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Courts - More on "State of Washington federal judge shields signatures in gay-rights referendum"
The ILB entry from Sept. 13th includes this quote from the NYT:The case is the latest filed by a conservative lawyer, James Bopp Jr., seeking to stop the publicizing of the names of those who oppose same-sex marriage and other...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 21, 2009 09:13 AM
Courts - "Judicial Campaign Speech Case May Be Destined for Supreme Court: Wisconsin justice faces sanctions for ad that may have gone too far"
Marcia Coyle reports today in The National Law Journal - some quotes from the lengthy story:The challenger's ad in the 2008 race for a judgeship on the Wisconsin Supreme Court delivered the classic one-two punch: Side-by-side, black-and-white head shots of...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 22, 2009 10:41 AM
Courts - "Lawsuit challenging Alaska judge choice tossed"; system similar to Indiana's
Lisa Demer reported Sept. 11th in the Anchorage Daily News Some quotes:A lawsuit challenging how Alaska chooses its judges was thrown out of federal court Friday. U.S. District Judge John Sedwick issued a brief order from the bench dismissing the...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 14, 2009 02:00 PM
Courts - "State of Washington federal judge shields signatures in gay-rights referendum"
Jesse McKinley reports today in the NY Times in a story that includes the following:SAN FRANCISCO — Come November, Washington State voters will be the latest electorate to grapple with how much recognition to give gay couples when they take...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 13, 2009 05:01 PM
Courts - C-SPAN focuses on the Supreme Court; also feature on campaign finance
C-SPAN is going all out - it has a new website, totally devoted to the SCOTUS. And it will have a week-long focus on the Court, from Oct. 4 - 12th -- "Hear directly from the Supreme Court Justices themselves,...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 6, 2009 12:22 PM
Ind. Decisions - "Survey OK for judicial candidates; care urged"
Reporting on federal Judge Theresa Springmann's decision July 8th in the case of Torrey Bauer, et al. v. Randall T. Shepard, et al. (ILB summary here), Rebecca S. Green writes today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette:A federal judge has...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 11, 2009 04:34 PM
Courts - "Case May Alter Judge Elections Across Country "
The case of Caperton v. A. T. Massey Coal, No. 08-22, which will be argued before the SCOTUS on March 3, and about which the ILB has posted many times before, is the subject of a story today by Adam...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on February 15, 2009 08:29 AM
Courts - More on: James Bopp asks Calif. federal judge to stop disclosure of names of Prop 8 donors
Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, today the Sacramento Bee has this story headlined "Judge rejects bid to keep names of anti-gay marriage initiative backers secret." The story has a quote from "Richard Coleson, a Indiana-based elections law attorney hired...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 30, 2009 10:40 AM
Law - "Dawn Johnsen, an IU law professor, is awaiting Senate approval"
Updating earlier ILB entries on IU-Blommington law prof Dawn Johnsen, Jon Murray of the Indianapolis Star has a lengthy feature today. Some quotes:Dawn Johnsen, 47, joined IU in 1998 after spending five years at the Justice Department's Office of Legal...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 30, 2009 07:53 AM
Courts - James Bopp asks Calif. federal judge to stop disclosure of names of Prop 8 donors
Terre Haute attorney James Bopp was featured this morning in a story on NPR's Morning Edition. Read or listen to it here....
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 29, 2009 08:50 AM
Ind. Decisions - "Court rules on robo call ban: Law applies to political messages"
The Supreme Court's decision yesterday in the case of State of Indiana v. American Family Voices, Inc., Jim Gonzalez, et al (see ILB summary here), is the subject of a story today in the LCJ reported by Lesley Stedman Weidenbener....
