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Thursday, September 29, 2016
"Federal appeals court strikes down ballot selfies ban": Kevin Landrigan of The New Hampshire Union Leader has this report. In today's edition of The Concord Monitor, David Brooks has a front page article headlined "State's law against 'ballot selfies' again rejected by federal court." Katie Rogers of The New York Times reports that "Court Overturns New Hampshire Ban on Selfies (and Snapchat) in Voting Booths." Joe Palazzolo of The Wall Street Journal reports that "Appeals Court Overturns Ban on Selfies in Voting Booths; First Circuit strikes down a New Hampshire law that banned voters from sharing photos of their marked ballots on social media." Jaclyn Reiss and Milton Valencia of The Boston Globe have an article headlined "Go ahead and take a ballot selfie -- it's now legal in N.H." Gintautas Dumcius of The Republican of Springfield, Massachusetts reports that "US appeals court says ban on 'ballot selfies' is unconstitutional." The Associated Press has a report headlined "Court: Law banning people's ballot photos unconstitutional." David Kravets of Ars Technica reports that "New Hampshire law barring ballot selfies is unconstitutional, court rules; Not even the motive to limit voter coercion can bar right to ballot booth selfies." Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News reports that "New Hampshire 'Ballot Selfie' Ban Is Unconstitutional, Appeals Court Rules; The ACLU -- supported by a journalists' group and Snapchat -- sued the state over the law." Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post has an article headlined "Snapchat Fans, Rejoice: Ballot Selfies Are Totally Constitutional In New Hampshire; You can't be prosecuted for uploading a selfie while you cast your vote." And Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has a blog post titled "Appeals court: Ballot selfie ban unconstitutional." You can access yesterday's ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit at this link. "A Loss for Citizens United. And for Democrats." Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online today at Bloomberg View. Posted at 11:32 PM by Howard Bashman "Court to rule on offensive trademarks": Lyle Denniston has this blog post today. Posted at 10:08 PM by Howard Bashman "Malcolm Lucas, former California chief justice, dies at 89": Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report. And Jeremy B. White and Christopher Cadelago of The Sacramento Bee report that "Former California Chief Justice Malcolm Lucas dies at 89." "Supreme Court to Hear Case on Objectionable Trademarks; The case involving the name of an Asian-American rock band could have implications for the Washington Redskins": Brent Kendall and Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal have this report. Posted at 04:56 PM by Howard Bashman "Obama's Former Supreme Court Lawyer Says He 'Hated Losing' Big Immigration Case; Donald Verrilli, who helped save Obamacare twice, is returning to private practice": Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post has this report. Posted at 04:55 PM by Howard Bashman "At heart of transgender rights case at SCOTUS, a controversial legal doctrine": Alison Frankel's "On the Case" from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post today. Posted at 04:45 PM by Howard Bashman "Conservative legal tactic could imperil Clinton agenda; By shopping for like-minded judges and seeking nationwide injunctions, GOP-led states have had success blocking presidential orders": Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has this report. Posted at 01:38 PM by Howard Bashman "Record Number of UVA Law Alumni Clerk for U.S. Appeals Courts": The University of Virginia School of Law issued this news release today. Posted at 01:36 PM by Howard Bashman "How Mitch McConnell won the Supreme Court fight": Joan Biskupic of CNN.com has this report. Posted at 01:32 PM by Howard Bashman "'I Wanted to Dramatize the Racist Attitude of the Majority': An interview with 94-year-old Judge Damon Keith, author of the most important voting rights dissent in recent history." Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate. Posted at 01:28 PM by Howard Bashman "Markel suspect seeking change of venue": Karl Etters of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report. Posted at 01:22 PM by Howard Bashman "Law on Disparaging Trademarks Gets Supreme Court Review": Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report. Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that "Supreme Court to review case important to Redskins trademark fight." David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that "Supreme Court to decide if offensive names like 'Redskins' and 'Slants' can be trademarked." Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that "Supreme Court to consider disparaging trademarks" and "Supreme Court to hear special education case." Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that "Supreme Court Takes Up Trademark Case That Might Affect Redskins" and "Credit-Card Surcharge Laws Draw Review at U.S. High Court." Andrew Chung of Reuters reports that "U.S. top court to hear dispute over trademark for band The Slants." And Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that "U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear credit card surcharge fee fight." Access today's Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court today granted review in eight new cases. In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that "Supreme Court to hear challenge over offensive trademarks"; "Supreme Court to hear 'swipe fees' case"; "Supreme Court to hear case over deportations"; "Justices take up fight over refunding fees in criminal cases"; and "Supreme Court says it will hear special education case." "Alito Recalls Garth as 'Epitome of Dedication'": David Gialanella of the New Jersey Law Journal has this report. Posted at 09:38 AM by Howard Bashman "Pondering the Supreme Court's Future": Linda Greenhouse has this essay online today at The New York Times. Posted at 09:33 AM by Howard Bashman "The Climate-Change Countdown: Why a Donald Trump Supreme Court pick could destroy progress in the fight against global warming." Elizabeth Kolbert has this post online today at The New Yorker. Posted at 09:23 AM by Howard Bashman Wednesday, September 28, 2016
