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Saturday, February 13, 2010 "4th Circuit Vacates $10 million Punitive Damages Award in Discrimination Suit": Mike Scarcella has this post at "The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times" about a lengthy non-precedential ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in which each of the three judges on the panel wrote separately. Posted at 03:10 PM by Howard Bashman "Ten Commandments display will get high court review": Today's edition of The Oklahoman contains an article that begins, "The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled next week to consider the case involving a Ten Commandments monument on Haskell County Courthouse property in Stigler, but the legal discussion got a head start Friday at the University of Oklahoma." Posted at 11:35 AM by Howard Bashman "Why the 'Don't ask, don't tell' policy is doomed": David B. Rivkin Jr. and Lee A. Casey have this op-ed today in The Washington Post. Posted at 11:28 AM by Howard Bashman "State high court will review legality of 'pole tax'": The Houston Chronicle today contains an article that begins, "The Texas Supreme Court has decided to review the legality of charging a $5-per-person 'pole tax' to patrons of strip clubs and other adult entertainment venues, a case that has hinged on whether the government can tax content protected by the First Amendment." The Associated Press reports that "Texas Supreme Court will hear strip-club fee case." And at the "Austin Legal" blog of The Austin American-Statesman, Chuck Lindell has a blog post titled "Supreme Court to hear appeal on strip club 'pole tax.'" "Court hearing argues cell-phone privacy rights": The Philadelphia Inquirer contains this article today. And at "The Volokh Conspiracy," Orin Kerr has a post titled "Thoughts on the Oral Argument in the Third Circuit Cell-Site Records Case." You can access at this link (19.6MB Windows Media audio file) the recording of yesterday's oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. "2008 habeas ruling may pose snag as U.S. weighs indefinite Guantanamo detentions": This article appears today in The Washington Post. Posted at 11:05 AM by Howard Bashman "Insiders: White House quietly preps for possible high court spot." Bill Mears of CNN.com has this report. Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal reports that "Talk Grows of 2 Openings at High Court; White House reportedly preparing for more Supreme Court exits."  
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