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"The Last Line of Defense: An unlikely crusader, Diana Holt wages a heroic, long-odds battle against the death penalty."

2012-02-09T14:27:44Z

"The Last Line of Defense: An unlikely crusader, Diana Holt wages a heroic, long-odds battle against the death penalty." Raymond Bonner will have this article in the March 2012 issue of The Atlantic Monthly. The article is adapted from Bonner's forthcoming book, "Anatomy of Injustice: A Murder Case Gone Wrong."

"Suit filed over Jesus statue"

2012-02-09T13:11:27Z

"Suit filed over Jesus statue": This article appears today in The Daily Inter Lake of Kalispell, Montana.

And The Associated Press reports that "Lawsuit filed over Jesus statue on public land."

"Group wants Supreme Court to save war memorial"

2012-02-09T13:06:59Z

"Group wants Supreme Court to save war memorial": The Associated Press has a report that begins, "Supporters of a war memorial cross deemed unconstitutional last year by a federal court plan to ask the Supreme Court to reverse the decision, amid a growing fight nationwide over the use of religious symbols to honor fallen troops."

"Malaysian professor on 'no-fly' list wins chance to argue her case in U.S. courts"

2012-02-09T03:40:51Z

"Malaysian professor on 'no-fly' list wins chance to argue her case in U.S. courts": The San Jose Mercury News has this update.

Terry Baynes of Reuters reports that "Former doctoral student can sue over no-fly list."

The Associated Press has a report headlined "Court: Stanford student on 'no-fly list' can sue."

And at Wired.com's "Threat Level" blog, David Kravets has a post titled "Court Revives Challenge to No-Fly List."

You can access today's ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

"PETA's whale slavery suit tossed"

2012-02-09T03:30:15Z

"PETA's whale slavery suit tossed": Greg Moran of The San Diego Union-Tribune has this news update.

And The Associated Press reports that "Judge tosses case seeking rights for orcas."

"Ganging up on Ginsburg -- way too quickly"

2012-02-09T03:22:52Z

"Ganging up on Ginsburg -- way too quickly": Columnist Jeff Jacoby has this op-ed today in The Boston Globe.

"Gay marriage foes weigh their next move"

2012-02-09T03:12:44Z

"Gay marriage foes weigh their next move": Howard Mintz of The San Jose Mercury News has this update.

"Whose Conscience?"

2012-02-09T03:08:26Z

"Whose Conscience?" Linda Greenhouse has this post at the "Opinionator" blog of The New York Times.

"Appeals court halts deportation of 7 immigrants"

2012-02-08T22:10:08Z

"Appeals court halts deportation of 7 immigrants": The Associated Press has a report that begins, "A San Francisco-based federal appeals court is putting the Obama administration's new immigration directive to the test by halting the deportation of seven immigrants alleged to be in the country illegally."

"California's Gay Marriage Ban Case May Be Quickly Headed to Supreme Court"

2012-02-08T18:14:39Z

"California's Gay Marriage Ban Case May Be Quickly Headed to Supreme Court": Bloomberg News has this report.

And today's broadcast of NPR's "Morning Edition" contained an audio segment entitled "Calif. Ban On Gay Marriage Ruled Unconstitutional."

"US Supreme Court won't permit Ohio execution"

2012-02-08T16:40:58Z

"US Supreme Court won't permit Ohio execution": The Associated Press has this report.

Sesame Street: Sonia Sotomayor -- "The Justice Hears a Case."

2012-02-08T16:33:05Z

Sesame Street: Sonia Sotomayor -- "The Justice Hears a Case." Video of Justice Sotomayor's recent appearance on "Sesame Street" is now available online via YouTube at this link.

My earlier coverage appears here.

"Experts: Marriage ban's path to high court unclear."

2012-02-08T12:49:19Z

"Experts: Marriage ban's path to high court unclear." The Associated Press has this report.

Available online from National Public Radio

2012-02-08T03:34:02Z

Available online from National Public Radio: Today's broadcast of "Talk of the Nation" contained an audio segment entitled "The Next Step For California's Gay Marriage Ban" featuring Nina Totenberg.

And this evening's broadcast of "All Things Considered" contained an audio segment entitled "California's Same-Sex Marriage Ban Is Unconstitutional, Court Says."

Dissenting opening paragraph of the day

2012-02-08T03:28:16Z

Dissenting opening paragraph of the day: Tenth Circuit Judge Neil M. Gorsuch today issued a dissenting opinion that begins:

In the richness of the English language, few things can create as much mischief as piling prepositional phrase upon prepositional phrase. The child says, "I saw the man on the hill with the telescope." Did the child use the telescope to see the man on the hill? Or did the child see a man -- or even a hill -- bearing a telescope? A newspaper headline heralds, "Brothers Reunited after 20 Years on a Roller Coaster." Did the brothers recently bump into each other at an amusement park? Or were they the long suffering experimental subjects of some evil genius?

You can access today's ruling of a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit at this link.