law." "ATT Hacker Weev Is Flashpoint for Website Crime Law": Dune Lawrence and David Voreacos of Bloomberg News have this report. Posted at 09:52 AM by Howard Bashman Access online today's Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: The Court has posted the Order List at this link. The Court has granted review in four new cases. In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that "High court to hear NJ housing discrimination case"; "Court will review dispute between airline, pilot"; and "Court won't hear Seattle officer appeal." Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that "Racial Bias in Lending, Housing Gets Supreme Court Review." And Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that "Justices agree to hear airline defamation case." "Miss USA Erin Brady talks SCOTUS ruling to take crown": Politico.com has this report. Posted at 09:28 AM by Howard Bashman "NLRB poster rule likely dead after second federal appeals court ruling": Amanda Becker of Reuters has this report. Posted at 09:26 AM by Howard Bashman "Plaintiff lawyers seek a new lifeline in medical device cases": Terry Baynes of Reuters has a report that begins, "Plaintiff lawyers are trying a new strategy to get around a 2008 Supreme Court ruling that protects many types of medical device makers from personal injury lawsuits." Posted at 09:22 AM by Howard Bashman "Prosecutor: Court ruling cuts vision for Guantanamo war crimes trials." Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this report. Posted at 09:05 AM by Howard Bashman "News Coverage Conveys Strong Momentum for Same-Sex Marriage": The Pew Research Center issued this report (PDF) today. Update: The link to the report worked when originally posted but later stopped working. I have updated this post to supply a new, working link to the report. "Why Justice Ginsburg should step down": Law professor Kent Greenfield has this op-ed today in The Boston Globe. Posted at 07:18 AM by Howard Bashman "Civil Rights Rules in Court's Sights as Term Nears Finale": Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report. And Mollie Reilly of The Huffington Post reports that "Supreme Court Rulings Loom On Affirmative Action, Gay Marriage, Voting Rights." Sunday, June 16, 2013 "Obama not guilty of 'court packing'; Filling existing vacancies is his job": Monday's edition of USA Today will contain this editorial. The newspaper will also contain an op-ed in response by U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) titled "Judges confrontation a made up fight; Fill other court vacancies first." "Court ruling on genes is a 'victory for common sense'": This interview with Mary-Claire King appears online at New Scientist. Posted at 08:24 PM by Howard Bashman "Conservatives likely to write most remaining decisions in Supreme Court's term": Robert Barnes will have this new installment of his "The High Court" column in Monday's edition of The Washington Post. Posted at 08:20 PM by Howard Bashman "Medical ethicists say stop Guantanamo force-feeding": Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this report. And The Associated Press reports that "Obama chooses lawyer as Guantanamo closure envoy." Update: In Monday's edition of The New York Times, Charlie Savage will have an article headlined "Kerry Associate Chosen for Post on Closing Guantanamo Prison." "Amid Gitmo strike, ex-detainee tells of force-feed": The Associated Press has this report. Posted at 01:38 PM by Howard Bashman "Why Justice Stevens Is Dead Wrong About DNA Searches: Is it really less intrusive to collect someone's vital data for eternity than it is to rummage through his papers briefly?" Andrew Cohen has this essay online at The Atlantic. Posted at 01:35 PM by Howard Bashman "Why Both Sides Want Gay Marriage Settled By The States": Alan Greenblatt has this report online at NPR. Posted at 01:33 PM by Howard Bashman "U.S. surveillance architecture includes collection of revealing Internet, phone metadata": Barton Gellman has this front page article today in The Washington Post. Posted at 01:32 PM by Howard Bashman "Sunday Dialogue: How the Court Decides." This letter to the editor and responses to it appear in the Sunday Review section of today's edition of The New York Times. Posted at 01:26 PM by Howard Bashman "Affirmative action ruling contest: race vs. class." The Associated Press has this report. Posted at 11:20 AM by Howard Bashman "Supreme Court gay-marriage rulings: Anything but simple; The Supreme Court rulings are not as simple as whether gays and lesbians can marry or not, and whether they become eligible for federal benefits." Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report. Posted at 09:42 AM by Howard Bashman "Alabama Supreme Court to hear arguments on whether to reconsider its brand name drug liability opinion": The Birmingham News has this report. Posted at 09:40 AM by Howard Bashman "Supreme Court considers landmark equality cases; Justices are deciding whether to pull back on 1960s-era remedies for racial discrimination, while extending equal marriage rights to gays and lesbians": David G. Savage has this article today in The Los Angeles Times. Posted at 09:38 AM by Howard Bashman "Under the U.S. Supreme Court: Natural DNA can't be patented." Michael Kirkland of UPI has this report. And in earlier coverage, The Seattle Times had an article headlined "UW geneticist who discovered breast-cancer genes flying high over Supreme Court ruling; The University of Washington geneticist who discovered the breast cancer genes at the heart of the Supreme Court's landmark decision said Thursday that she's 'as high as the flag on the Fourth of July.'" Saturday, June 15, 2013 "Castille: McCaffery should 'rethink his position' on Pa. high court." On Wednesday, Dave Davies of WHYY-FM in Philadelphia had this post at his "Off Mic" blog. Posted at 01:18 PM by Howard Bashman Senior First Circuit Judge Bruce M. Selya, in the news: Reuters reports that "Web companies begin releasing surveillance information after U.S. deal." The article, in its current form, refers to "U.S. District Judge Bruce Selya, who headed the FISA court's Court of Review." And in related commentary, today at The New Yorker's "Close Read" blog, Amy Davidson has a post titled "Yahoo and the Secret Court." "Behind Scolding of the F.D.A., a Complex and Gentle Judge": In today's edition of The New York Times, Pam Belluck has a front page article that begins, "The judge whose vehement ruling ordered the Obama administration to surrender and make the morning-after pill available to all ages without a prescription is strikingly soft-spoken, so much so that to hear him in chambers, a visitor must sometimes lean forward from the raspberry-and-chartreuse striped sofa that is a legacy from his parents' 1940s Brooklyn living room." Posted at 09:23 AM by Howard Bashman "Prenda Law is 'winding down,' and desperate to avoid a costly appeal; A $237,000 up-front bill for appeal is off-base, argue porn-trolling lawyers": Joe Mullin of Ars Technica has this report. Posted at 09:22 AM by Howard Bashman Friday, June 14, 2013 "Guantanamo's first secret national security session a mystery": Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this report. Posted at 11:52 PM by Howard Bashman "Harvard Geneticists React to Supreme Court's Gene Patent Ruling; Medical School professors expect decision to have little impact on scientific landscape": The Harvard Crimson has this report. And online at Slate, Noam Prywes has an essay titled "The Supreme Court's Sketchy Science: Their BRCA patent ruling reads like an earnest seventh grader's book report." The prepared text of retired Justice John Paul Stevens' remarks this afternoon to the American Constitution Society can be accessed online: At this link. Update: In coverage of the speech, at "The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times," Matthew Huisman has a post titled "Former Justice Stevens Supports Majority in DNA Swab Case." "Bosch v. Pylon: 1292(c)(2) CAFC Jurisdiction." Jason Rantanen has this post at "Patently-O" about an 81-page en banc ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued today. Posted at 04:02 PM by Howard Bashman "Fourth Circuit Strikes NLRB Poster Rule": Jenna Greene has this post at "The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times." You can access today's ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at this link. "U.S. High Court Vacates 11th Cir. On Plea; No automatic reversal for 'beyond the pale' remarks": Alyson M. Palmer has this article today in The Fulton County (Ga.) Daily Report. Posted at 02:15 PM by Howard Bashman "Supreme Court strikes down part of L.A. port's Clean Truck Program; The court rules that trucking companies don't have to affix placards to their vehicles or have off-site parking plans to haul goods in and out of the seaport": This article appears today in The Los Angeles Times. Posted at 09:02 AM by Howard Bashman "Calls from a justice raise concerns": Craig R. McCoy has this article today in The Philadelphia Inquirer. Update: In earlier related coverage, on Wednesday, Amaris Elliott-Engel of The Legal Intelligencer had an article headlined "Sources: Justice McCaffery Contacted FJD About Cases." "After Patent Ruling, Availability of Gene Tests Could Broaden": This article appears today in The New York Times. And Bloomberg News reports that "Myriad Gene Patent Ruling Triggers Race for Cancer Tests." "Supreme Court archive has about 14K hours of audio": Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press has this report. Posted at 08:50 AM by Howard Bashman "Constitution Check: Has the ACLU cleared a big hurdle to challenging secret spying?" Lyle Denniston has this post today at the "Constitution Daily" blog of the National Constitution Center. Posted at 08:37 AM by Howard Bashman "Stevens tapped for high court vacancy; Sugarloaf resident has served as president judge of state Superior Court since 2011": This article appears today in The Times-Leader