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Wednesday, May 30, 2012 "Court fight over Internet rules likely delayed to 2013": Reuters has this report on a case now pending before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Posted at 11:57 PM by Howard Bashman "Campaign Finance Challenge: Supreme Court Will Consider Direct Challenge to Citizens United Decision With Montana Case." Roll Call has this report. Posted at 11:44 PM by Howard Bashman "Is Citizens United already shrinking?" Tonight at "SCOTUSblog," Lyle Denniston has a post that begins, "Retired Justice John Paul Stevens, a dissenter to the Supreme Court's controversial 2010 decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission on money in politics, said Wednesday that the Court has already begun paring the scope of that decision, and predicted that it very likely will do so further in future cases." In other coverage, Adam Liptak of The New York Times has a blog post titled "Former Justice Stevens Portrays Court as Inconsistent After Citizens United." David G. Savage has a news update headlined "Justice Stevens: Obama right to criticize court ruling on campaign spending." The Associated Press has a report headlined "Stevens: Exception needed to Citizens United case." Pete Williams of NBC News has a blog post titled "Former justice predicts cracks in Citizens United decision." And Arkansas News Bureau has a report headlined "Stevens: Supreme Court may be rethinking Citizens United ruling." You can access the full text of Justice Stevens' remarks at this link. "Clarence Thomas reconciles with Yale after bitter years": Joan Biskupic of Reuters has this report. Posted at 09:10 PM by Howard Bashman "As governor, Mitt Romney backtracked on promised reforms in appointing judges": Jerry Markon and Alice Crites of The Washington Post have this news update. Posted at 04:06 PM by Howard Bashman "Accused killer Pleau in federal custody after arraignment, will be held at Wyatt": Katie Mulvaney of The Providence (R.I.) Journal has a news update that begins, "After a months-long legal battle that led to the U.S. Supreme Court, Jason Pleau was arraigned Wednesday on federal charges that he plotted to rob and then killed gas station manager David Main outside a Woonsocket bank in September 2010." And The Associated Press reports that "Inmate in RI legal tug-of-war pleads not guilty." "Washington Times violates courthouse photo prohibition": Erik Wemple of The Washington Post has this blog post today. Posted at 02:40 PM by Howard Bashman "District courts have several tools for dealing with indigent litigants who abuse the court system. Requiring a party to post a cost bond that the court knows the party cannot afford, however, is not one of those available tools for dismissing or discouraging frivolous suits." So rules a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in a per curiam opinion issued today. Posted at 02:38 PM by Howard Bashman "Minnesota Supreme Court derails tobacco lawsuit": Minnesota Public Radio has this news update. You can access today's ruling of the Supreme Court of Minnesota at this link. "A judge's delayed order ruffles no feathers in the 9th Circuit": Erin Geiger Smith has this report at Alison Frankel's "On the Case" from Thomson Reuters News & Insight. Posted at 01:26 PM by Howard Bashman "Aetna CEO Says Supreme Court Won't Drop Entire Health Law": Bloomberg News has this report. Posted at 01:20 PM by Howard Bashman "Living In the Past: Judicial Recidivism and the Affordable Care Act." Attorney Robert N. Weiner has this guest blog post today at "Balkinization." Posted at 12:11 PM by Howard Bashman "Meat encasement art," on appeal: In a case involving Dietz & Watson, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued this ruling today. Posted at 12:08 PM by Howard Bashman "Court limits Missouri harassment law based on Megan Meier case": The St. Louis Post-Dispatch today contains this article reporting on a ruling that the Supreme Court of Missouri issued yesterday. Posted at 11:26 AM by Howard Bashman "Faculty Q&A: Kendrick Defines Pattern for Supreme Court's First Amendment Jurisprudence." The University of Virginia School of Law has today posted online an item that begins, "Though many critics have pegged the U.S. Supreme Court's First Amendment doctrine as incoherent, the court's opinions have long shown a definable pattern, argues University of Virginia law professor Leslie Kendrick in her latest article." You can access law professor Leslie Kendrick's article "Content Discrimination Revisited" via SSRN. "Class (of One) Conflict": At "PrawfsBlawg," Bill Araiza has a post that begins, "A fascinating set of opinions has been released by the Seventh Circuit in a case dealing with the so-called 'class-of-one' theory of equal protection." My earlier coverage of the en banc Seventh Circuit's recent opinions in the case can be accessed here. "Jennifer Granick to Direct New Civil Liberties Initiative at Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society": Stanford Law School has issued this news release. Posted at 09:47 AM by Howard Bashman "Family may keep autopsy photos private, court says": Today in The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko has an article that begins, "Family members have a constitutional right to keep a loved one's autopsy photos private and can sue law enforcement officers who release the pictures to the news media, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday." And at "The Volokh Conspiracy," Orin Kerr has a post titled "Ninth Circuit Finds Substantive Due Process Right to 'Control Public Dissemination of a Family Member's Death Images.'" My earlier coverage of yesterday's Ninth Circuit ruling can be accessed here. "Thacker sworn in as federal appeals judge": This article appears today in The Charleston (W. Va.) Gazette. Posted at 09:37 AM by Howard Bashman "Louisiana monks go to court to sell their caskets": In today's edition of The Washington Post, Robert Barnes has an article that begins, "Not very long after God told some at St. Joseph Abbey that the way out of financial hardship might be selling the monks' handcrafted caskets, the state of Louisiana arrived with a different message. It was a cease-and-desist order and came with threats of thousands of dollars in fines and possible criminal prosecution." Posted at 08:07 AM by Howard Bashman "Judge Kavanaugh Three-peats Three-Mile Victory": The blog "D.C. Circuit Review" has this post today. Posted at 08:02 AM by Howard Bashman "British Court Clears Way for Extradition of WikiLeaks Founder": The New York Times has a news update that begins, "Britain's highest court ruled on Wednesday that the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, should be deported to Sweden to face allegations of sexual abuse there, the culmination of an 18-month legal battle." The Guardian (UK) has a news update headlined "Julian Assange loses appeal against extradition; WikiLeaks founder's lawyers given 14 days to decide whether to ask supreme court to reopen case, during which extradition will be stayed." The Independent (UK) has a news update headlined "Julian Assange's fight to evade extradition to Sweden appears doomed