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Wednesday, March 7, 2012 "Accidental Heroines": Linda Greenhouse has this post at the "Opinionator" blog of The New York Times. Posted at 11:02 PM by Howard Bashman "Arizona sheriff's pink-underwear policy may be unconstitutional--court": Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today. Posted at 08:33 PM by Howard Bashman "Judge should have withdrawn from Shell Oil case -- court": Terry Baynes of Reuters has this report. My earlier coverage of today's Federal Circuit ruling appears at this link. "FBI chief describes GPS problem from court ruling": Pete Yost of The Associated Press has this report. Posted at 03:50 PM by Howard Bashman "What's the question? Two sides in Toyota can't agree on 'economic loss.'" Erin Geiger Smith has this report at Alison Frankel's "On the Case" from Thomson Reuters News & Insight. Posted at 02:42 PM by Howard Bashman "Seventh Circuit Panel Invites En Banc Petition Regarding Reassignment": At his "Disability Law" blog, law professor Samuel R. Bagenstos has a post that begins, "As ADA mavens know, there is a persistent conflict in the circuits regarding the scope of an employer's duty, as a reasonable accommodation, to reassign an employee with a disability to a vacant position." You can access today's Seventh Circuit ruling at this link. "9th Circuit to begin review of Cebull incident": The Billings (Mont.) Gazette has this report. The Great Falls Tribune reports that "Top Democrats call for House hearing on Cebull." And The Hill has a blog post titled "Democratic congressman pushes federal judge to resign over forwarding racist email." "Affirmative action fight goes on": Today's edition of USA Today contains an article that begins, "Affirmative action in college admissions is back on the national radar as the Supreme Court is likely to hear a case involving the University of Texas this year. But a high court ruling may not settle this divisive debate." Posted at 12:22 PM by Howard Bashman De novo appellate review does not automatically render harmless a federal judge's failure to recuse due to a spouse's ownership of stock in a litigant, the Federal Circuit has ruled: You can access today's interesting ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit at this link. Posted at 12:20 PM by Howard Bashman "Antonin Scalia's ObamaCare Problem: The Obama administration repeatedly cites the conservative Supreme Court justice in defense of its health care overhaul." Damon W. Root has this essay online at Reason. Posted at 10:14 AM by Howard Bashman "Court to debate Mich. affirmative action ban; Case stems from suit against consideration of race in admissions": Today's edition of The Detroit News contains a front page article that begins, "Michigan's 5-year-old affirmative action ban will be debated today before a federal appeals court in a case that pits those who say the law embodies the spirit of America's equal opportunities against those who say it undermines diversity and democracy." Posted at 10:09 AM by Howard Bashman "Appeals court rules against mistress in alienation of affection lawsuit": This article appears today in The Winston-Salem Journal. You can access yesterday's ruling of the Court of Appeals is North Carolina at this link. "It's Not Just Citizens United": Alan B. Morrison has this essay online at The Huffington Post. Posted at 08:15 AM by Howard Bashman "US Supreme Court Looking At New York Rent Control: UWS Building The Focus Of Constitutional Debate." The Huffington Post has this report. Posted at 08:14 AM by Howard Bashman "The Arch Conservative Who Holds The Key To A Supreme Court Obamacare Victory": Rick Ungar has this essay online at Forbes. Posted at 08:12 AM by Howard Bashman "Supreme Court wades into Springfield's soap opera": This article appears today in The Savannah (Ga.) Morning News. Posted at 08:11 AM by Howard Bashman "Scuttle SCOTUS's life tenure": Law professor Herman Schwartz has this essay at Politico.com. Posted at 08:09 AM by Howard Bashman "Casino license row heads to top court; Lawyers will argue their cases today": This article appears today in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Posted at 08:05 AM by Howard Bashman "U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas visits Wake Forest law school": Wake Forest University's School of Law issued this news release yesterday. Posted at 08:04 AM by Howard Bashman "Wesleyan students to protest Scalia visit": This article appears today in The Middletown (Conn.) Press. Related commentary appears in The Wesleyan Argus. Posted at 08:02 AM by Howard Bashman "Durbin demands Supreme Court televise its proceedings": The Hill has this blog post. Posted at 07:52 AM by Howard Bashman 
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