of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. And The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports today that "Corbett nominates Superior Court judge to fill Pa. Supreme Court vacancy." "Senate approves two Pa. judges to federal bench": The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report. Posted at 08:33 AM by Howard Bashman "Alabama high court grants rehearing over brand-drugmaker liability": Terry Baynes of Reuters has a report that begins, "The Alabama Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to reconsider arguments over whether a brand-name drug company can be held liable for injuries allegedly caused by a competitor's product." Posted at 08:30 AM by Howard Bashman Thursday, June 13, 2013 "Federal court ruling loosens reporting requirements for independent political expenditures in Iowa": The Des Moines Register has this news update reporting on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued today. Posted at 11:22 PM by Howard Bashman "Supreme Court Issues New Rule Barring Protests on Plaza": Adam Liptak has this post at "The Caucus" blog of The New York Times. And at Politico.com, Tal Kopan has a blog post titled "Supreme Court issues new protest ban." "On DNA, Scalia was right": Columnist Eugene Robinson will have this op-ed in Friday's edition of The Washington Post. Posted at 10:30 PM by Howard Bashman "Guantanamo judge orders first closed session of Obama war court": Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this report. Posted at 10:25 PM by Howard Bashman "SCOTUS in Myriad: Federal Circuit doesn't know what's patent-eligible." Alison Frankel's "On the Case" from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report. Posted at 09:05 PM by Howard Bashman "Obama's Pen May Shape Scope of Marriage Ruling": Friday's edition of The New York Times will contain an article that begins, "A Supreme Court ruling this month that could overturn the ban on federal benefits for same-sex couples is presenting the Obama administration with a series of complicated and politically sensitive decisions: how aggressively to overhaul references to marriage throughout the many volumes that lay out the laws of the United States." Posted at 08:52 PM by Howard Bashman "Supreme Court strikes down parts of L.A. port's Clean Truck Program": The Los Angeles Times has this report. Posted at 04:13 PM by Howard Bashman "AP: Gov. Corbett To Nominate Correale Stevens For Pa. Supreme Court Vacancy." The Associated Press has this report. Stevens currently serves as the President Judge of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. I know Judge Stevens quite well, and -- if this report is correct -- the appointment would represent a very positive development for litigants with cases pending before Pennsylvania's highest court. Update: In other coverage, The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has a news update headlined "Corbett plans to pick Stevens for Pa. high court." Jeremy P. Jacobs of Greenwire is reporting: He has articles headlined "Justices rule for Okla. over Texas in interstate water war" and "Ruling curbs port's crackdown on truck emissions." Posted at 03:18 PM by Howard Bashman "The Supreme Court's Bad Science on Gene Patents": Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View. Online at The New Republic, Jeff Guo has an essay titled "The Supreme Court Reveals its Ignorance of Genetics." Online at Slate, Emily Bazelon has a jurisprudence essay titled "Patently Unfair: The Supreme Court won't let the biotech industry own nature -- which is good for you and me." And At Forbes.com, Steven Salzberg has a blog post titled "Supreme Court Gets Decision Right On Gene Patents, Science Wrong." "U.S. Supreme Court sides with Oklahoma in water case; In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court says a Texas state agency has no right to reach into Oklahoma for a share of water": Chris Casteel of The Oklahoman has this news update. Richard Wolf of USA Today has a news update headlined "Supreme Court sides with Oklahoma in water fight; Decision could impact multistate water compacts that are common throughout the West." Michael Doyle of McClatchy Washington Bureau reports that "Supreme Court plugs up Oklahoma river as water source for Texas." And The Texas Tribune reports that "Supreme Court Backs Oklahoma Over Texas Water District." "'Pattern of misconduct' demands full investigation of Fifth Circuit Judge Edith Jones": This post appears today at the "Justice Watch" blog of the Alliance for Justice. The post links to a letter that the organization's president issued today in support of the judicial misconduct complaint. Posted at 01:42 PM by Howard Bashman "New protest ban for the plaza": Lyle Denniston has this post at "SCOTUSblog." Update: In other coverage, The Associated Press has a report headlined "New anti-demonstration rule at Supreme Court." Toobin predicts that he will end predictions: Politico.com reports that "Jeffrey Toobin pledges to end predictions." Posted at 12:15 PM by Howard Bashman "Supreme Court Rules Human Genes May Not Be Patented": Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this news update. Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has a news update headlined "Supreme Court rules human genes may not be patented." David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has a news update headlined "Supreme Court rules against patenting human genes." Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that "Justices rule human genes cannot be patented; Supreme Court decision is a win for women with genetic risk of breast and ovarian cancers, as well as geneticists and researchers who had criticized a Utah company's exclusive patent." Brent Kendall and Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal have a news update headlined "Supreme Court Says Human Genes Aren't Patentable." Michael Doyle of McClatchy Washington Bureau reports that "Supreme Court rejects patents for natural human genes." Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that "Gene Patents Limited by Court in Mixed Ruling for Myriad." Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that "Supreme Court says naturally occurring human DNA can't be patented." Politico.com reports that "Supreme Court rules genes can't be patented." At "The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times," Tony Mauro has a blog post titled "Supreme Court Rules Natural DNA Not Patentable." At Wired.com's "Threat Level" blog, David Kravets has a post titled "Supreme Court Strikes Down Human Gene Patents." At "SCOTUSblog," Lyle Denniston has a post titled "Opinion recap: No patent on natural gene work." And at Forbes.com, Daniel Fisher has a blog post titled "Supreme Court Rejects Human-Gene Patents -- Sort Of." "DC circuit reviewing judge's alleged misconduct": The Associated Press has a report that begins, "A council of federal judges in Washington will look into a misconduct complaint against a conservative judge who's alleged to have made racially discriminatory comments." My most recent earlier coverage appears here and here. Access online today's rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court in argued cases: The Court today issued four decisions in argued cases. 1. Justice Elena Kagan delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in American Trucking Assns., Inc. v. Los Angeles, No. 11-798. Justice Clarence Thomas issued a concurring opinion. You can access the oral argument via this link. 2. Justice Sonia Sotomayor delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in Tarrant Regional Water Dist. v. Herrmann, No. 11-889. You can access the oral argument via this link. 3. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivered the opinion of the Court in United States v. Davila, No. 12-167. Justice Antonin Scalia issued an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment, in which Justice Thomas joined. You can access the oral argument via this link. 4. And Justice Clarence Thomas delivered the opinion of the Court in Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc., No. 12-398. Justice Scalia issued an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment. You can access the oral argument via this link. In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that "Court says human genes cannot be patented"; "Court sides with Oklahoma in Red River dispute"; and "Court overturns part of port's trucking plan." "Prostitution appeal finally gets its day in court": In today's edition of The Toronto Globe and Mail, Kirk Makin has an article that begins, "Six years and 25,000 pages of evidence after it began, a landmark Charter challenge to the country's prostitution laws reaches the Supreme Court of Canada Thursday." Makin also has a related article headlined "Crown punts sex-for-hire issue to politicians in landmark court battle." And The Canadian Press reports that "Supreme Court to hear prostitution challenge as protesters prepare." "D.C.-based groups bombarded state high court races with ads; Out-of-state groups spent millions to influence voters' supreme court choices": Alan Suderman and Ben Wieder of The Center for Public Integrity have this report today. Posted at 09:55 AM by Howard Bashman "Judge tosses out law banning protests on Supreme Court plaza": Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report. David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that "Ban on demonstrations outside Supreme Court struck down." Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has an article headlined "Free speech outside Supreme Court: Ban on protests in plaza struck down; A 60-year-old statute barring all protest on the marble plaza outside the US Supreme Court is 'irreconcilable with the First Amendment,' a federal judge in Washington ruled." And Tal Kopan of Politico.com has a blog post titled "Ban on Supreme Court protests ruled unconstitutional." "Top court's gay marriage ruling won't be last word": Joan Biskupic of Reuters has this news analysis. Posted at 09:50 AM by Howard Bashman "Obama's Supreme Court Losing Streak: 0-3 in Property Rights Cases": Damon W. Root has this post at Reason.com's "Hit & Run" blog. Posted at 09:48 AM by Howard Bashman "Supreme Court Affirmative Action Ruling Hinges on Kennedy": Ariane de Vogue of ABC News has this report. Posted at 09:20 AM by Howard Bashman "Report: Campaign Contributions Influence State Courts." Zoe Tillman of The National Law Journal has this article. This blog's earlier coverage of the report can be accessed here. "Rare formal review ordered for federal judge": The Houston Chronicle has this report. My most recent earlier coverage appears at this link. "Police Agencies Are Assembling Records of DNA": Joseph Goldstein has this front page article in today's edition of The New York Times. Posted at 08:07 AM by Howard Bashman Wednesday, June 12, 2013 "Federal Plan for 'Morning After' Pill's Sale Is Approved": This article will appear Thursday in The New York Times. Posted at 11:32 PM by Howard Bashman "Transfer of Judicial Misconduct Complaint against Circuit Judge Edith H. Jones": Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. issued this letter today to evidence his transfer of the judicial misconduct complaint to the Judicial Council of the District of Columbia Circuit. Posted at 11:20 PM by Howard Bashman "Medical ethicists say stop Guantanamo force-feeding": Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this report. Posted at 08:55 PM by Howard Bashman "What's Your Hurry?" Linda Greenhouse has this post at the "Opinionator" blog of The New York Times. Posted at 08:37 PM by Howard Bashman "Sotomayor reflects on rise from Bronx to top US court": Chantal Valery of Agence France-Presse has this report. Posted at 05:26 PM by Howard Bashman "Lawsuits over government surveillance languish": The Associated Press has this report. Posted at 05:06 PM by Howard Bashman "Report: Obama Tops in Diversifying Federal Bench." Todd Ruger has this post today at "The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times." And online at USA Today, Doug Kendall has an essay titled "Duh, it is president's job to nominate judges; It is time for the Senate to do its job by confirming D.C. Circuit Court nominees." "Justice O'Connor rails against electing Pa. judges": Jeff Blumenthal of Philadelphia Business Journal has this report. Posted at 05:00 PM by Howard Bashman "What Is Anthony Kennedy Thinking? Why the Supreme Court justice might decide we've been thinking about gay marriage all wrong." Law professor Sonja West has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate. Posted at 04:57 PM by Howard Bashman "Obama Waves White Flag in Contraceptive Battle": This article appears today in The New York Times. Posted at 10:52 AM by Howard Bashman "Bathrooms Are Not Separate-But-Equal; A Maine court case signals the next frontier of civil rights: transgender equality." Law professor Adam Winkler has this essay online today at The New Republic. As The Bangor Daily News recently noted in an article headlined "High court to hear arguments in transgender bathroom case Wednesday," the case is scheduled for oral argument today in the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine. "Judge Strikes Law Banning Demonstrations at Supreme Court": Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal has this report. You can access yesterday's ruling of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia at this link. Update: In other coverage, The Associated Press reports that "Judge sides with arrested Supreme Court protester." At "SCOTUSblog," Lyle Denniston has a post titled "Court plaza ordered open to protests." And Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that "Judge invalidates protest ban on Supreme Court plaza." "Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer on the benefits of educational exchange": Frances Stead Sellers has this post at "The Reliable Source" blog of The Washington Post. Posted at 08:25 AM by Howard Bashman "Supreme court urged to reject challenge to prisoner voting ban; Attorney general asks justices to rule against legal battles by two inmates seeking right to cast ballots in elections": The Guardian (UK) has this report. Posted at 08:23 AM by Howard Bashman "Wide majority opposes race-based college admissions programs, Post-ABC poll finds": Today's edition of The Washington Post contains an article that begins, "Americans overwhelmingly oppose race-based college admissions and support extending federal benefits to same-sex couples, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll that finds broad public agreement on issues awaiting Supreme Court decisions this month." Posted at 08:16 AM by Howard Bashman Tuesday, June 11, 2013 "Business donations to judges' campaigns often equal friendly rulings": Michael Doyle of McClatchy Washington Bureau has an article that begins, "State supreme court justices are favoring the corporate interests