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on December 24, 2008 10:31 AM
Courts - James Bopp Jr. to represent newly elected Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice
The Capital Times, from Madison Wisconsin, reports today:[Newly elected Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman], who is facing charges that he violated the Wisconsin Judicial Code of Conduct during his spring race against incumbent Justice Louis Butler, is being represented...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 26, 2008 01:56 PM
Courts - "Conservatives plot on campaign finance"
A story today in Politico, reported by Jeanne Cummings, features a photo of Terre Haute attorney James Bopp Jr., described as "making a name for himself by challenging federal and state campaign finance laws." Some quotes from p. 2:Bopp recently...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 12, 2008 09:15 AM
Ind. Courts - Star on "Indiana high court takes up 'robo' calls" next Monday
The Sunday Indy Star column, Behind Closed Doors, has this item today on tomorrows oral arguments in the case of State of Indiana v. American Family Voices, Inc. et al.. Some quotes:A dispute over whether a state law can ban...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 15, 2008 12:29 PM
Ind. Courts - "Indiana high court takes up 'robo' calls" next Monday [Updated]
Lesley Stedman Weidenbener of the Louisville Courier Journal reports today on a case to be heard Monday, June 16th, at 1:00 PM before the Indiana Supreme Court, State of Indiana v. American Family Voices, Inc. et al. Some quotes from...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 12, 2008 08:46 AM
Ind. Decisions - Still more on: Federal court grants preliminary injunction re judicial speech rights
Updating this ILB entry from May 10th, quoting a Fort Wayne Journal Gazette editorial urging free speech for judges, Rebecca S. Green of the Journal Gazette has a lengthy story today giving a kind of overview of the issue. Some...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 18, 2008 12:33 PM
Ind. Decisions - Still more on: State loses auto-dialer case in trial court
Updating this ILB entry from May 9th, Tracy Warner of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has this item today:State Democratic and Republican leaders have found an issue on which they agree – state law should not prohibit computerized calls from...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 13, 2008 11:44 AM
Ind. Decisions - More on: Federal court grants preliminary injunction re judicial speech rights
Updating this ILB entry from May 6th, the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has an editorial today headed "Free speech for judges":The Indiana Supreme Court should accept the message in a ruling by a Fort Wayne federal judge in a case...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 10, 2008 08:58 AM
Ind. Decisions - More on: State loses auto-dialer case in trial court
Updating this ILB entry from Feb. 15, 2008, the ILB has received a press release from attiorney James Bopp, Jr. that begins:Today, the Indiana Democratic Party and the Indiana Republican Party asked the Indiana Supreme Court to allow them to...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 9, 2008 02:34 PM
Ind. Decisions - Federal court grants preliminary injunction re judicial speech rights
On April 18th, according to a press release issued on that day by attorney James Bopp, Jr., quoted in this ILB entry:Two Indiana judicial candidates filed suit today in federal court to block enforcement of Indiana rules prohibiting them from...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 6, 2008 02:03 PM
Ind. Courts - Still more on "Judicial Candidates Sue to Protect Judicial Speech Rights"
Updating this ILB entry from April 21st, James Bopp has has sent out this update to the lawsuit: This is an update on the case filed last week against Indiana's judicial canons which prevent judicial candidates from answering a candidate...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 23, 2008 01:32 PM
Ind. Courts - More on "Judicial Candidates Sue to Protect Judicial Speech Rights" [Updated]
Updating Friday's ILB entry, today the documents filed April 18th in the suit filed in ND Indiana by James Bopp, Torrey Bauer, et al. v. Randall T. Shepard, et al., are available via PACER. The ILB has downloaded them; paying...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 21, 2008 04:51 PM
Ind. Courts - "Judicial Candidates Sue to Protect Judicial Speech Rights"
