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Saturday, June 30, 2007 "Schools' legal fight could get more costly; After desegregation defeat, district faces paying 7-figure fees": This article appears today in The Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The Seattle Times reports today that "Ex-Ballard principal says court ruling 'fired me up again.'" And The Louisville Courier-Journal reports that "Ruling evokes memories of busing; Veteran teacher recalls 1970s' tensions." "Court dismisses lawsuit against pastor; Texas preacher not liable for disclosing information from private counseling session": The Austin American-Statesman contains this article today. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports today that "Court says woman can't sue minister." And The Associated Press reports that "State Supreme Court tosses woman's suit against pastor." You can access yesterday's unanimous ruling of the Supreme Court of Texas at this link. "A Privilege Deal: Congress and the White House should avoid a court battle over the U.S. attorneys investigation." This editorial appears today in The Washington Post. Posted at 05:18 PM by Howard Bashman "Justices to Weigh Detainee Rights; In Reversal, Court Agrees to Hear Case": Robert Barnes has this front page article today in The Washington Post. Today in The Los Angeles Times, David G. Savage and Carol J. Williams reports that "High court to reconsider Guantanamo; In a rare reversal of themselves, the justices agree to weigh detainees' right to their day in federal court." The New York Times contains a front page article headlined "In Shift, Justices Agree to Review Detainees' Case." In The Miami Herald, Carol Rosenberg reports that "Bush's antiterror powers to get high-court review; The Supreme Court has set the stage for a third ruling on President Bush's war-on-terror powers to indefinitely detain 'enemy combatants' without traditional recourse to courts." And The Washington Times reports that "Court to review detainees' civilian jurisdiction rights." "High court remains politically divided; More 5-4 rulings mark shift to right": Charlie Savage has this article today in The Boston Globe. Posted at 05:03 PM by Howard Bashman "In Steps Big and Small, Supreme Court Moved Right": Linda Greenhouse will have this lengthy article Sunday in The New York Times. Posted at 04:50 PM by Howard Bashman "A Cautious Right Turn: The Supremes were most united on business cases." This editorial appears today in The Wall Street Journal. Posted at 04:45 PM by Howard Bashman Available online from The American Prospect: Scott Lemieux has an essay entitled "Scalia and Thomas: Originalist Sinners; How Thursday's ruling on school integration gives the lie to the two justices' supposedly devout 'originalism.'" Simon Lazarus has an essay entitled "The Most Activist Court: How progressives should think about and respond to the assaults of the Roberts Court." And Allison Stevens has an essay entitled "Race, Gender, and the Politics of Segregation: What the Supreme Court's school desegregation ruling could mean for women's rights." "Split Decision: The Supreme Court's conservative divide." Law Professor Cass R. Sunstein has this essay online at The New Republic. Posted at 01:45 PM by Howard Bashman "Supremely Bad Decisions": Bruce Shapiro has this essay online at The Nation. Posted at 01:44 PM by Howard Bashman "Roberts Rules: The Supreme Court term ends with a 5-4 decision against racial preferences." Terry Eastland will have this essay in the July 9, 2007 issue of The Weekly Standard. Posted at 01:40 PM by Howard Bashman On today's broadcast of NPR's "Weekend Edition Saturday": The broadcast contained audio segments entitled "The Supreme Court Shifts Direction" (featuring Nina Totenberg) and "Court Case Could Have Big Impact on Detainees." RealPlayer is required to launch these audio segments. Posted at 01:32 PM by Howard Bashman "Schools scramble to shuffle girls sports": The Detroit News today contains an article that begins, "Michigan school officials are scrambling to meet a fall deadline to align boys and girls sports seasons, bringing an end to decades of discrimination against female athletes but creating a passel of headaches." Posted at 01:25 PM by Howard Bashman The Associated Press is reporting: An article headlined "Court Term Ends With Obvious Frustration" begins, "Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer shook his head. He rolled his eyes. He even grimaced once or twice as he listened to Chief Justice John Roberts read the majority opinion in the school diversity case on Thursday." And in other news, "N.H. Repeals Parental Notice of Abortion." "Courting Controversy": In the July 9, 2007 issue of Time magazine, Law Professor Jeffrey Rosen will have an essay that begins, "Ever since Robert Bork was defeated in his 1987 bid for a seat on the Supreme Court, liberals have feared that the court would turn right on the issues they care most about. And this was the year their fears finally began to be vindicated." Posted at 12:44 PM by Howard Bashman  
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