that finance their election campaigns, a comprehensive new study concludes." My earlier coverage of the study (PDF) appears at this link. "Appeals court rules man can challenge Oklahoma 'rain god' plate; The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 3-0 that a judge in Oklahoma City erred by throwing out the lawsuit of Keith Cressman, pastor of St. Mark's United Methodist Church in Bethany": The Oklahoman has this news update. And The Associated Press now has a more detailed report headlined "Court: Man can challenge Oklahoma 'rain god' plate." My earlier coverage of today's Tenth Circuit ruling appears at this link. "Serial killer's life may get spared again": 12News of Beaumont, Texas has this report. The Associated Press reports that "Violent Texas man set to die for fireman's slaying." The Austin Chronicle has a report headlined "Chief Judge: New Panel Will Be Assigned to Consider Death Row Appeal; Execution still slated for tomorrow." And at his "Sentencing Law and Policy" blog, Douglas A. Berman has a post titled "Notable capital habeas echo from Firth Circuit after complaint about Judge Jones." You can access today's unpublished reassignment ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit at this link. "Palmer Raids Redux: NSA v civil liberties." Law professor Jeffrey Rosen has this essay online at Reuters. Posted at 03:47 PM by Howard Bashman "Appeals Court Reinstates Lawsuit Over Indian 'God' On Oklahoma License Plate": The Associated Press has a report that begins, "A federal appeals court says Oklahoma's Indian 'rain god' license plate can be challenged on grounds that amounts to a state endorsement of a religion." And at the blog "Turtle Talk," Matthew L.M. Fletcher has a post titled "Tenth Circuit Revives Establishment Clause Challenge to Oklahoma's Indian Arrow License Plate." You can access today's ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit at this link. "Huguely asks for expanded appeal": Frank Green of The Richmond Times-Dispatch has a news update that begins, "Lawyers for George Huguely V, convicted of the slaying of Yeardley Love at the University of Virginia where the two were students, asked the judges of the Virginia Court of Appeals this morning to expand his appeal." Posted at 03:36 PM by Howard Bashman "Guantanamo war court debate: When is a spiral notebook a weapon?" Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this report. Posted at 03:35 PM by Howard Bashman "Justice at Risk: An Empirical Analysis of Campaign Contributions and Judicial Decisions." The American Constitution Society today issued this report (PDF), written by law professor Joanna Shepherd. At The Washington Post's "Wonkblog," Dylan Matthews has a related post titled "When businesses give judges money, they usually get the rulings they want." "Court hears arguments on NYC's big soda ban": The Associated Press has a report that begins "A state appeals court is considering whether to allow New York City to ban oversized sodas and other large sugary drinks at city restaurants as part of its war on diabetes and obesity." And Bloomberg News reports that "Large-Sized Soda Limits Should Be Reinstated, N.Y. Says." "Comic writer's Ghost Rider copyright lawsuit revived on appeal": Bernard Vaughan of Reuters has this report. Bloomberg News reports that "Marvel Must Defend 'Ghost Rider' Copyright, Court Says." And The Associated Press reports that "NY 'Ghost Rider' lawsuit reinstated." My earlier coverage of today's Second Circuit ruling appears at this link. "Calif. readies for possible return of gay marriage": The Associated Press has this report. Posted at 02:22 PM by Howard Bashman "A Small Right-Wing Conspiracy: The Federalist Society; The elite Federalist Society has become one of the most effective conservative groups in the country; How did it happen?" Law professor David Fontana has this essay online today at The Daily Beast. Posted at 02:20 PM by Howard Bashman "United States scales back plans for Guantanamo prosecutions": Jane Sutton of Reuters has this report. Posted at 12:12 PM by Howard Bashman "New Leadership for Federal Courts' Administrative Office": Zoe Tillman has this post today at "The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times." You can access at this link today's news release from the U.S. Supreme Court. "Meet 'Mr. Ali,' Somali Pirate Negotiator": Wired.com's "Danger Room" blog had this post back in June 2009. Now in federal criminal custody, Ali Mohamed Ali is the subject of an interesting piracy-related ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued today. Update: In other coverage, at his "Suits & Sentences" blog, Michael Doyle of McClatchy Washington Bureau has a post titled "Piracy case captivates D.C. Circuit." For those who believe that federal appellate court rulings need to contain more comic book pages: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued this ruling today. Update: In other coverage, at the "Hollywood, Esq." blog of The Hollywood Reporter, Eriq