Morning Wrap: Law Prof's Killing Remains Unsolved | Menendez Moves to Dismiss Charges
The killing of Florida State law professor Dan Markel remains unsolved a year later. Lawyers for New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez accuse the government of improperly using protected information in the corruption case against him. And the Eighth Circuit revives a Missouri lawmaker's challenge against the Affordable Care Act's contraception mandate. This is a news roundup from ALM and other publications.
July 21, 2015 at 04:23 AM
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Unsolved: The killing of Florida State law professor Dan Markel remains unsolved a year later, and the police are seeking the public's help for clues, The Tallahassee Democrat reports. Police are offering $100,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction, the NLJ's Karen Sloan reports.
Menendez's motions: Lawyers for New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez accuse the government of building a case on evidence that's shielded under the Constitution's speech or debate clause. The New York Times has more here, Politico here and The Washington Post here.
Friends: “At a time when the public has increasingly lost faith in Washington and our judicial system, rulings by justices with a potential financial interest in the outcome of the cases raises new questions about the credibility of the court,” The New York Times reports. Read the justices' financial disclosure forms here.
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