And James Vicini of Reuters has an article headlined "Supreme Court: Arizona immigration arguments April 25."]]> http://howappealing.law.com/020312.html#044574 http://howappealing.law.com/020312.html#044574 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:45:54 -0500 "Senate Republicans to challenge recess appointments in court": The Hill has this report.]]> http://howappealing.law.com/020312.html#044573 http://howappealing.law.com/020312.html#044573 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:05:30 -0500 The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has just issued opinions relating to that court's recent legislative redistricting decision: Pennsylvania's highest court has just issued a majority opinion, two opinions concurring in part and dissenting in part (here and here), and a dissenting opinion.

Update: In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that "Pa. Supreme Court issues rulings on Assembly lines."]]> http://howappealing.law.com/020312.html#044572 http://howappealing.law.com/020312.html#044572 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:31:57 -0500 "Supreme Court At Mid-Term: Hints Of Health Reform Decision." Mike Sacks of The Huffington Post has this report.]]> http://howappealing.law.com/020312.html#044571 http://howappealing.law.com/020312.html#044571 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:22:48 -0500 "Studying with Sotomayor: Richardson visited by first Latina Supreme Court Justice." The Ka Leo, the student newspaper of The University of Hawaii, had this article in Wednesday's edition.

And the blog "Record on Appeal" has posted this recap of an event titled "A Conversation with Justice Sotomayor: Work Ethic and What it Takes to Be a Supreme Court Justice."]]> http://howappealing.law.com/020312.html#044570 http://howappealing.law.com/020312.html#044570 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:52:36 -0500 "Defenders seek 9/11 trial delay, blame Guantanamo legal mail dispute; This time, Pentagon defense lawyers are citing a new Guantanamo prison camp controversy involving inspection of confidential mail in their request for a delay in the Sept. 11 mass murder case": Carol Rosenberg has this article today in The Miami Herald.]]> http://howappealing.law.com/020312.html#044569 http://howappealing.law.com/020312.html#044569 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:22:36 -0500 "Roommate-finder doesn't facilitate discrimination, court rules; The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals finds Roommates.com and services like it aren't obligated to force unwanted roommates on their clients; 'There's no place like home,' the court says": Carol J. Williams has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

In today's edition of The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko reports that "Court excepts roommate site from housing bias laws."

And Terry Baynes of Reuters reports that "Roommate site does not violate housing laws."

My earlier coverage of yesterday's Ninth Circuit ruling appears at this link.]]> http://howappealing.law.com/020312.html#044568 http://howappealing.law.com/020312.html#044568 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:20:04 -0500 Attorney discipline, Seventh Circuit style: This blog does not go out of its way to focus on appellate court criticism of substandard attorney performance, because that's not this blog's main focus, and in all honesty those cases can be rather depressing.

Nonetheless, yesterday a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued a decision that is quite noteworthy, not only for its substance and style, but also for how many chances that court appears to have given the attorney in question to remedy her mistakes.

Bruce Vielmetti of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel covers the ruling today in a blog post titled "7th Circuit disbars well known Milwaukee lawyer."]]> http://howappealing.law.com/020312.html#044567 http://howappealing.law.com/020312.html#044567 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:11:25 -0500 View online the BYU 2012 Law Review Symposium panel discussion titled "Reporting on the Nation's Highest Court": As detailed here, participating in the panel discussion were Lyle Denniston, Adam Liptak, Dahlia Lithwick, and Tony Mauro. You can launch the video of the panel discussion by clicking here.]]> http://howappealing.law.com/020312.html#044566 http://howappealing.law.com/020312.html#044566 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:02:05 -0500 "Federal Court to Decide Whether Former Abu Ghraib Prisoners Can Sue U.S. Contractors for Damages": Ariane de Vogue of ABC News has this report.]]> http://howappealing.law.com/020312.html#044565 http://howappealing.law.com/020312.html#044565 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:37:12 -0500 "Lotter asks U.S. Supreme Court to review case": This article appears today in The Lincoln (Neb.) Journal Star.]]> http://howappealing.law.com/020312.html#044564 http://howappealing.law.com/020312.html#044564 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:35:54 -0500 "Court orders Prop. 8 trial videos to remain sealed": Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this news update.

Howard Mintz of The San Jose Mercury News has an update headlined "Proposition 8 gay marriage ban trial video release denied."

Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times has a blog post titled "Gay marriage proponents decry ruling on Proposition 8 trial video."

Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has an article headlined "Judges bar viewing of gay marriage trial videos: what they're protecting; A federal appeals court rejected the release of video recordings of a landmark gay marriage trial, saying the trial judge's order to keep them under wraps must be honored to preserve judicial integrity."

Dan Levine of Reuters reports that "Gay marriage trial videos should stay under wraps-ruling."

Bloomberg News reports that "Proposition 8 Trial Video to Remain Sealed as Court Considers Gay Marriage."

And Ariane de Vogue of ABC News has a blog post titled "Federal Court Blocks Release of Videotapes of 2010 Prop 8 Trial."

My earlier coverage of today's Ninth Circuit ruling appears at this link.]]> http://howappealing.law.com/020212.html#044563 http://howappealing.law.com/020212.html#044563 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:36:50 -0500 "GOP wary of Mike Lee's battle with Obama": The Salt Lake Tribune has a news update that begins, "Senate Republicans have thrashed President Barack Obama for making recess appointments they call unconstitutional. But none of them appears to support Sen. Mike Lee's plan to retaliate by resisting every nomination the president makes."]]> http://howappealing.law.com/020212.html#044562 http://howappealing.law.com/020212.html#044562 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:28:24 -0500 "Court rules against abortion protester": The Philadelphia Daily News has an update that begins, "An antiabortion protester who was arrested for refusing to move to another spot on Independence Mall in 2007 can't collect damages from two park rangers who detained him, a federal appeals court in Philadelphia ruled Thursday."

You can access today's ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit at this link.]]> http://howappealing.law.com/020212.html#044561 http://howappealing.law.com/020212.html#044561 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:06:47 -0500 "Colbert v. the Court: Why, in the battle over Citizens United, the Supreme Court never had a chance." Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.]]> http://howappealing.law.com/020212.html#044560 http://howappealing.law.com/020212.html#044560 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:26:47 -0500