Gardner has a post titled "Marvel's 'Ghost Rider' Legal Victory Overturned; The Second Circuit remands for trial the issue of who holds rights to the popular comic book character." "Judicial Selection Reform: All Over the Map; States are unlikely to reach consensus, so they should aim to reduce role of money, regardless of selection method." Earlier this month, Aaron Bayer had this essay in The National Law Journal. Posted at 10:28 AM by Howard Bashman In news from Afghanistan: The Associated Press reports that "Suicide blast in Kabul kills 14 at Supreme Court." Posted at 10:20 AM by Howard Bashman "Appeals court will consider blocked NYC soda ban on Tuesday": Joseph Ax of Reuters has this report. Posted at 10:17 AM by Howard Bashman "In jurisdiction battle, 3rd Circuit rules for GSK": Terry Baynes of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued last Friday. Posted at 10:06 AM by Howard Bashman "Constitution Check: Will the courts put limits on the government's electronic spying?" Lyle Denniston has this post today at the "Constitution Daily" blog of the National Constitution Center. Posted at 10:00 AM by Howard Bashman "Ninth Circuit Keeps Cards Close in Google Street View Case": Scott Graham of The Recorder has this report. My earlier coverage of yesterday's Ninth Circuit oral argument (audio link) can be accessed here. "Supreme Court bars retroactive application of sentencing guidelines": Robert Barnes has this article today in The Washington Post. Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle reports that "Law OKing pickets on private land stands." And Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has reports headlined "Supreme Court rules in dispute over federal sentencing guidelines; The Supreme Court ruled that a businessman was entitled to be sentenced under a version of sentencing guidelines in effect at the time he committed bank fraud, not the guidelines later enacted"; "Can protesters wave gruesome signs? Supreme Court declines free speech case; Antiabortion protesters waved the signs in public as they targeted a church in Denver; A Colorado court then barred the use of the signs, and on Monday the US Supreme Court refused to examine the free speech issues in the case": and "Are Calif. labor-protest laws constitutional? Supreme Court turns away case; Members of a labor union picketed a non-union grocery store in Sacramento, Calif.; The US Supreme Court declined an appeal challenging the constitutionality of two state laws that allow such picketing." "Exclusive: FBI probing Justice McCaffery over referral fees." Craig R. McCoy has this front page article today in The Philadelphia Inquirer. Posted at 07:38 AM by Howard Bashman Monday, June 10, 2013 "New layer of secrecy at Guantanamo court": Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this report. Posted at 10:27 PM by Howard Bashman "Affirmative Reaction": In today's edition of The New York Times, columnist Bill Keller has an op-ed that begins, "In the coming days the Supreme Court is expected to rule on a case that could further restrict the use of race as a factor in college admissions." Posted at 10:24 PM by Howard Bashman "Spy Court Urged to Unmask Legal Basis for NSA Dragnet Phone Surveillance": David Kravets has this post today at Wired.com's "Threat Level" blog. Posted at 10:22 PM by Howard Bashman "Supreme Court: California raisin growers can challenge marketing rules." Michael Doyle of McClatchy Washington Bureau has this report. And at Reason.com's "Hit & Run" blog, Damon W. Root has a post titled "Unanimous Supreme Court Allows Raisin Farmers to Challenge New Deal-Era Farm Control Law." "Feds to comply with NY morning-after pill ruling": The Associated Press has this report. Update: In other coverage, Tuesday's edition of The New York Times will contain a front page article headlined "U.S. Drops Bid to Limit Sales of Morning-After Pill." And Bloomberg News reports that "Morning-After Pill to Be Sold to All Ages, U.S. Says." "Monsanto Court Win Tosses Patent Suit by Organic Farmers": Bloomberg News has this report. And Reuters reports that "Organic growers lose decision in suit versus Monsanto over seeds." You can access today's ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit at this link. "Penn Law Supreme Court Clinic wins important constitutional case": The University of Pennsylvania Law School issued this news release today. Posted at 08:02 PM by Howard Bashman "Google Seeks Ruling Street View Didn't Break Wiretap Laws": Bloomberg News has this report. And at her "Trial Insider" blog, Pamela A. MacLean has a post titled "Google Says Wi-Fi is Radio." You can access via this link the audio of today's oral argument at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. "Harsher Sentencing Guidelines Can't Be Used for Old Offenses, Justices Say": Adam Liptak will have this article Tuesday in The New York Times. Posted at 07:48 PM by Howard Bashman "Streaming live broadcast television": Michelle Olsen has this new