From a press release this afternoon from Indiana attorney James Bopp, Jr.:Two Indiana judicial candidates filed suit today in federal court to block enforcement of Indiana rules prohibiting them from responding to a survey asking their views on abortion, euthanasia,...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 18, 2008 03:23 PM
Ind. Courts - Muncie and Terre Haute mayoral election contests continue
From the Muncie Star-Press, a report by Nick Werner:MUNCIE - Republicans today will try to convince a judge to dismiss a lawsuit seeking a special election in Precinct 46. The special election, if granted, could have the potential to overturn...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 23, 2008 09:35 AM
Ind. Gov't. - Still more on Anderson and Terre Haute mayoral disputes [Updated]
Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 4th, the Anderson Herald Bulletin is reporting:A special judge will hear a legal challenge to the eligibility of Anderson Mayor Kris Ockomon. On Jan. 3, Acting Chief Justice for Indiana Brent E. Dickson ordered...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 7, 2008 12:59 PM
Ind. Gov't. - Still more on Anderson and Terre Haute mayoral disputes
Updating yesterday's ILB entry on the Anderson mayor situation, today the Indianapolis Star has coverage by Melanie D. Hayes:A special judge may have to resolve a fight over the mayor's office in Anderson. Democrat Kris Ockomon beat Republican incumbent Kevin...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 4, 2008 03:46 PM
Ind. Decisions - More on: Judge rules in Terre Haute mayoral Hatch Act challenge [Updated]
Updating this ILB entry from earlier this afternoon, here is Judge David R. Bolk's 14-page opinion in Kevin D. Burke v. Duke Bennett (Dec. 21, 2007). [Updated 12/22/07] Austin Arceo of the Terre Haute Trib-Star reports on the ruling today:Though...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on December 21, 2007 03:03 PM
Ind. Courts - Terre Haute mayoral battle now heads to trial court, redeux
This ILB entry from Saturday was headed "Terre Haute mayoral battle now heads to trial court." That was after its brief sojourn to the Ind. Supreme Court. But it was not to be, at least not as scheduled for today,...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on December 17, 2007 03:59 PM
Ind. Decisions - Still more on: Supreme Court denies Bopp motion for an emergency writ regarding the middle initial issue in the recount
Updating this ILB entry from Dec. 9th, the Terre Haute Trib-Star has this "breaking news" report from 4:01 pm:TERRE HAUTE — The Indiana Supreme Court today denied the mandate actions filed by attorney James Bopp Jr., to dismiss the recount...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on December 13, 2007 04:15 PM
Ind. Decisions - More on: Supreme Court denies Bopp motion for an emergency writ regarding the middle initial issue in the recount
Updating this ILB entry from Nov. 30th, where the Supreme Court denied the request for an emergency writ., but determined that the "this original action warrants additional briefing", Austin Arceo of the Terre Haute Trib-Star reports:TERRE HAUTE — A century...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on December 9, 2007 09:37 AM
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court denies Bopp motion for an emergency writ regarding the middle initial issue in the recount
Here is the order issued this afternoon in the case of STATE OF INDIANA EX. REL, DUKE BENNETT v. VIGO COUNTY (84 S 00 - 0711 - OR - 00558):Relator's application papers include a request for an emergency writ. An...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 30, 2007 06:02 PM
Ind. Gov't. - Even more on: "Terre Haute Mayor Kevin Burke has thrown opponent Duke Bennett’s eligibility to be mayor into question"
Updating this ILB entry from Nov. 28th, about the Terre Haute mayoral challenge suit, where the Ann and Ed DeLaney Indianapolis law firm represents the challenger, and James Bopp, Jr. represents Mayor-elect Duke Bennett, Austin Arceo reports in the Terre...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 30, 2007 09:34 AM
Ind. Gov't. - Still more on: "Terre Haute Mayor Kevin Burke has thrown opponent Duke Bennett’s eligibility to be mayor into question"
Updating this ILB entry from Nov. 20th, there are three stories today in the Terre Haute Trib-Star about the Terre Haute mayoral challenge suit, where the Ann and Ed DeLaney Indianapolis law firm represents the challenger, and James Bopp, Jr....
