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Thursday, December 1, 2016

“State Supreme Court To Hear Sandy Hook Parents’ Appeal In Gun Lawsuit”: Dave Altimari of The Hartford Courant has an article that begins, “The state Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from the families of nine victims and one survivor of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting against the maker and sellers of the gun used in the slaying that killed 20 children and six adults.”

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“UCLA law clinic takes two cases to U.S. Supreme Court; Law students, faculty prepare briefs on the merits”: Joshua Rich of the UCLA Newsroom has this report.

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“Uber’s arbitration appeal at the 2nd Circuit is big test for Internet businesses”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

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“A Day in Court With Judge Margaret Ryan, Possible Scotus Nominee”: Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal has this report.

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“Supreme Court Weighs Jailed Immigrants’ Right to Periodic Hearings”: Adam Liptak has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

In today’s edition of The Washington Post, Robert Barnes has an article headlined “Supreme Court considers whether those facing deportation can be held indefinitely.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court weighs rules for jailing immigrants who are fighting deportation.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court divided on rights of immigrants facing deportation.”

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Obama Administration Defends Immigrant Detention Practices Before Supreme Court; Lower court found detention practices were too harsh, saying government must provide bail after six months.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Deportation Clash Divides U.S. Supreme Court Justices.”

On yesterday evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Nina Totenberg had an audio segment titled “Supreme Court Tests Whether Detained Immigrants Have Right To Hearing.”

And at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center, Lyle Denniston has a post titled “When can a constitutional issue be avoided?

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“Who will prevail in the sexual-orientation discrimination and parking stop cases?” Will Baude has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

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Access the contents of the Autumn 2016 issue of The Green Bag: Via this link.

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“Trump’s 21 potential court nominees are overwhelmingly white, male and from red states”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

Posted at 8:42 AM by Howard Bashman