"Obama's Clean Power Plan gets court showdown": Richard Wolf of USA Today has an article that begins, "The nation's second most powerful court spent nearly seven hours Tuesday trying to decide whether President Obama's signature plan to fight global warming represents a transformative environmental initiative or tramples on the prerogatives of Congress and the states." Ann E. Marimow and Brady Dennis of The Washington Post report that "Appeals court considers Obama's climate change plan." Coral Davenport of The New York Times reports that "Appeals Court Hears Challenge to Obama's Climate Change Rules." Amy Harder of The Wall Street Journal reports that "Power-Plant-Emissions Court Case Raises Questions on EPA Rules' Scope; Judges focus on whether the agency overstepped its legal authority." Oliver Milman of The Guardian (UK) reports that "Obama's climate change legacy at stake as Clean Power Plan has its day in court; Seven hours of legal argument on states' right to allow carbon pollution may determine the fate of the centerpiece of US efforts to limit climate change." Andrew M. Harris and Jennifer A. Dlouhy of Bloomberg News report that "Obama's Climate Legacy Under Fire as Power Plan Faces Test." Valerie Volcovici of Reuters reports that "Obama power plant rules face key test in court." Ariane de Vogue of CNN.com reports that "Appeals court hears high-stakes challenge to Obama's clean power plan." Lastly, Amanda Reilly of Greenwire has an article headlined "Lawyers, law profs dish in marathon court session's wake," while Ellen M. Gilmer of EnergyWire has an article headlined "Oral arguments: the blow by blow." You can access here (part one) and here (part two) the audio of yesterday's marathon oral argument before the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. "9th Circuit in Picasso case: U.S. judges can look beyond briefs to interpret foreign law." Alison Frankel's "On the Case" from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post today. Posted at 10:48 PM by Howard Bashman "5th Circuit ponders New Orleans' Confederate monuments": Kevin Litten of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans has this report. And The Associated Press reports that "New Orleans tells court it can remove Confederate statues." You can access via this link (59.0 MB mp3 audio file) the audio of today's oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. "Obama's former Supreme Court lawyer, Don Verrilli, joins L.A. law firm": David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report. Sari Horwitz of The Washington Post reports that "Former solicitor general Donald Verrilli to open D.C. office of California law firm." And Elizabeth Olson of The New York Times reports that "Donald Verrilli, Former Solicitor General, to Join Law Firm." Today, the law firm of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP issued a news release titled "Former Solicitor General Don Verrilli Joins Munger Tolles to Open DC Office." "You Can't Strip Dancers of the Right to Bare All": Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online today at Bloomberg View. Posted at 03:33 PM by Howard Bashman "Supreme Court on Verge of Historic Shift Is Stuck in Limbo for Now": Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report. Posted at 03:30 PM by Howard Bashman "Moore goes before ethics panel on gay marriage order": The Associated Press has this report. Posted at 01:46 PM by Howard Bashman "Death-Penalty Drugmaker Shouldn't Be Anonymous": Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View. Posted at 01:35 PM by Howard Bashman "A Leading Light Of The Federal Judiciary Will Take Senior Status By Year's End": David Lat has this post at "Above the Law." Posted at 10:54 AM by Howard Bashman "Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Justice For All." In the newest installment of the "what it takes" podcast from the Academy of Achievement, Nina Totenberg speaks with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Posted at 09:10 AM by Howard Bashman "Tilton Rejected as U.S. Supreme Court Lets SEC Case Proceed": Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report. And Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that "Supreme Court declines financier's bid to block SEC action." "Roy Moore trial Wednesday: Will he lose chief justice job twice in 13 years?" Kent Faulk has this front page article in today's edition of The Birmingham News. AL.com will be offering live updates via this link. "Trudeau waffles on approach to appointing Supreme Court judge": In today's edition of The Toronto Globe and Mail, Sean Fine has a front page article that begins, "Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined a unanimous vote in the House of Commons on Tuesday on an opposition motion that urges his government to 'respect the custom of regional representation' when it fills a current opening on the Supreme Court." Posted at 08:44 AM by Howard Bashman "Comparing the ideologies of Supreme Court nominees": Orin Kerr has this post at "The Volokh Conspiracy." Posted at 08:34 AM by Howard Bashman "Constitution Check: Could Roe v. Wade be overruled without amending the Constitution?" Lyle Denniston has this post today at the "Constitution Daily" blog of the National Constitution Center. Posted at 08:24 AM by Howard Bashman "Why Nobody's Talking About the Supreme Court": Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View. Posted at 08:22 AM by Howard Bashman Tuesday, September 27, 2016
"Ala. PAC-to-PAC transfer ban upheld by appeals court": Brian Lyman of The Montgomery Advertiser has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued today. Posted at 11:20 PM by Howard Bashman As expected, the Seventh Circuit plans to opt-out of the forthcoming FRAP word-limit reductions for appellate briefs: On Friday of last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit published these proposed changes to its local rules. Similarly, in June 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit published amendments to its local rules that likewise will retain the current word limits for appellate briefs effective December 1, 2016, rejecting the FRAP word-limit reductions scheduled to take effect on that date. |
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