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 28, 2007 08:42 AM
Ind. Decisions - Still more on: 7th Circuit dismisses challenge to Indiana canons of judicial ethics
On Friday, Oct. 26th, the 7th Circuit issued a significant decision in the case of Right to Life v. Randall T. Shepard. (For background, start with this ILB entry from Nov. 2nd.) Today, James Bopp Jr., attorney for Right to...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 13, 2007 01:39 PM
Ind. Decisions - More on: 7th Circuit dismisses challenge to Indiana canons of judicial ethics
Last Friday, Oct. 26th, the 7th Circuit issued a significant decision in the case of Right to Life v. Randall T. Shepard. The ILB covered it here. Like the legislative prayer decision issued the following Monday, Oct. 29th, the panel...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 2, 2007 08:30 AM
Courts - More on: Pennsylvania Rule Prohibiting Judicial Candidates’ Speech Enjoined
This ILB entry from May 14th quoted a press release from attorney James Bopp, Jr., lead counsel for the plaintiffs in a Pennsylvania suit, stating that: "Federal District Court Judge Marvin Katz has granted a preliminary injunction against provisions of...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 23, 2007 03:28 PM
Law - Nationally known conservative lawyer hired by Rhode Id. Governor to file a legal brief opposing same-sex marriage
Indiana Daily Insight this morning picked up on an interesting controversy going on in Rhode Island. The Providence Journal reports today:PROVIDENCE — State Democratic Party Chairman William Lynch is questioning Governor Carcieri’s decision to pay a nationally known conservative lawyer...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 10, 2007 10:55 AM
Courts - "Indiana lawyer tackles campaign-finance, election laws, winning 4 out of 5 challenges"
Maureen Groppe of the Indianapolis Star Washington Bureau has a long story today about Terre Haute attorney Jim Bopp. Some quotes:WASHINGTON -- Not many attorneys get to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court. Terre Haute attorney James Bopp Jr. has...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 2, 2007 09:53 AM
Law - More on "High court ends ban on corporate-funded campaign ads"
Updating this ILB entry from Monday (June 25th) about the Supreme Court decision in FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Arthur E. Foulkes of the Terre Haute Tribune-Star writes today:Terre Haute attorney James Bopp Jr. got his fourth career victory...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 28, 2007 08:43 AM
Law - "High court ends ban on corporate-funded campaign ads"
David G. Savage of the LA Times posted this story a few minutes ago. Some quotes:The Supreme Court gave President Bush and Republican leaders two important victories today by clearing the way for corporate-funded broadcast ads before next year's election...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 25, 2007 03:14 PM
Ind. Law - "Bopp at the center of U.S., Indiana campaign finance cases"
The Crawfordsville JournalReview today publishes a story by Brian Howey on Terr Haute attorney James Bopp Jr. A quote from the story:The U.S. Supreme Court is set to rule on a case that revolves around the type of ads an...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 11, 2007 07:37 AM
Courts - Pennsylvania Rule Prohibiting Judicial Candidates’ Speech Enjoined
From a press release of attorney James Bopp, Jr., lead counsel for the plaintiffs:Federal District Court Judge Marvin Katz has granted a preliminary injunction against provisions of the Pennsylvania Code of Judicial Conduct that prohibited state court judicial candidates from...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 14, 2007 10:41 PM
Law - Important campaign finance cases to be argued tomorrow before U.S. Supreme Court
"FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life, McCain v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Does the First Amendment Protect Political Speech?" That is the title of an oral argument "debriefing" available to watch live tomorrow at 12:15 pm via the CATO Institute....
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 24, 2007 01:17 PM
Law - "Does the First Amendment Protect Political Speech?"
Both FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life, and McCain v. Wisconsin Right to Life will be argued before the US Supreme Court on the morning of April 25th. Shortly thereafter, you can watch or listen online to the lawyers who...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 11, 2007 10:19 AM
Courts - More on: Wisconsin Right to Life sues re questionaire to judges
Updating this Jan. 4, 2007 ILB entry, which began "A law suit similar to that filed in Indiana and several other states has now been filed in Wisconsin," the Pioneer Press reports today:Wisconsin rules that prohibit judicial candidates from making...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on February 14, 2007 09:36 AM
Ind. Law - Same sex marriage amendment advances [Updated]
This ILB entry from two years ago (March 24, 2005), titled "Ind. Law - Impact of same sex marriage ban in Ohio and Michigan Constitutions may portend Indiana issues," is just as relevant this morning. (See also this list.) Today...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on February 1, 2007 09:03 AM