despite stay of execution." The Associated Press reports that "UK's top court backs extradition of WikiLeaks boss." Reuters reports that "UK court backs Assange extradition to Sweden." And Bloomberg News reports that "WikiLeaks' Assange Loses U.K. Top Court Extradition Case." Today in the case captioned Julian Assange v. Swedish Prosecution Authority, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom issued this ruling. The court also issued a related press summary and a further statement. Tuesday, May 29, 2012 "YLS Professors Judith Resnik and Dennis Curtis Will Speak to Supreme Court Historical Society": Yale Law School issued this news release today. Posted at 10:30 PM by Howard Bashman In the June 2012 issue of ABA Journal magazine: Mark Walsh has an article headlined "Please Plea Me: Court Expands Effective Assistance of Counsel." Stephanie Francis Ward has an article headlined "Preach the Children Well: Employment Lawyers Puzzle over 'Ministerial Exception.'" And Jill Schachner Chanen has an article headlined "You'll Never Guess Who I Met Today: Friendly Encounters Show Justices Are Down-Home Folks." "Group taking Sunday hunting battle to Pa. Supreme Court": This article appears today in The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Posted at 08:14 PM by Howard Bashman "Pelosi predicts court will uphold health-care reform": Josh Richman of The Oakland Tribune has this news update. Posted at 07:54 PM by Howard Bashman "Justice Stevens Dons 'Medal of Freedom'": Jess Bravin has this post at WSJ.com's "Law Blog." Posted at 07:50 PM by Howard Bashman "Colorado Supreme Court to hear oral arguments next week in Ward Churchill's appeal; Justices to review whether fired CU-Boulder professor should get job back": The Boulder Daily Camera has this news update. Posted at 07:48 PM by Howard Bashman "'Let's Go Thunder' copyright claim is rejected by U.S. Supreme Court": The Oklahoman has this news update. Posted at 07:40 PM by Howard Bashman "The Hawaii Supreme Court: A Legacy for Gov. Neil Abercrombie?" Honolulu Civil Beat has this report. Posted at 07:38 PM by Howard Bashman "Circuit Declines En Banc Review of Amex Arbitration Ruling": Mark Hamblett of the New York Law Journal has an article that begins, "The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit will not rehear en banc a decision that holds a class action arbitration waiver provision between American Express and its merchants unenforceable as against public policy." You can access today's order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denying rehearing en banc, together with the concurrence and dissents therefrom, at this link. "Health Care and Constitutional Chaos: Why the Supreme Court Should Uphold the Affordable Care Act." Today at Stanford Law Review Online, professors Eric Segall and Aaron E. Carroll have this essay. Posted at 03:55 PM by Howard Bashman "Supreme Court won't review SPD use of Taser on pregnant woman; The U.S. Supreme Court won't review the case of Malaika Brooks, who was seven months pregnant when she was repeatedly tased by Seattle police during a traffic stop in 2004": The Seattle Times has this news update. Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has an article headlined "Was Taser use on pregnant woman excessive force? Supreme Court declines case; The Supreme Court refused the case of a pregnant woman who was ticketed for speeding in a school zone in Seattle; When she refused to get out of her car, police used a Taser to shock her three times." And at "SCOTUSblog," Lyle Denniston has a post titled "Police power to use stun guns left unclear." "Move to Declassify FISA Court Rulings Yields No Results": This post appears today at the "Secrecy News" blog. Posted at 02:09 PM by Howard Bashman "Are Liberals Trying to Intimidate John Roberts?" Law professor Jeffrey Rosen has this essay online at The New Republic. And at FoxNews.com, law professor Richard W. Garnett has an essay entitled "Liberals' threats to Supreme Court over ObamaCare are a bad (and dumb) idea." "Montana, detainee cases set": Lyle Denniston has this post at "SCOTUSblog." Posted at 01:50 PM by Howard Bashman "We consider whether individuals have a federal privacy right to control public dissemination of a family member's death images." Chief Judge Alex Kozinski wrote an opinion that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel. Posted at 01:48 PM by Howard Bashman "Appellate specialist takes seat on D.C. Court of Appeals": Todd Ruger has this post today at "The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times." Posted at 12:03 PM by Howard Bashman "Supreme Court rules in credit bid bankruptcy case": James Vicini of Reuters has this report. Posted at 11:48 AM by Howard Bashman "Saint-Gobain Rebuffed By Top U.S. Court On Siemens Patent": Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report. Posted at 11:46 AM by Howard Bashman "Carley sworn in as chief justice": Bill Rankin of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has this news update. Posted at 11:45 AM by Howard Bashman The case of the 17-year pretrial detainee: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued this ruling today. Posted at 11:07 AM by Howard Bashman "Supreme Court won't review police Taser use cases": James Vicini of Reuters has this report. Posted at 11:02 AM by Howard Bashman "Clash Over Town's Ten Commandments Monument Highlights Division Over Standing": Nicholas J. Wagoner has this post today at the "Circuit Splits" blog. Posted at 10:45 AM by Howard Bashman "Court Allows Suit Over School Gun Death to Proceed": At the "School Law" blog of Education Week, Mark Walsh has a post that begins, "A ruling by Utah's highest court will allow a lawsuit to go forward against a school district over the accidental gun death of a high school student." Posted at 10:44 AM by Howard Bashman Access online today's Order List and ruling in an argued case of the U.S. Supreme Court: You can access today's Order List at this link. The Court today granted review in one case. Justice Antonin Scalia delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court (with Justice Anthony M. Kennedy not participating) in RadLax Gateway Hotel, LLC v. Amalgamated Bank, No. 11-166. You can access the oral argument via this link. Finally, the Supreme Court issued a summary, per curiam reversal in Coleman v. Johnson, No. 11-1053. In early news coverage, The Associated Press has reports headlined "Court: Judges shouldn't have overturned conviction"; "Court won't review police use of stun guns"; "High court turns down former hostages in Iran"; and "Court won't block suit in Minn. bridge collapse." "Justice Ginsburg should continue to be a vital voice on Supreme Court": Professor Nichola D. Gutgold has this op-ed today in The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania. Posted at 09:36 AM by Howard Bashman "Montana Supreme Court to hear arguments on medical marijuana appeals": This article appears today in The Missoulian. Posted at 09:32 AM by Howard Bashman "Orie Melvin should resign": Today's edition of The Scranton (Pa.) Times Tribune contains an editorial that begins, "Like any other citizen, Joan Orie Melvin is entitled to a constitutionally