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Tuesday, February 21, 2017

“Court Ruling Gives Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Investors Limited Room for Claims; Court disallows most claims but orders additional proceedings on others”: Brent Kendall and Nick Timiraos of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

And Andrew Harris and Joe Light of Bloomberg News report that “Hedge Funds Can’t Sue Over Investments in Fannie and Freddie.”

You can access today’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.

Posted at 9:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“Federal Appeals court upholds Maryland assault rifle ban”: Ian Duncan of The Baltimore Sun has this report.

Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post reports that “Appeals court upholds Maryland ban on semiautomatic, military style guns.”

And Brian Witte of The Associated Press reports that “Maryland’s assault weapons ban upheld by US appeals court.”

You can access today’s 10-to-4 ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at this link.

Posted at 8:56 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justices Weigh Agent’s Cross-Border Shooting of Mexican Teenager”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Justices divided on cross-border shooting that left Mexican teenager dead.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court justices appear split over whether Constitution extends to Mexican teenager shot across the border.”

Michael Doyle of McClatchyDC reports that “A lethal shooting at the U.S.-Mexico border divides the Supreme Court.”

Kevin Diaz of The Houston Chronicle reports that “U.S. Supreme Court weighs rights of Mexican family in Border Patrol shooting.”

Bill Mears of FoxNews.com reports that “Supreme Court appears divided on cross-border shooting by US agent.”

On this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Nina Totenberg had an audio segment titled “Supreme Court Considers If Mexican Nationals Can Sue For Border Shooting.”

Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post reports that “Supreme Court Torn Over Whether Constitution Should Apply To Cross-Border Shootings; Civil liability is the only avenue left for parents of a Mexican teenager shot to death by a U.S. Border Patrol agent.”

Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News reports that “Justices Question Whether Mexican Family Can Sue Over Cross-Border Shooting.”

And in commentary, online at The Atlantic, law professor Garrett Epps has an essay titled “Is the Southern Border a Constitution-Free Zone? The Supreme Court considers a case involving a youth on the Mexican side of the border killed by an American border patrol agent on the U.S. side.”

You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Hernandez v. Mesa, No. 15-118.

Posted at 8:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“Gorsuch, Like Previous Supreme Court Nominees, Keeps Views Hidden”: Carl Hulse has this new installment of his “On Washington” column in today’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 7:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“Does Donald Trump’s Supreme Court Nominee Believe the Constitution Is God’s Law? You may hear a lot about an arcane legal theory at Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation hearings.” Stephanie Mencimer of Mother Jones has this report.

Posted at 1:18 PM by Howard Bashman



“Like a prayer: A church-state case may be an early test for Neil Gorsuch; The Supreme Court nominee has emphasised the secular value of religious rites.” Steven Mazie has this post today at the “Democracy in America” blog of The Economist.

Posted at 1:04 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump attack may reopen debate on splitting Ninth Circuit in SF”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

Posted at 1:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court seems split in case of boy’s death near border”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “Supreme Court divided over cross-border shooting case.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Border-Shooting Lawsuit May Divide U.S. Supreme Court Justices.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court divided over U.S.-Mexico border shooting.”

And Ariane de Vogue of CNN.com reports that “US Border Patrol shooting of Mexican national goes to Supreme Court.”

Posted at 12:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“The selling of Neil Gorsuch: Rafting, puppies and Garland gushing; The high court nominee’s charm offensive is showing signs of working.” Seung Min Kim of Politico.com has this report.

Posted at 10:26 AM by Howard Bashman



“Court considers constitutionality of Ohio execution process”: Andrew Welsh-Huggins of The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A federal appeals court plans to consider arguments over the constitutionality of Ohio’s lethal injection process as the state tries to start carrying out executions once again.”

Posted at 10:15 AM by Howard Bashman



Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court granted review in one new case.

In addition, Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a dissent, in which Justice Stephen G. Breyer joined, from the denial of certiorari in Arthur v. Dunn, No. 16-602.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Supreme Court rejects Alabama death row appeal“; “Justices reject appeal of tea party groups over IRS review“; “High court rejects appeal from ex-NYC councilman“; “Supreme Court rejects appeal from Virginia death row inmate“; and “Justices reject appeal from South Carolina death row inmate.”

From Reuters, Lawrence Hurley reports that “Supreme Court rejects Alabama death penalty inmate’s appeal.” And Andrew Chung reports that “U.S. top court rejects Boston Scientific’s patent licensing appeal.”

Posted at 9:36 AM by Howard Bashman