installment of her "Circuit Split Watch" column in today's edition of The National Law Journal. Posted at 07:38 PM by Howard Bashman "Supreme Court orders new hearing for California raisin farmers": David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this news update. And Jeremy P. Jacobs of Greenwire reports that "Justices kick raisin farmer's takings claim back to appeals court." "The Heller Ruling, Five Years On": You can view the video of an event that the Cato Institute hosted last Tuesday by clicking here. Posted at 02:44 PM by Howard Bashman "NSA leaker's father lives in Upper Macungie; Lonnie Snowden and his wife, Karen, aren't talking about Edward Snowden": The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania has this news update. Posted at 01:40 PM by Howard Bashman "Opinion recap: Much more than raisins?" Lyle Denniston has this post at "SCOTUSblog." Posted at 01:16 PM by Howard Bashman "Civil rights case is obstacle for Obama's Labor Department pick; Thomas Perez's nomination to head Labor could founder on GOP criticism of his intervention in a Minnesota civil rights case": David G. Savage and Michael A. Memoli have this article today in The Los Angeles Times. Posted at 01:14 PM by Howard Bashman "Poll shows Californians favor legalizing same-sex marriage; Change in voters' attitudes is 'across the board' -- region, ethnicity, age, religion; The biggest shift is among seniors": Maura Dolan has this front page article today in The Los Angeles Times. Posted at 01:12 PM by Howard Bashman "Cited by a Justice, but Feeling Less Than Honored": Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his "Sidebar" column in Tuesday's edition of The New York Times. Posted at 01:05 PM by Howard Bashman "On Sunday, June 10, CAC Chief Counsel Elizabeth Wydra joined Shannon Bream on FOX News Channel * * * to discuss President Obama's nominees to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals": You can access the video via YouTube by clicking here. Posted at 11:14 AM by Howard Bashman "Justice delayed in Maryland: Priority of the state's new top judge must be a return to the tradition of promptly filed opinions." James B. Astrachan, George W. Liebmann, and Henry R. Lord have this op-ed today in The Baltimore Sun. Posted at 11:11 AM by Howard Bashman "Why'd He Do It? To understand Edward Snowden's motivations, look to Aaron Swartz." Noam Scheiber has this essay online today at The New Republic. Posted at 10:52 AM by Howard Bashman "Attacked on all sides, NLRB is in 'unprecedented' place": Carlyn Kolker of Reuters has this report. Posted at 10:50 AM by Howard Bashman Access online today's rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court in argued cases: The Court today issued three rulings in argued cases. 1. Justice Elena Kagan delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in Oxford Health Plans LLC v. Sutter, No. 12-135. Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. issued a concurring opinion, in which Justice Clarence Thomas joined. You can access the oral argument via this link. 2. Justice Sonia Sotomayor delivered the opinion of the Court in Peugh v. United States, No. 12-62, except for one subsection of the opinion, in which Justice Anthony M. Kennedy did not join. Justice Thomas issued a dissenting opinion, in which Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. and Justices Antonin Scalia and Alito joined. And Justice Alito issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Scalia joined. You can access the oral argument via this link. 3. And Justice Thomas delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in Horne v. Department of Agriculture, No. 12-123. You can access the oral argument via this link. In early news coverage, The Associated Press has reports headlined "Court: Judges can't use new guidelines on old case" and "Calif. raisin farmers win new day in court." Access online today's Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: The Court has posted today's Order List at this link. The Court granted review in one new case. In early news coverage, Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that "BG Gets Top Court Hearing on $185 Million Argentina Award." Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that "U.S. justices agree to hear BG Group arbitration case." And The Associated Press reports that "High court ends torture suit against Rumsfeld." "Three questions for Clarence Thomas": John Blake has this article at CNN.com. Posted at 09:24 AM by Howard Bashman "U.S. Supreme Court may hear Mt. Holly housing case": The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report. Posted at 09:22 AM by Howard Bashman "Culture war creates perils for Supreme Court justices": Juan Williams has this essay online today at The Hill. Posted at 09:20 AM by Howard Bashman "Supreme Court nears rulings on key voting rights cases": The Washington Times has this report. Posted at 09:18 AM by Howard Bashman 
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