Law - "High court to review campaign finance law"
David Savage of the LA Times wrties today:WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court set the stage Friday for striking down a part of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law that bars the broadcast of corporate and union-funded ads just prior to an...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 20, 2007 09:51 AM
Ind. Law - More on: Indiana Lawyer James Bopp Jr. featured in Nov. ABA Journal
On Nov. 3 the ILB had an entry on Terre Haute attorney James Bopp Jr. being the focus of a cover story in the ABA Journal. Today Howard Greninger of the TH Trib-Star has a story headlined "Bopp turns cover...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on December 20, 2006 10:42 AM
Ind. Courts - Indiana Supreme Court loses case on allowing judicial candidates to express views
This is a biggie. Here are some quotes from a press release just issued by James Bopp, who was the lead counsel in a suit against the Indiana Chief Justice in the case of Indiana Right to Life v. Shepard.Indiana...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 14, 2006 04:51 PM
Ind. Law - Indiana Lawyer James Bopp Jr. featured in Nov. ABA Journal
"The Big Bopper: This Terre Haute Lawyer is Exploding the Canons of Judicial Campaign Ethics" is the title of a 5-page article by Terry Carter in the just-out Novemeber issue of the ABA Journal. Here is a scanned copy of...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 3, 2006 02:47 PM
Courts - "Questionnaires Test Judge Candidates' Views"
NPR had an excellent story yesterday titled "Questionnaires Test Judge Candidates' Views." It follows up on this ILB entry from Sept. 13th headed "Judicial Surveys Vex the Bench". (For background, see the list of links in that entry.) Like the...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 12, 2006 11:12 AM
Courts - Running for judge in Kentucky
"Candidates for judge can reveal party: U.S. [federal district] court strikes down state rule" is the headline to this story today by Andrew Wolfson in the Louisville Courier Journal. Some quotes:A federal judge has struck down Kentucky's rule banning judicial...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 12, 2006 10:30 AM
Courts - "Judicial Surveys Vex the Bench"
Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal has an important article last Friday on judicial questionaires. Here are some quotes, but you most likely will want to read the entire article - the emphasis that follows is mine:When Tennessee Court...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 13, 2006 07:35 PM
Courts - Suit filed seeking to enjoin Florida’s canons that require judges to recuse themselves from cases involving issues that they responded to in questionnaire
Ed Feigenbaum has posted this new item in Indiana Daily Insight:Represented by Indiana Republican National Committeeman James Bopp, Jr. of Terre Haute, the Florida Family Policy Council filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 29, 2006 07:42 AM
Courts - Judicial Campaign Speech Subject of ABA Mock Trial
The ABA Annual Meeting's daily journal for today, dateline Honolulu, has this report by Mark Hansen. I couldn't resist a few parantheticals, as the ILB has been following these issues for some time:Suppose a candidate for the Minnesota Supreme Court...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 7, 2006 07:29 PM
Court - Kansas federal district court bars enforcement of rules limiting judicial speech
The AP is reporting, via the Kansas City Star:TOPEKA, Kan. - Rules barring Kansas' judicial candidates from personally soliciting contributions and limiting what they can say during campaigns can't be enforced because of questions about the rules' constitutionality, a federal...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 20, 2006 07:39 PM
Ind. Courts - Update on suit to to lift the rules that bar Indiana judicial candidates from commenting on issues
Indiana Daily Insight has an interesting item today:Indiana Republican National Committeeman James Bopp, Jr. of Terre Haute is representing the Texas Republican Party on appeal in the federal litigation over the eligibility of former U.S. House Majority Whip Tom DeLay...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 12, 2006 08:52 AM
Courts - "Judge conservatively, lest ye not be a judge"
The May-June issue of Mother Jones has an article titled "The Bible Bench - The message from fundamentalists to state jurists is clear: Judge conservatively, lest ye not be a judge." It is written by "Margaret Ebrahim, formerly of 60...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 19, 2006 08:24 PM
Courts - Kentucky judicial candidate rules challenged
The Louisville Courier Journal reports today, in a story by Andrew Wolfson:A candidate for the Kentucky Supreme Court wants a federal court to throw out the state's judicial election rules because he says they prohibit him from offering his views...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 13, 2006 07:26 AM
Courts - "If you think judges should be above petty politics, try not to watch them campaign this year."
