Friday round-up

At Balkinization, Marty Lederman notes that the federal government has filed its first brief opposing certiorariin the challenges by non-profit religious groups to the Affordable Care Acts birth-control mandate. And in The Economist, Steven Mazie discusses two other Affordable Care Act rulings and the prospect that the Court will weigh in. He concludes that its [n]ot likely but adds that few expected the court to hear the frivolous semantic complaint known asKing v Burwelllast year.

Briefly:

• In the Supreme Court Brief (subscription required), Tony Mauro discusses a new novel, by law professor Kermit Roosevelt, on Supreme Court clerks during World War II.
• Tomorrow night at 6 p.m., C-SPAN Radio will air the next installment in its series on Supreme Court cases and the movies, with Rodney Smolla discussing the 1987 case Hustler Magazine v. Falwell.

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