guaranteed presumption of innocence regarding criminal charges brought against her. But, as a Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice, Justice Orie Melvin is not like any other citizen." Posted at 09:30 AM by Howard Bashman "Constitution Check: Do women have a constitutional right to serve in military combat?" Lyle Denniston has this post today at the "Constitution Daily" blog of the National Constitution Center. Posted at 09:22 AM by Howard Bashman "Overturning or Modifying 'Grutter v. Bollinger?'" Richard Kahlenberg has this post today at the "Innovations" blog of The Chronicle of Higher Education. Posted at 09:18 AM by Howard Bashman "Top UK court to rule on Assange sex case extradition": Reuters has a report that begins, "Britain's Supreme Court will rule on Wednesday on whether to allow WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's extradition to Sweden over alleged sex crimes, the latest chapter in the saga of the self-styled Internet whistleblower and bane of Washington." Posted at 09:14 AM by Howard Bashman "Grassley as a watchdog and as a scold": Today's edition of The Des Moines Register contains an editorial that begins, "Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Ia., has gone after a San Francisco-based federal appeals court for a legal conference at a resort in Hawaii that could cost more than $1 million." Posted at 09:12 AM by Howard Bashman "Supreme Court tipping scales of partisanship": This editorial appears today in The Philadelphia Daily News. Posted at 09:00 AM by Howard Bashman "Philippines Chief Justice Removed Over Finances": The New York Times has this news update. And The Associated Press reports that "Top Philippine judge fired for not declaring $2.4M." Monday, May 28, 2012 "Text-message question headed to Pennsylvania Supreme Court; Cumberland County case could affect how attorneys use e-messages as evidence": Peter Hall will have this article Tuesday in The Allentown Morning Call. Posted at 11:34 PM by Howard Bashman "Millions will feel health care ruling's impact": Tuesday's edition of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review will contain an article that begins, "Audrey Joyce and her family will lose health insurance coverage at the end of June, the same month the Supreme Court is expected to issue a landmark decision on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act." Posted at 11:30 PM by Howard Bashman "Setback for U.S. on DOMA": Lyle Denniston has this post at "SCOTUSblog." Posted at 08:57 PM by Howard Bashman "Supreme Court decision may help city in lacrosse case": The Herald-Sun of Durham, North Carolina has a news update that begins, "An April U.S. Supreme Court ruling bolsters immunity claims from the city and two Durham Police Department detectives who investigated the Duke lacrosse case, lawyers for the city say." Posted at 07:12 PM by Howard Bashman "A Failure of Vigilance": Today's edition of The New York Times contains an editorial that begins, "In the trial of Alex Blueford, an Arkansas jury voted him not guilty on charges of capital and first-degree murder, but deadlocked on lesser charges." Posted at 05:48 PM by Howard Bashman "In Appeal To Latinas, Obama Campaign Touts Anniversary Of Sotomayor Appointment": "Politicker" has this post. Posted at 05:46 PM by Howard Bashman "'Cyberbullying' case pushes the limits of publication bans: Our zeal for anti-bullying witch hunts threatens to protect victims at the price of public information." Emma Teitel has this essay online today at Macleans. Posted at 05:44 PM by Howard Bashman "Are Republicans Bending On 'Obamacare'?" Sahil Kapur has this report at TPM. Posted at 01:00 PM by Howard Bashman "A Judge's Proposal to Curb Prosecutors' Sentencing Power": Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his "Sidebar" column in Tuesday's edition of The New York Times. Posted at 11:26 AM by Howard Bashman "The price of war, well-paid": Law professor G. Edward White had this op-ed in yesterday's edition of The Free Lance-Star of Fredericksburg, Virginia. The newspaper has also published an excerpt from an address delivered by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. on Memorial Day, May 30, 1895 to the graduating class of Harvard University. According to an accompanying editor's note, the address "so impressed Theodore Roosevelt that it was a factor in his nomination of Holmes to the U.S. Supreme Court." "Death row inmate's appeal puts Santa Clara County prosecution team on trial": Howard Mintz has this article today in The San Jose Mercury News. Posted at 10:24 AM by Howard Bashman "Adam Liptak spoke about Supreme Court decisions remaining for the current term, including two highly publicized cases dealing with the Affordable Care Act and the Arizona immigration law." Adam Liptak appeared on Sunday morning's broadcast of C-SPAN's "Washington Journal." You can watch the video online, on-demand by clicking here. Posted at 09:00 AM by Howard Bashman Sunday, May 27, 2012 "A Brief for Justice Kennedy": Columnist Bill Keller will have this op-ed Monday in The New York Times. Posted at 10:08 PM by Howard Bashman "Lawmakers fought court rulings this year": This article appears today in The Baltimore Sun. Posted at 01:50 PM by Howard Bashman "Justices' summer plans point to late June finish": Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report. Posted at 01:07 PM by Howard Bashman "Tennessee judges' dads were in same POW camp": This article appears today in The Knoxville News Sentinel. Posted at 10:02 AM by Howard Bashman "Under the U.S. Supreme Court: Spying on the American public." Michael Kirkland of UPI has this report. Posted at 08:57 AM by Howard Bashman Saturday, May 26, 2012 "State-based insurance marketplaces hang in balance of Supreme Court health-care ruling": This article will appear Sunday in The Washington Post. Posted at 11:02 PM by Howard Bashman "Know-It-Alls Who Say Nothing: A SCOTUS clerk never tells." At New York magazine's web site, Jason Zengerle has an essay that begins, "On Thursday evenings when the Supreme Court is in session, its clerks host one of the world's most rarefied happy hours, gathering for drinks in the building's cafeteria, or, when the weather's nice, in one of the Court's four magisterial courtyards." Posted at 07:18 PM by Howard Bashman "Can State Laws Cohabit With Citizens United?" Lincoln Caplan will have this essay in the Sunday Review section of Sunday's edition of The New York Times. Posted at 07:14 PM by Howard Bashman "High court: No immunity in case of 15-year-old killed by prop gun used in school play." Today's edition of The Deseret News contains an article that begins, "The Utah Supreme Court ruled Friday that a federal lawsuit brought by the family of a boy who was killed while handling a blank-firing prop pistol before a school play can proceed." And The Salt Lake Tribune reports today that "Supreme Court paves way for 'prop gun' lawsuit to move forward; Family of a boy killed during a school production has filed a lawsuit in federal court." You can access yesterday's 3-to-2 ruling of the Supreme Court of Utah at this link. "You Can't Always Choose Your Talents: William Rehnquist, The Novelist." Law