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Thursday, June 21, 2012 "Opinion recap: Easing the 'crack' disparity." Lyle Denniston has this post at "SCOTUSblog." Posted at 07:22 PM by Howard Bashman "Boehner says no gloating if health law struck down": The Associated Press has this report. Posted at 06:10 PM by Howard Bashman "Corporations Win Criminal-Fine Limits In Top Court Ruling": Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report. Posted at 06:07 PM by Howard Bashman "DOMA appeal due this month": At "SCOTUSblog," Lyle Denniston has a post that begins, "The House GOP leaders have told a federal court in Connecticut that they plan to go to the Supreme Court by the end of this month with a plea to rule on the constitutionality of the 1996 federal law that bans federal marriage benefits for same-sex couples who are legally married -- a ban that those lawmakers support." Posted at 05:02 PM by Howard Bashman "Opinion recap: TV indecency policy awaits next round." Lyle Denniston has this post at "SCOTUSblog." Posted at 03:20 PM by Howard Bashman "Supreme Court rules against union on nonmember fees": James Vicini of Reuters has this report. Posted at 03:20 PM by Howard Bashman "In hazardous-waste case, justices rule juries must decide criminal fines": Lawrence Hurley of Greenwire has this report. Posted at 03:17 PM by Howard Bashman "Supreme Court Refuses to Say S*** About Legality of Cursing On TV": David Kravets has this post at Wired.com's "Threat Level" blog. Posted at 01:52 PM by Howard Bashman "ABA Urges Senate to Vote on Appellate Judicial Nominees": Todd Ruger has this post at "The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times." And the American Bar Association has issued a news release headlined "ABA Urges Senate Action to Confirm Nominees to the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals." You can access the ABA's letter at this link. James Vicini of Reuters is reporting: He has articles headlined "Supreme Court rules for pipeline operator on penalty" and "Supreme Court extends more lenient penalties in crack cocaine case." Posted at 01:38 PM by Howard Bashman Dissenting Ninth Circuit Judge channels "The Twilight Zone": You can access today's ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link. Posted at 01:28 PM by Howard Bashman "Supreme Court Rejects F.C.C. Fines for Indecency": Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this news update. Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has a news update headlined "Supreme Court overturns FCC sanctions on networks, sidesteps larger issue." David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has a news update headlined "Supreme Court opts for narrow ruling on TV decency, rejects fines." And James Vicini of Reuters reports that "Court rules against FCC in TV profanity, nudity cases." "In a fact pattern befitting a John Grisham novel, FBI agents found a cooler filled with more than $250,000 in cash buried at a private golf course outside Cincinnati." So begins an interesting opinion that Circuit Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton issued today on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Posted at 11:33 AM by Howard Bashman "Supreme Court lets networks off the hook for 'fleeting expletives'": Michael Doyle of McClatchy Newspapers has this report. And Mike Sacks of The Huffington Post reports that "Supreme Court Overturns Fleeting Expletives Ruling, Ducks Larger Issues." "SCOTUS Reporters Make Their Decision-Day Strategies, Entertain Speculation on Case Outcomes": Mark Walsh has this post at ABA Journal's "Law News Now" blog. Posted at 10:35 AM by Howard Bashman Access online today's rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court in argued cases: The Justices announce rulings in reverse order of seniority (from most junior to most senior, ending with the Chief Justice) based on the Justice who wrote the majority opinion or the opinion announcing the judgment of the Court. The Court today issued four rulings in argued cases. 1. Justice Sonia Sotomayor delivered the opinion of the Court in Southern Union Co. v. United States, No. 11-94. Justice Stephen G. Breyer issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Anthony M. Kennedy and Samuel A. Alito, Jr. joined. You can access the oral argument via this link. 2. Justice Alito delivered the opinion of the Court in Knox v. Service Employees, No. 10-1121. Justice Sotomayor issued an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg joined. Justice Breyer issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Elena Kagan joined. You can access the oral argument via this link. 3. Justice Breyer delivered the opinion of the Court in Dorsey v. United States, No. 11-5683. Justice Antonin Scalia issued a dissenting opinion, in which the Chief Justice and Justices Alito and Clarence Thomas joined. You can access the oral argument via this link. 4. Justice Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court in FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc., No. 10-1293. Justice Ginsburg issued an opinion concurring in the judgment. And Justice Sotomayor did not take part in the ruling. You can access the oral argument via this link. In early news coverage, The Associated Press has reports headlined "High court throws out FCC indecency policy"; "High court throws out Southern Union's $18M fine"; "Court: Use new drug sentencing law in crack cases"; and "Court: Union must give fee increase notice." "Spain Supreme Court judge resigns over beach trips": The Associated Press has this report. Posted at 09:56 AM by Howard Bashman "Not Just Insurance Is at Stake; Supreme Court Ruling Will Affect a Wide Range of Firms Beyond Health Sector": This article appears today in The Wall Street Journal. And The New York Times reports today that "Distaste for Health Care Law Reflects Spending on Ads." 
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