"If you think judges should be above petty politics, try not to watch them campaign this year" is the subheading to a story in Governing this month. The main title is "Robe Warriors." Some quotes from this lengthy and significant...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 27, 2006 07:57 AM
Law - Supreme Court to hear Texas redistricting case on Wednesday; other upcoming arguments
"Texas-size gerrymander case heads to high court" is the headline to a story today in the Chicago Tribune. Some quotes:WASHINGTON -- It was among the more audacious political moves in memory: The state of Texas, prodded by Rep. Tom DeLay,...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on February 27, 2006 05:18 PM
Courts - Supreme Court Ruling Could Spur Partisan Judicial Campaigns
The LA Times is reporting today, in a story by David Savage headed "Supreme Court Ruling Could Spur Partisan Judicial Campaigns," that:The Supreme Court took another step Monday toward transforming state elections for judges from nonpartisan, low-key affairs into big-money...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 24, 2006 08:59 AM
Law - Supreme Court rules in Wisconsin Right to Life [Updated again]
Wisconsin Right to Life v. Federal Election Commission was argued before the U.S. Supreme Court last Tuesday, Jan. 17th. See this ILB entry from Jan. 18th for background. Today the Supreme Court issued its decision. Access it here. For analysis,...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 23, 2006 01:28 PM
Law - Some feedback on the oral argument in Wisconsin Right to Life
Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc. v. Federal Election Commission was argued before the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday. See this ILB entry from Monday, Jan. 16th for details. Michael McGough, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette National Bureau, had this story, headlined "Some Supreme Court...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 18, 2006 08:03 PM
Law - U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments tomorrow in Wisconsin Right to Life
Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc. v. Federal Election Commission will be argued before the U.S. Supreme Court tomorrow, Tuesday, Jan. 17th. This is one of two campaign finance cases granted cert by the Court this term in which Terre Haute...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 16, 2006 05:52 PM
Law- - Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc. v. Federal Election Commission to be argued before the Supreme Court Jan. 17th
Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc. v. Federal Election Commission will be argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, Jan. 17th. This is one of two campaign finance cases granted cert by the Court this term in which Terre Haute...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 7, 2006 12:01 PM
Courts - Running for Judge in Illinois: Judicial hopefuls balk at questionnaire
"Judicial hopefuls balk at questionnaire" is the headline to a story today in the Chicago Sun-Times, that indicates a twist on a theme. Some quotes:It's common for U.S. Supreme Court nominees to face questions about hot-button topics such as abortion,...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 4, 2006 10:03 AM
Ind. Courts - Court of Appeals to hear case that tests child-sex laws
On Oct. 30th Kevin Corcoran of the Indianapolis Star had a long and comprehensive story headlined "Case challenges child-sex laws: Teen charged with molesting, but he was under the age of consent at time of the sexual encounters." It began:William...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 15, 2005 07:44 AM
Law - Briefs filed in one of two campaign finance cases before U.S. Supreme Court
In two entries (here and here) on 9/27/05, the ILB reported on two campaign finance cases granted cert by the U.S. Supreme Court. Terre Haute attorney James Bopp, Jr., lead counsel in both cases, reports in a press release today...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 14, 2005 07:12 PM
Courts - Running for judge in Pennsylvania
In a March 23, 2005 ILB entry we reported on "Running for judge in North Dakota." A federal judge in North Dakota had held, according to a press release from the winning attorney, James Bopp, Jr, Terre Haute: that two...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 9, 2005 03:40 PM
Law - Still more on running for judge in Kentucky
A 2/5/05 ILB entry, titled "More on running for judge in Kentucky," begins: "Last fall we had a number of stories on conservative groups' national attack against limits (generally via court rules) on judicial candidates stating their positions on topics...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 2, 2005 07:12 AM
Law - Ohio Firm Seeks to Join the Bigs in Election Law
On Tuesday the ILB wrote that Terre Haute attorney James Bopp, Jr., who has a national campaign finance and election law practice, has, as of the U.S. Supreme Court's announcements Tuesday, two important campaign finance cases pending before the Court...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 29, 2005 07:55 AM
Law - U.S. Supreme Court today grants cert to two campaign finance cases
Terre Haute attorney James Bopp, Jr., who has a national campaign finance and election law practice, has announced in a press release this afternoon:The U.S. Supreme Court agreed today to review two important campaign finance cases (1) from the Second...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 27, 2005 12:47 PM
Ind. Courts - Local judges
[Slowly catching up here since I was in a "dial-up only" part of the country for much of last week.] "Four apply to serve as judge for county's sixth Superior Court" was the headline to this story in the Terre...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 25, 2005 02:04 PM
Ind. Courts - U.S. District Court in Terre Haute shutting down
WTHI TV from Terre Haute is reporting today:The verdict is in on the federal court for Terre Haute. The announcement came Tuesday afternoon that the district court will be shut down at the federal building in Terre Haute. While the...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 14, 2005 09:29 AM
Law - Running for judge in North Dakota
A press release just received from James Bopp, Jr, Terre Haute, reports "North Dakota Judicial Conduct Rules Held Unconstitutional." Some quotes:A North Dakota federal court held yesterday that two canons based on the American Bar Association’s 1990 Model Code of...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 23, 2005 02:11 PM
Law - More on running for judge in Kentucky
Last fall we had a number of stories on conservative groups' national attack against limits (generally via court rules) on judicial candidates stating their positions on topics that might come before them on the bench. See this 10/20/04 ILB entry...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on February 3, 2005 09:44 AM
Indiana Law - Is the jury still out on District 46? Who is the jury?