professor Kyle Graham has this post at his blog, "noncuratlex.com." Other recent posts of interest at that blog from earlier this month are titled: "From the Library of Congress: Warren Burger Gives Some Advice to Harry Blackmun; William Rehnquist Says Blackmun is a 'Meh' Writer";Via tweet from "Above the Law." Posted at 02:38 PM by Howard Bashman "California refuses to return execution drug to FDA": Bob Egelko has this article today in The San Francisco Chronicle. And The Associated Press reports that "Calif. defies order to turn over execution drug." "Batavia woman can't be sued for fake online relationship": Today's edition of The Kane County Chronicle contains an article that begins, "An Illinois Supreme Court ruling this week will not allow a California woman to sue a Batavia woman for deceiving her in an 18-month online relationship." Today's edition of The Chicago Sun-Times contains an article headlined "Online hoax leads to one conclusion: People are weird." And The Associated Press has a report headlined "Court: Chicago-area woman can't be sued over fake personas." You can access Thursday's ruling of the Supreme Court of Illinois at this link. "Gay marriage: Judge overturns DOMA, stepping up pressure on Supreme Court." The Christian Science Monitor has this report. My earlier coverage of Thursday's ruling appears at this link. "Supreme cuz mugged in Bx." The New York Post has a report that begins, "The cousin of US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor was mugged in The Bronx by two thugs who took her iPhone, a police source said yesterday." Posted at 10:12 AM by Howard Bashman Friday, May 25, 2012 "Liberals put the squeeze to Justice Roberts": Columnist George F. Will has this essay online at The Washington Post. Posted at 11:10 PM by Howard Bashman "After Guantanamo, Starting Anew, in Quiet Anger": Saturday's edition of The New York Times will contain this profile of Lakhdar Boumediene. Posted at 11:07 PM by Howard Bashman "Should Hate Speech Be Outlawed?" Retired Justice John Paul Stevens has this review of the book "The Harm in Hate Speech" by law professor Jeremy Waldron in the June 7, 2012 issue of The New York Review of Books. Posted at 10:55 PM by Howard Bashman "Hey, Liberals, Stop Being So Mean to John Roberts!" Nan Aron has this essay online at The Huffington Post. Posted at 10:48 PM by Howard Bashman "DOJ appeals injunction on import of death penalty drug": Alison Frankel's "On the Case" from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report. Posted at 10:32 PM by Howard Bashman "Appeals court reverses decision on Fargo Ten Commandments monument": The Forum of Fargo, North Dakota has this news update. Terry Baynes of Reuters reports that "8th Circuit revives Ten Commandments challenge." And The Associated Press reports that "Appeals court says ND group's lawsuit on Fargo Ten Commandments monument should move forward." My earlier coverage of today's Eighth Circuit ruling appears at this link. "Robbins Geller Partner Sanford Svetcov is Alive and Kicking": Scott Graham of The Recorder has this report. Posted at 10:09 PM by Howard Bashman "Brownback signs bill that caused sharia flap": The Topeka Capital-Journal has this news update. The Kansas City Star has a news update headlined "Brownback signs bills outlawing foreign laws in courts." And The Associated Press reports that "Kan. gov. signs measure blocking Islamic law." "High Court Shouldn't Hear Madoff Investor Appeal, SEC Say": Bloomberg News has this report. Posted at 05:33 PM by Howard Bashman "FDA Is Appealing Court Bar To Drug Used In Executions": Tom Schoenberg of Bloomberg News has a report that begins, "The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is appealing a federal judge's order that banned the importation of sodium thiopental and its use in executions." Posted at 05:26 PM by Howard Bashman "6th Circuit shifts test for disability discrimination": Terry Baynes of Reuters has this report on a ruling that Circuit Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton issued today on behalf of the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Posted at 04:38 PM by Howard Bashman "UVa law group files federal suit on limits of women in combat": This article appears today in The Daily Progress of Charlottesville, Virginia. The Virginian-Pilot reports today that "Suffolk reservist sues over ban on women in combat." Bloomberg News reports that "Female Soldiers Sue U.S. In Challenge To Combat Limits." The Associated Press reports that "2 female Army officers sue to reverse combat ban." Yesterday, the University of Virginia School of Law issued a news release headlined "Students, Professor Help File Lawsuit on Behalf of Plaintiffs Seeking to Overturn Military Ban on Women in Combat." You can access a copy of the complaint initiating suit at this link. "Tony Mauro, U.S. Supreme Court correspondent for The National Law Journal, was elected Steering Committee chairman of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press at its biannual meeting this week." You can access the complete press release at this link. Posted at 01:03 PM by Howard Bashman "Vote on Oklahoma judicial nominees delayed by GOP; Robert E. Bacharach and John E. Dowdell will get another chance on June 7 for a vote by the Senate Judiciary Committee": Chris Casteel has this article today in The Oklahoman. Posted at 12:56 PM by Howard Bashman "Federal appeals court kicks Tribune's lawsuit against U. of I. to state court; Newspaper seeks to identify parents of applicants who got preferential treatment": This article appears today in The Chicago Tribune. Chief Judge Frank H. Easterbrook issued yesterday's ruling on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Did a city commission's adoption of an ordinance that countermanded the commission's earlier decision to remove from municipal property a Ten Commandments monument imbue the monument with an impermissible religious symbolism that had earlier been judicially declared not to exist? A Ten Commandments monument that the Fraternal Order of Eagles donated to the City of Fargo in 1958 is the subject of a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued today. Posted at 11:57 AM by Howard Bashman "Texas toast," on appeal: One might expect that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit would be the federal appellate court to decide an appeal concerning "Texas toast." Be that as it may, today's ruling on the subject issued from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Posted at 11:42 AM by Howard Bashman "Pom Uses Ad to Answer Judge's Order": The New York Times has this news update. Posted at 09:16 AM by Howard Bashman "Defense of Marriage Act: 2nd judge overturns law." Bob Egelko has this article today in The San Francisco Chronicle. Bay City News Service reports that "Judge strikes down Defense of Marriage Act provision in state employees' case." And Chris Geidner has a blog post titled "Federal Judge Rules DOMA, Tax Code Force Unconstitutional Treatment For Same-Sex Couples." You can access yesterday's ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California at this link. "John Edwards verdict could become part of Citizens United backlash; A diverse