"Texas voting in 2012: A three-court puzzle." Lyle Denniston has this post today at "SCOTUSblog."
Posted at 11:00 AM by Howard Bashman

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"Will Justice Kennedy Rescue Texas Republican Redistricting?" Andrew Cohen has this essay online at The Atlantic.
Posted at 10:42 AM by Howard Bashman

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"Law creates barriers to getting care for mentally ill; Forty years ago, a new legal standard for mental health commitment emerged from a Milwaukee lawsuit to become the law of the land; It has proved to be tragically inadequate": This lengthy article, part one in a two-part series, appears today in The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Posted at 10:40 AM by Howard Bashman

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"Supreme Court may weigh in on Arizona immigration law; It would be the second hot political issue, after Obama's healthcare law, the justices could rule on during a presidential election year": David G. Savage has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

And yesterday in The East Valley Tribune of Tempe, Arizona, Howard Fischer had an article headlined "Supreme Court to decide Monday on SB 1070 injunction."
Posted at 10:34 AM by Howard Bashman

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"Americans Favor Televising Supreme Court Healthcare Case; Large majorities of Republicans and Democrats favor cameras in the high court for this case": Gallup issued this news release last Friday.
Posted at 10:32 AM by Howard Bashman

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"Beyond Guantanamo, a Web of Prisons for Terrorism Inmates": Scott Shane has this front page article today in The New York Times.
Posted at 10:22 AM by Howard Bashman

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"Under the U.S. Supreme Court: Free speech and 'touching' Dick Cheney." Michael Kirkland of UPI has this report.
Posted at 10:20 AM by Howard Bashman

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