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February 22, 2012

Articles were published within the past 24 hours unless otherwise noted:

|| Los Angeles Times: "Supreme Court to consider affirmative action in higher education." | Full story

|| Christian Science Monitor: "Supreme Court tests Stolen Valor: Is there a right to lie about being a hero?" | Full story

|| AP/Boston Globe: "High court health care argument extended to 6 hrs." | Full story

|| Bloomberg: "Rambus Conduct Before Board Won’t Get U.S. High Court Review." | Full story

|| Los Angeles Times: "Supreme Court rejects Redondo Beach appeal on day laborer law." | Full story

|| Ft. Worth Star Telegram: "U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear Arlington case about accessibility." | Full story

|| Christian Science Monitor: "Do grandparents get visitation rights? Supreme Court declines case." | Full story

|| Washington Post: "Chief Justice Roberts rejects request for code of conduct." | Full story

|| Christian Science Monitor: "Gay Marriage: why Prop. 8 appeal is not going to Supreme Court ... yet." | Full story

|| AP/Macomb Daily: "Supreme Court rejects Phil Spector’s appeal." | Full story

|| AP/Mlive.com: "Michigan House votes to trim appeals court size." | Full story

|| Detroit News: "Snyder says Highland Park schools' EM must step down." | Full story

Also see --

• Detroit Free Press: "Highland Park district faces shutdown without intervention."
• Detroit News: "Confusion in Highland Park as schools' fates unknown."
• Detroit News: "EM law opposition confident."

|| Lansing State Journal: "After Snyder signs bills, Ingham Co. can now absorb road agency." | Full story

|| Detroit Free Press: "Michigan bill would prevent graduate student research assistants from unionizing." | Full story

|| AP/Lansing State Journal: "Michigan lottery prizes may factor into welfare rules." | Full story

|| Mlive.com: "State Rep. Bob Genetski charged with drunken driving, cited for refusing Breathalyzer test." | Full story

|| Detroit News: "GOP optimistic in heavily Dem Oakland County state House district." | Full story

|| Livingston Daily: "Prosecutor seeks to block pot law in case." | Full story

|| Detroit News: "Detroit mobster, tied to Hoffa case, dies." | Full story

|| Detroit News: "Foreign investors upset by Detroit home sales." | Full story

|| Detroit Free Press: "Crime-fighting group to begin patrols in Detroit's most dangerous neighborhoods." | Full story

|| Macomb Daily: "Former Macomb County Probate Court administrator dies of heart attack." | Full story

|| Mlive.com: "Jackson County OKs $40,000 settlement in lawsuit filed by college student." | Full story

|| AnnArbor.com: "Michigan Islamic Academy moving forward with lawsuit against Pittsfield Township." | Full story

|| Detroit News: "GOP hopefuls hone strategies." | Full story

Also see --

• Detroit Free Press: "Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum neck and neck in Michigan, new poll shows."
• Detroit News: "Texas maverick Ron Paul makes mark on GOP race."
• Detroit News: "Mitt Romney sticks to message on economy."
• Mlive.com: "Newt Gingrich reportedly drops plans to campaign in Michigan ahead of primary."
• Detroit Free Press: "Fred Karger not your typical Republican presidential candidate."
• Washington Times: "GOP presidential hopefuls mix words, deeds on E-Verify."

|| Washington Post: "Obama to propose lowering corporate tax rate to 28 percent." | Full story

|| Washington Post: "U.S. covering millions in Fannie Mae executives’ legal costs." | Full story

|| USA Today/Lansing State Journal: "Survey: Mentally ill go it alone." | Full story

|| AP/Washington Times: "Judging former judge’s ruling: Ex-jurist defends ordering abortion and sterilization." | Full story

|| New York Times: "American Sentenced to Death in Iran Visited by His Mother." | Full story

What others are saying about law-related matters:

|| Detroit News: "Detroit News endorsement: Mitt Romney for Michigan GOP primary." | Full endorsement

|| Oakland Press: "Romney best suited to compete with Obama." | Full editorial

|| Detroit Free Press: "A cruel, costly restriction on certain mental health drugs." | Full editorial

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