panel of North Carolinians is currently considering whether John Edwards committed campaign fraud in 2008, but the verdict could also reverberate nationally if it is at odds with the Supreme Court's landmark Citizens United ruling": The Christian Science Monitor has this report. Posted at 08:46 AM by Howard Bashman "Gov. Christie's N.J. Supreme Court nominee: Is he best for the job?" This editorial appears today in The Newark Star-Ledger. Posted at 08:45 AM by Howard Bashman Indian Country Today is reporting: The publication has articles headlined "Senate Carcieri Report Blames Supreme Court for Mess in Indian Country" and "Supreme Court Sets Date in Ward Churchill Case for June 7." Posted at 08:30 AM by Howard Bashman "The Liberal Legal Meltdown Over ObamaCare: If supporters of mandatory insurance were as confident of its merits as they claim to be, they would offer legal arguments, not moral accusations." Law professor Michael W. McConnell has this op-ed today in The Wall Street Journal. You can freely access the full text via Google News. Posted at 08:22 AM by Howard Bashman "Sisters' Woes Jolt Pittsburgh; Probes Entangle Supreme Court Justice, State Senator, Both of Prominent Family": This article appeared Wednesday in The Wall Street Journal. And in today's edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer, law professor Bruce Ledewitz has an op-ed entitled "High court's suspension of Orie Melvin is dubious." Thursday, May 24, 2012 "Prosecutors urge Guantanamo judge not to split up 9/11 trial; The war court prosecutor says early pre-trial scheduling conflicts don't necessitate splitting up the trial of five men accused of orchestrating the Sept. 11 attacks": Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this news update. Posted at 10:45 PM by Howard Bashman "Gov. Christie criticizes state senator amid Supreme Court nominee issue": The Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger has this news update. Posted at 10:42 PM by Howard Bashman "Supreme Court says double jeopardy does not protect against murder retrial": Robert Barnes will have this article Friday in The Washington Post. And in Friday's edition of The Los Angeles Times, David G. Savage will have an article headlined "Supreme Court limits protection against double jeopardy; Justices rule that a jury's unanimous but tentative vote to acquit a defendant on some charges does not count as a verdict; It means an Arkansas man can be retried." "A Way Out of the Same-Sex Marriage Mess": Law professor Mae Kuykendall has this op-ed today in The New York Times. Posted at 10:36 PM by Howard Bashman "Smoky transformer fire forces evacuation of federal courthouse in Boston; building will remain closed Friday": The Boston Globe has this news update. The home page of the web site of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit contains a message across the top of the page stating that "The Moakley Courthouse will be closed Friday, May 25. A fire emergency has occurred in the Courthouse." "U.S. Supreme Court denies request for stay in Pleau case": The Providence (R.I.) Journal has this news update. Posted at 07:58 PM by Howard Bashman "Obama admin. asks justices not to take up logging-road case": Lawrence Hurley of Greenwire has this report. Posted at 06:20 PM by Howard Bashman "High court upholds record Lemon Law award": Bruce Vielmetti of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has a news update that begins, "Wisconsin's Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a $482,000 verdict against Mercedes-Benz that likely will be the largest such award in state Lemon Law history, once interest and fees are added." And The Associated Press reports that "Wis. Supreme Court upholds lemon law verdict." You can access today's ruling of the Supreme Court of Wisconsin at this link. "Charges Jury Rejected Can Be Retried, Justices Say": Adam Liptak will have this article Friday in The New York Times. Posted at 05:30 PM by Howard Bashman "Conservatives worry that John Roberts will 'go wobbly' on 'Obamacare'": Michael McGough has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times. Posted at 04:26 PM by Howard Bashman "Supreme Court Allows Arkansas Second Shot At Murder Trial In Double Jeopardy Dispute": Mike Sacks of The Huffington Post has this report. David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has a news update headlined "Double jeopardy issue: High court OKs some trials after acquittal." And Peter Urban of Stephens Washington Bureau has an article headlined "U.S. Supreme Court: Jacksonville man can be tried again." "Mortgage Closing Overcharge Suits Curbed By High Court": Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report. Posted at 12:06 PM by Howard Bashman "Supreme Court allows murder retrial after jury deadlock": James Vicini of Reuters has this report. Posted at 12:05 PM by Howard Bashman "Anthony misjudged a curve in the road and, perhaps, his ability to operate a motorcycle after consuming alcohol. LINA's attempts to define this accident as something else are unavailing and an abuse of its discretion." An insurance company's denial of accidental death benefits under a life insurance policy governed by ERISA gives rise to a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued today. Posted at 11:32 AM by Howard Bashman "What a Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Can Teach Us About Obamacare: Ronald Coase's example of farmers and ranchers shows that the insurance is mandate about responsibility, not liberty." Kevin Caves and law professor Einer Elhauge have this post online at The Atlantic. Posted at 11:24 AM by Howard Bashman "Occupy the Docket: How the Supreme Court Selects the 1%." Nicholas J. Wagoner has this post today at the "Circuit Splits" blog. Posted at 10:15 AM by Howard Bashman Access online today's rulings in argued cases of the U.S. Supreme Court: Justice Antonin Scalia delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in Freeman v. Quicken Loans, Inc., No. 10-1042. You can access the oral argument via this link. And Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court in Blueford v. Arkansas, No. 10-1320. Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Elena Kagan joined. You can access the oral argument via this link. Update: In early news coverage, The Associated Press has a report headlined "Court: Families cannot sue over loan discount fee." "Justices uphold state smoking ban; Harrison West bar's challenge rejected; state can pursue $2.5 million in outstanding fines": This article appears today in The Columbus Dispatch. The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports today that "Ohio Supreme Court upholds state's indoor smoking ban." Jim Provance of The Toledo Blade reports that "Smoking ban upheld by justices; Ohio Supreme Court rules unanimously." And Dan Horn of The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that "Ban upheld but enforcement hazy; Violators still don't pay most fines." You can access yesterday's ruling of the Supreme Court of Ohio at this link. In addition, the court's Public Information Office issued a news release headlined "Supreme Court Upholds Ohio's Smoke Free Workplace Law; Enforcement of Law Against Columbus Tavern Is Not Unconstitutional 'Taking' of Property." "Dems, GOP Face Firestorm If Court Tosses ObamaCare": Investor's Business Daily has this report. Posted at 08:03 AM by Howard Bashman "High court pick has 'his work cut out for him'": The Record of Bergen County, New Jersey today contains an article that begins, "His nomination has yet to be heard, but already Democratic leaders have dismissed the first openly gay man picked for the Supreme Court, civil rights advocates are softening their support for him and Republicans are left struggling to prevent a second rejection of Governor Christie's nominees." Posted at 08:02 AM by Howard Bashman "GOP activist asks tenure panel to review judge's real estate transactions": In today's edition of The Detroit Free Press, Dawson Bell has an article that begins, "A veteran Republican activist and court watcher asked the Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission to investigate a series of real estate transactions conducted by state Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway that he said appear to have been unethical, if not illegal." Posted at 08:00 AM by Howard Bashman "Step down: Justice Joan Orie Melvin has compromised the integrity of the state's Supreme Court." This editorial appears today in The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Posted at 07:58 AM by Howard Bashman "Admissions Goes to Court": The Harvard Crimson has a report that begins, "As attorneys representing the University of Texas prepare to defend the school's affirmative action policies before the Supreme Court this fall, they face an uphill battle. Legal experts say that the Roberts Court is poised to rule against Texas' policies aimed at increasing racial diversity. The attorneys reporting to Texas are also indirectly defending Harvard, which originally laid the groundwork for affirmative action as it is used today." Posted at 07:54 AM by Howard Bashman "Is Justice Ginsburg Risking the Future of the Supreme Court? The calls for her retirement started last year -- she's nearly 80 and a two-time cancer survivor -- but Ruth Bader Ginsburg isn't going anywhere." Chris Geidner has this essay online at The Daily Beast. Posted at 07:40 AM by Howard Bashman "6 Va. men retracing John Marshall's 1812 journey": The Associated Press has this report. And in local coverage, The News & Advance of Lynchburg, Virginia reports that "Lynchburg-based batteau expedition tackles New River Gorge whitewater." Wednesday, May 23, 2012 "9/11 accused want Obama, Bush testimony at Guantanamo; Lawyers for the alleged Sept. 11 conspirators are seeking testimony from presidents and others as part of a pretrial motion to get the case dismissed on grounds of unlawful political influence by senior U.S. officials": Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this news update. And at his "Under the Radar" blog at Politico.com, Josh Gerstein has a post titled "Judge demands Guantanamo videos." Lyle Denniston of "SCOTUSblog" is reporting: Today, he has posts titled "Money, politics and Citizens United's fate" and "New dispute over death sentencing." In related coverage of the second post, The Providence Journal has a news update headlined "R.I. Gov. Chafee, accused killer seek U.S. Supreme Court relief." "Justice Stratton says it's time to go": This article appears today in The Columbus Dispatch. In today's edition of The Toledo Blade, Jim Provance has an article headlined "Stratton to leave Ohio's top court; Justice to advocate on mental health, adoption, other issues." And The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that "Ohio Supreme Court Justice Evelyn Lundberg Stratton to retire midway through term." "Katyal to Class of 2012: Integrity, Ability to Listen Are Key to a Successful Career." Yesterday, the University of Virginia School of Law issued this news release (accompanied by video and a podcast). Posted at 10:09 PM by Howard Bashman "US appeals court clarifies piracy definition": The Associated Press has a report that begins, "A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday on the legal definition of piracy, saying an armed attack on a U.S. vessel can be considered piracy even if no one ever boards or robs the ship." Terry Baynes of Reuters has an article headlined "Piracy includes failed attempts -- court." And at "walshslaw," Kevin C. Walsh has a blog post titled "Somali pirates lose on appeal: Fourth Circuit affirms piracy convictions in U.S.S. Nicholas prosecution and reverses dismissal of piracy count in U.S.S. Ashland prosecution." You can access today's ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at this link. And you can access at this link a second, related Fourth Circuit ruling that issued today. "GOP senators questioning Maui judicial conference": The Maui News has this report. And Politico.com has a blog post titled "Inouye defends Maui court conference." "Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber, lists himself in Harvard 1962 alumni report; says 'awards' include eight life sentences": The Boston Globe has this news update. Posted at 03:42 PM by Howard Bashman "Justice Scalia Comes Home to the Law School": Jerry de Jaager has this article in the Spring 2012 issue of the alumni magazine of The University of Chicago Law School. Posted at 03:33 PM by Howard Bashman "11th Circuit chief will wait on senior status": Alyson M. Palmer has this article today in The Fulton County Daily Report. Posted at 03:18 PM by Howard Bashman "Controversial Instructions at Core of Edwards Case": John Schwartz will have this article Thursday in The New York Times. Posted at 03:02 PM by Howard Bashman Programming note: A trip to the Pennsylvania Judicial Center in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in connection with an appeal that I am working on will have me away from the computer for a while. Additional posts should appear here later this afternoon. Posted at 08:24 AM by Howard Bashman "Obama Health Care Hangs On Clause Queried By U.S. Court": Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has an article that begins, "When the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the justices said next to nothing about racial equality, the ideal that drove the landmark law's enactment. Instead, the court cited the constitutional clause that lets Congress regulate interstate commerce, saying the law barred discrimination at hotels and restaurants used by travelers moving across state lines." Posted at 07:54 AM by Howard Bashman "Gov. Christie's N.J. Supreme Court nominee will not clear Senate Judiciary Committee, sources say": In today's edition of The Newark Star-Ledger, MaryAnn Spoto has an article that begins, "The nomination of Mayor Bruce Harris of Chatham Borough to the state Supreme Court appears doomed because he does not have enough votes to clear the Senate Judiciary Committee next Thursday, sources familiar with the panel's deliberations told The Star-Ledger." Posted at 07:50 AM by Howard Bashman "State Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin's preliminary hearing moved to June 8": The Associated Press has this report. The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports today that "Pa. Court of Judicial Discipline to decide on Melvin's pay." And today's edition of The Philadelphia Daily News contains an essay by Ed Weiner entitled "Justice Joan Orie Melvin's been indicted. She has to go." "The Barnes and the (new) purpose of art": Tyler Green has this post at the "Modern Art Notes" blog. And a blog created "in order to keep track of the differences between the art as it was, in Merion, and as it is, in Philadelphia" is titled "NewBarnesFoundation." Tuesday, May 22, 2012 "Steve Bullock, Montana Attorney General, Takes A Stand In Citizens United Sequel": Mike Sacks of The Huffington Post has this report. Posted at 11:44 PM by Howard Bashman "Race bias in voting: The next round." Lyle Denniston has this post at "SCOTUSblog." Posted at 09:07 PM by Howard Bashman "GOP senators question judicial conference on Maui": The Associated Press has a report that begins, "Hawaii officials defended the islands Tuesday as a place of business amid criticism from two key U.S. senators who questioned the decision to hold an upcoming conference for federal judges on Maui." Posted at 09:00 PM by Howard Bashman "Montana Attorney General Race Rocked By Out-Of-State Corporate Donations In Wake Of Citizens United": Matt Sledge of The Huffington Post has this report. Posted at 05:12 PM by Howard Bashman "Appeals court rejects Arlington County dog day care center's sign ordinance challenge": The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued today. Posted at 05:09 PM by Howard Bashman "Targeting John Roberts: The left tries to intimidate the High Court on ObamaCare." This editorial appears today in The Wall Street Journal. Posted at 04:20 PM by Howard Bashman "SCOTUS to Federal Circuit: Think harder about what's patentable." Alison Frankel's "On the Case" from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report. Posted at 04:11 PM by Howard Bashman "San Francisco gay marriage case goes to federal appeals court in September": Howard Mintz of The San Jose Mercury News has an update that begins, "A federal appeals court will hear arguments in September in a legal challenge to the federal ban on same-sex marriage benefits." You can access today's order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denying the petition for initial hearing en banc in Golinski v. US OPM at this link. "Appeals court upholds historic Cobell settlement": Lawrence Hurley of Greenwire has this report. And The Associated Press reports that "$3.4 billion Indian land royalty settlement upheld." "Corporations Are People, Too: Jeffrey Toobin plays fast and loose in his assault on Citizens United." Law professor Richard A. Epstein has this essay online today at the "Defining Ideas" site of the Hoover Institution. Posted at 03:04 PM by Howard Bashman "Supreme Court rules twins conceived posthumously can't get Social Security benefits": Robert Barnes has this article today in The Washington Post. In today's edition of The Los Angeles Times, David G. Savage has an article headlined "Supreme Court rejects widow's claim in Social Security case; Children conceived in vitro from her late husband's sperm are not automatically entitled to survivors benefits, justices agree; The court also rules in an immigration case." And Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that "Justices Deny Benefits to In-Vitro Twins." "Bush Era Surveillance Program Headed to Supreme Court": This audio segment featuring Adam Liptak appeared on today's broadcast of "The Takaway." In today's edition of The Washington Post, Robert Barnes reports that "Supreme Court agrees to hear case on electronic surveillance." And Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has an article headlined "Can US group challenge overseas surveillance act? Supreme Court to decide; The US Supreme Court agreed to examine whether a group of US-based lawyers, activists, and journalists can challenge a Bush-era law authorizing broad surveillance overseas." "Court upholds $3.4 billion Native American deal": James Vicini of Reuters has this report. My earlier coverage of today's D.C. Circuit ruling appears at this link. "Chuck Grassley grilled over court criticism": Politico.com has this report. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports today that "GOP senators question court conference in isles; Despite the APEC session, Hawaii's image as a resort destination remains a problem" (subscription required). Hawaii News Now reports that "Judges conference in Maui scrutinized." And Honolulu Civil Beat reports that "Ninth Circuit Maui Trip Draws Criticism." "Former Solicitor General, a 'Modest Superstar,' Given Rex Lee Advocacy Award": Todd Ruger has this post at "The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times." And at her "Appellate Daily" blog, Michelle Olsen has a post titled "Garre Receives Rex Lee Award, Thanks Two Chief Justices." Unanimous three-judge D.C. Circuit panel rejects challenge to federal district court's approval of Cobell Indian Trust class action settlement: You can access today's ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link. In early news coverage, Mike Scarcella has a post titled "D.C. Circuit Upholds $3.4B Native American Class Settlement" at "The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times." "Taser Pain May Be Considered by Supreme Court as Excessive Force": Ariane de Vogue of ABC News has this report. Posted at 11:06 AM by Howard Bashman "Supreme Court refuses to hear music downloading appeal": This article appears today in The Boston Globe. And The Harvard Crimson reports today that "Court Rejects Downloads Case." "Do We Still Need the Voting Rights Act?" Jeffrey Toobin has this blog post online today at The New Yorker. Posted at 08:54 AM by Howard Bashman "Could vacant 11th Circuit seat allow compromise? Edmondson's taking senior status could let Obama, Ga. senators pick Jill Pryor and Mark Cohen; lawyer is doubtful deal would happen." Alyson M. Palmer has this article today in The Fulton County Daily Report. Posted at 08:45 AM by Howard Bashman "Senate OKs Paul Watford for federal appeals court": Bob Egelko has this article today in The San Francisco Chronicle. And Scott Graham of The Recorder reports that "Senate Confirms Watford for 9th Circuit Seat." "Joan Orie Melvin claims a political vendetta": Today's edition of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette contains an article that begins, "In the weeks leading up to Friday's indictment of state Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin, an attorney for the justice sought to have a member of the state Judicial Conduct Board recuse himself, claiming he had a connection to Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr." You can access at this link the formal charges that the Pennsylvania Judicial Conduct Board issued last Friday against Pa. Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin. And in other coverage, yesterday Jeff Blumenthal of the Philadelphia Business Journal had a blog post titled "Pa. bar chief doesn't call for Melvin resignation." Monday, May 21, 2012 "Republicans challenge appeals court meeting in Maui": Thomas Ferraro of Reuters has this report. Posted at 10:42 PM by Howard Bashman "Appeals court refuses to delay surrender of Jason Pleau to federal authorities": The Providence (R.I.) Journal has this news update. You can access today's order of the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit at this link. "Senate Confirms Paul J. Watford to Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals": The Public Information Office of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has issued this news release. Posted at 08:11 PM by Howard Bashman "Accused 9/11 planners might get separate Guantanamo trials; The judge in the legal proceeding against five men accused of having roles in the 9/11 terror attacks is considering whether to separate the trials": Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this news update. Posted at 07:45 PM by Howard Bashman "Senators target U.S. judges' tropical get-together": Howard Mintz of The San Jose Mercury News has this update. Breitbart News has reports headlined "Exclusive: 9th Circuit Takes Plush Maui Vacation At Taxpayer Expense, As Others Cut Back" and "Breitbart News Expose of Plush Ninth Circuit Trip Forces Court Response." Today's edition of The New York Post contains an article headlined "Judges' alo-ha! at taxpayers." Roll Call has a news update headlined "Grassley, Sessions Question Judicial Conference in Hawaii." "The Note" blog from ABC News has a post titled "GOP Blasts Million Dollar Judicial Conference in Hawaii." Politico has a blog post titled "Judges' Maui conference: Shades of Vegas?" The Hill has a blog post titled "GOP blasts $1 million Hawaii conference for judges in wake of GSA scandal." And the "Main Justice" blog has a post titled "Senators Question Price Tag for Maui Judicial Conference." By a vote of 61-to-34, the U.S. Senate has confirmed Paul J. Watford to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit: You can access the official roll call vote tally at this link. Earlier today, McClatchy Newspapers published an essay by law professor Carl Tobias entitled "Time to fill Ninth Circuit vacancies." "Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens spoke at the American Law Institute annual meeting." C-SPAN has posted at this link the video of the retired Justice's remarks earlier today. Posted at 05:49 PM by Howard Bashman "Supreme Court Decides On Deportation, Takes Up Wiretapping": Mike Sacks of The Huffington Post has this report. Posted at 05:46 PM by Howard Bashman "2nd Circuit shields CIA interrogation documents": Terry Baynes of Reuters has a report that begins, "The Central Intelligence Agency does not have to disclose records of interrogation techniques used against terrorism suspects in 2002, a federal appeals court ruled on Monday." And Bill Mears of CNN.com reports that "Court blocks release of CIA interrogation methods." You can access today's ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link. "Disabled rights not violated when pot shops closed, court rules": Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times has this blog post reporting on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today. Posted at 05:32 PM by Howard Bashman "Professor Makes the Case That Google Is a Publisher": Law professor Eugene Volokh -- a founder of "The Volokh Conspiracy" blog -- is the focus of this article published today in The New York Times. Demonstrating the broad swath of "The Volokh Conspiracy," the article concludes with several paragraphs offering law professor Stuart M. Benjamin's take on Volokh's paper, without bothering to note that Benjamin is himself listed as a contributor to "The Volokh Conspiracy" blog. "Senators Question Ninth Circuit over Hawaii Conference": At WSJ.com's "Law Blog," Joe Palazzolo has this post reporting on a letter that the Ranking Members of the U.S. Senate's Budget and Judiciary Committees sent last Friday to Ninth Circuit Chief Judge Alex Kozinski. And at "The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times," Todd Ruger has a post titled "GOP Senators Compare Planned Ninth Circuit Conference in Hawaii to 'Vacation.'" The Ninth Circuit's initial response to the letter issued today in the form of a "Statement from Circuit and Court of Appeals Executive Cathy A. Catterson Regarding the Inquiry from Senators Grassley and Sessions." "Children Not Entitled to Dead Father's Benefits, Justices Rule": Adam Liptak 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: In vitro children might not be due benefits." Jesse J. Holland of The Associated Press reports that "Twins conceived after dad died won't get benefits." James Vicini of Reuters reports that "Supreme Court decides in vitro fertilization benefits." And Bill Mears of CNN.com reports that "Justices deny benefits for child conceived after death of a parent." "Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case on Surveillance": Adam Liptak will have this article Tuesday in The New York Times. Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that "High court will take up wiretaps lawsuit." James Vicini of Reuters reports that "Supreme Court to hear U.S. govt. eavesdropping appeal." Bloomberg News reports that "Supreme Court To Consider Suit Challenging Wiretap Law." At Wired.com's "Threat Level" blog, David Kravets has a post titled "High Court to Hear Warrantless Eavesdropping Challenge." And at "SCOTUSblog," Lyle Denniston has a post titled "Narrow review of global wiretaps." My earlier coverage of the Second Circuit's 6-to-6 denial of rehearing en banc in this case can be accessed here. "Supreme Court Lets Stand $675,000 File-Sharing Verdict": David Kravets has this post at Wired.com's "Threat Level" blog. The Associated Press reports that "Court won't reduce student's music download fine." And Bloomberg News reports that "Music Downloading Damages Left Intact By U.S. High Court." Programming note: Today, I will be traveling back and forth to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania to meet with trial counsel in an appeal on which I am working. At 10 a.m. eastern time today, the U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to issue an Order List and one or more opinions in argued cases. Once the Court posts the Order List online, you should be able to access it via this link. And the Court posts links to its newest opinions at this page once they are announced. As always, "SCOTUSblog" plans to provide timely coverage of this morning's activities at the Court. Additional posts will appear here later today. Readers of this blog can now use Twitter to be notified of new posts: Last Thursday, the "How Appealing" blog finally acquired a Twitter feed, @howappealing. New posts published here will automatically appear as tweets, so if you prefer to be notified of new posts using Twitter, you can now do so by following this blog at twitter.com/howappealing. "Retired Supreme Court Justice Stevens Addresses Law Conference": C-SPAN plans to broadcast the address live starting at 2 p.m. eastern time today. Posted at 06:47 AM by Howard Bashman "Why the Law Will Eventually 'Evolve' on Gay Marriage Just Like Obama Did": Law professor Jeffrey Rosen has this essay online at The New Republic. Posted at 06:45 AM by Howard Bashman  
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