This will be the Indiana Law Blog's 20th entry on the Indiana House District 46 election dispute. (To find the others, enter "District 46" in quotes in the search box.) In that race, the Republican candidate, Jeffrey Lee, withdrew and...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 5, 2004 12:55 PM
Indiana Law - District 46 dispute might continue after Tuesday's election
An AP story today, headlined "LaPlante's spot on District 46 ballot may trigger legal battle following election," reports:INDIANAPOLIS — Republican state Rep. R. Brooks LaPlante will be on the ballot in Western Indiana's House District 46, but a marathon legal...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 31, 2004 09:54 AM
Indiana Decisions - More on The latest chapter in the District 46 saga
As noted late yesterday (scroll down 5), the Court of Appeals at 6 p.m. last evening granted the LaPlante/Republican Party's motion for a stay of the Vigo County court order. Here is the Terre Haute Tribune-Star's report today. Some quotes:An...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 29, 2004 01:00 PM
Indiana Decisions - The latest chapter in the District 46 saga [Updated]
I have just received a copy of this press release from attorney James Bopp, Jr., counsel for the Republican Party:Indiana Court of Appeals Stays Vigo Superior Court Preliminary Injunction Order Last Thursday, October 21, 2004, the Marion Superior Court issued...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 28, 2004 07:00 PM
Indiana Decisions - Latest stories on the District 46 dispute
There are a handful of new stories this morning, all centered upon the Sullivan County judge's ruling yesterday on the District 46 ballot dispute, a ruling in direct conflict with the Marion County judge's ruling last week. The Marion County...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 28, 2004 09:03 AM
Indiana Decisions - Even more on District 46 ballot dispute
As I posted yesterday (three entries down):The Court of Appeals was scheduled to hear arguments on Marion County Judge Gary L. Miller's ruling in the House District 46 ballot dispute at noon today [Monday]. If/when I obtain further information on...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 26, 2004 12:53 PM
Indiana Decisions - More on District 46 ballot dispute
As reported in this ILB entry Friday, an emergency petition to overturn Marion County Judge Gary L. Miller in the House District 46 ballot dispute was filed with the Supreme Court. Today the Munster Times reports:INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- A judge's...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 24, 2004 03:58 PM
Indiana Decisions - Clarification of Judge Miller's ruling proposed
As reported in entries earlier this morning (scroll down), Judge Miller's ruling yesterday in the District 46 ballot dispute is being reported as voiding not only votes for the Indiana House on absentee ballots in the affected House District 46,...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 22, 2004 12:17 PM
Indiana Decisions - More on yesterday's LaPlante ruling
Yesterday's decision by Marion County Judge Gary L. Miller in the House District 46 ballot dispute (see entry immediately below) is reported today in the Indianapolis Star in a story headlined "Legal ruling may mean vote tumult: Judge voids House...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 22, 2004 08:30 AM
Law - Still More on Running for Judge
An Oct. 2 Indiana Law Blog entry, titled "Running for judge in Kentucky and Indiana," quoting from a Louisville Courier-Journal article, included this:A conservative group that wants to solicit judicial candidates' views on same-sex unions and other controversial issues is...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 20, 2004 04:35 PM
Law - More on running for judge
Last Saturday we posted this entry on "Running for judge in Kentucky and Indiana," quoting from a Louisville Courier-Journal story detailing how conservative groups were going to federal court in Indiana and Kentucky challenging judicial codes of conduct that "judicial...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 6, 2004 07:34 AM