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Thursday, February 4, 2010 "Scalia v. The World: On Antonin Scalia." Michael O'Donnell has this book review in the February 22, 2010 issue of The Nation. Posted at 08:47 PM by Howard Bashman "Rulings Leave Online Student Speech Rights Unresolved": David Kravets has this post at Wired.com's "Threat Level" blog. And at "The School Law Blog" of Education Week, Mark Walsh has a post titled "MySpace Parodies of Principals Yield Differing Court Rulings." My earlier coverage of and links to today's Third Circuit rulings can be accessed here and here. "Notes on Justice Kennedy": As I noted in this post from earlier today, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy spoke yesterday at the Pepperdine University School of Law. Attorney Ben Shatz was present at the event, and you can access his notes on Justice Kennedy's remarks via this post at "Southern California Appellate News." "Justice Thomas urges UF law students to avoid cynicism": The Gainesville Sun has this news update. And at "The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times," Tony Mauro has a post titled "Justice Thomas, On the Road Again." "Rulings cloud issue of school MySpace suspensions": The Associated Press has this report. And Paula Reed Ward of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has a news update headlined "Appeals court: MySpace parody is protected speech." My earlier coverage of and links to today's Third Circuit rulings can be accessed here. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit teaches an unforgiving lesson on the consequences of relying on Ninth Circuit precedent: The title of this post is unfair, because in fact the U.S. Supreme Court is to blame for the harsh consequences that the Ninth Circuit was enforced to impose on the appellants in this decision issued today. Posted at 03:18 PM by Howard Bashman "A Conversation with Associate Justice Clarence Thomas": This morning's event at the University of Florida Levin College of Law can now be viewed online, on-demand by clicking here. Posted at 02:33 PM by Howard Bashman U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit today decides two student online free speech cases: Today's ruling by a divided three-judge panel in J.S. v. Blue Mountain School District begins, "This appeal presents a challenge to J.S.'s suspension from Blue Mountain Middle School after she created from her home computer a MySpace.com Internet profile featuring her principal, James McGonigle." And today's ruling by a different, unanimous three-judge panel in Layshock v. Hermitage School District begins, "In this appeal and cross-appeal, we are asked to determine if a school district can punish a student for expressive conduct that originated outside of the classroom, when that conduct did not disturb the school environment and was not related to any school sponsored event." "D.C. Circuit to Ex-Judge in Pants Suit: Follow the Rules." Mike Scarcella has this post today at "The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times." Posted at 02:03 PM by Howard Bashman On remand, Melendez-Diaz benefits from the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Melendez-Diaz: As noted briefly today in The Boston Globe (see third item at this link), yesterday the Massachusetts Appeals Court issued this ruling. Posted at 12:17 PM by Howard Bashman "Illinois top court strikes down medical malpractice caps; Says not moved by Washington health care reform effort": The Chicago Tribune has this news update. And Reuters reports that "Illinois court strikes down malpractice cap law." You can access today's ruling of the Supreme Court of Illinois at this link. "The Court's Witness: An Interview with Linda Greenhouse." This interview appears online at the web site of The Politic (via "Election Law Blog"). Posted at 12:00 PM by Howard Bashman "White House Prepares for Possibility of 2 Supreme Court Vacancies; SCOTUS Watchers Believe Justices Stevens and Ginsburg Could Decide to Step Aside": Ariane de Vogue has this report at ABCNews.com. Posted at 11:57 AM by Howard Bashman "Thomas: Some questioning of Court 'irresponsible.'" The Associated Press has this report. Posted at 11:51 AM by Howard Bashman "High Court To Hear Torture Case": Today in The Daily Journal of California, Lawrence Hurley has an article that begins, "When the question of whether former officials of foreign countries can be sued in American courts for acts of torture goes before the U.S. Supreme Court next month, it will be a landmark moment for a nonprofit legal group in San Francisco." Posted at 11:04 AM by Howard Bashman Josh Blackman is live-blogging Justice Clarence Thomas's remarks at the University of Florida Levin College of Law: You can access the live-blogging by clicking here. And you can view Justice Thomas's remarks live, online by clicking here. Update: The question-and-answer session involving Justice Thomas has concluded just after 11:30 a.m. eastern time. "Why The Plan To Close Guantanamo Backfired": This audio segment appeared on today's broadcast of NPR's "Morning Edition." Posted at 08:30 AM by Howard Bashman "An Unreasonable Delay": Today's edition of The New York Times contains an editorial that begins, "More than a year into his presidency, President Obama's nominee to lead the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel still has not been confirmed by the Senate." And today's edition of The Wall Street Journal contains an editorial entitled "Justice at Dawn: An Obama nominee falls victim to the realities of fighting terrorism." The full text of the editorial is available via Google News. "Brown sisters explain 1954 Supreme Court civil rights case; Pair to dispel myths of landmark case": This article appears today in The Commercial Appeal of Memphis, Tennessee. Posted at 08:26 AM by Howard Bashman "Supreme ambition, jealousy and outrage: The judicial bunfight that stopped an outsider from being appointed to the highest court." Frances Gibb has this essay today in The Times of London. Posted at 08:25 AM by Howard Bashman "Justice Kennedy laments the state of prisons in California, U.S.; Speaking to L.A. lawyers, the Supreme Court jurist blasts the prison guard union's influence, calling it 'sick' but sidesteps questions about the ruling he wrote last month on campaign spending": Carol J. Williams has this article today in The Los Angeles Times. And The Ventura County Star reports today that "Justice injects humor at Pepperdine event." The Pepperdine University School of Law issued a news release headlined "Justice Kennedy Gave Fourth Annual William French Smith Memorial Lecture." You can access more information about the event at this link. "Calif. marriage trial draws friends with briefs": The Associated Press has this report. Posted at 08:14 AM by Howard Bashman "Law school to host Clarence Thomas": The Independent Florida Alligator has this report. At 10:00 a.m. eastern time today, Justice Clarence Thomas is scheduled to speak in the Marshall Criser Distinguished Lecture Series at the University of Florida Levin College of Law. The law school will broadcast Justice Thomas's remarks and question-and-answer session live, online via this link. No Vegemite sandwich for you! The Sydney Morning Herald has a news update headlined "Men at Work's Down Under ripped off Kookaburra: court." And The Associated Press reports that "Court says '80s hit 'Down Under' copies kids' song." The video of the Men at Work song can be accessed here via YouTube,  
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