“First Openly Gay Judge Confirmed for New York’s Highest Court; Justice Paul G. Feinman, of the Appellate Division of the State Supreme Court in Manhattan, will take the seat left open by the death of Judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam”: James C. McKinley Jr. will have this article in Thursday’s edition of The New York Times.
Matthew Hamilton of The Times Union of Albany, New York reports that “Senate confirms Court of Appeals nominee Paul Feinman; Feinman becomes first openly gay judge on state’s top court.”
Yancey Roy of Newsday reports that “Paul Feinman becomes first openly gay judge on state high court.”
And Jon Campbell of Gannett reports that “Paul Feinman becomes first gay judge on New York’s top court.”
“Ex-Guantanamo detainee Ghailani may pursue prison prayer claim: U.S. court.” Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on a ruling that a two-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued today.
“BPI faced pressure before ABC stories”: Jonathan Ellis of The Argus Leader of Sioux Falls, South Dakota has this report.
And at the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter, Eriq Gardner has a post titled “ABC Confronts Beef Company’s Lawyer With Rush Limbaugh’s ‘Pink Slime’ Commentary; Facing a multibillion-dollar defamation claim, the network also gets the plaintiff to admit to creating Wikipedia’s ‘pink slime’ page.”
“Appeals Court Sides With State On Casino Expansion — For Now”: Kenneth R. Gosselin and Edmund H. Mahony of The Hartford Courant have this report.
And Larry Neumeister of The Associated Press reports that “Court rejects MGM lawsuit as company competes with tribes.”
You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.
“What Will Trump Do with Half a Million Backlogged Immigration Cases?” Jonathan Blitzer has this post online at The New Yorker.
“The Redskins’ Edible Crotchless Gummy Panties argument actually worked”: At the “D.C. Sports Bog” of The Washington Post, Dan Steinberg has an entry that begins, “Sometimes when I’m bored, I like to imagine Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito the first time he scanned the appendix of the amicus brief the Redskins filed in the recently decided Slants trademark case.”
“Trump lawyers make final Supreme Court pitch on travel ban”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.
And Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has a report headlined “Trump’s Travel Ban: What to Expect When the Supreme Court Acts.”
“Trump’s Most Lasting Legacy? America’s courts — presently a thorn in the president’s side — are about to get a lot more conservative; And they will probably stay that way for a very long time.” Alex Wagner of The Atlantic has this report.
“Will the Ninth Circuit Rein in What Might Be ‘the Most Important Lawsuit on the Planet’?” Attorney Andrew R. Varcoe has this essay online at The Recorder.
“At the U.S. Supreme Court, a Haddonfield lawyer’s free speech argument carries the day”: Columnist Kevin Riordan has this essay in today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer.
“How a Shorthanded Supreme Court Gutted a Historic Civil-Rights Remedy”: Cristian Farias has this post today at the “Daily Intelligencer” blog of New York Magazine.
“Decision time: Some of the Supreme Court’s notable rulings this year.” David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.
“Murder trial set for Sigfredo Garcia”: Karl Etters of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.
“High Court ruling may hurt claims of talc link to cancer”: Jim Salter of The Associated Press has this report.
“Topless bans aim to protect, but some question who needs protecting”: In today’s edition of The Washington Post, columnist Courtland Milloy has an essay that begins, “To hear some lawmakers tell it, the female breast exposed in public has the power to destroy the moral fabric of the nation.”
“Anti-sharia group offers donors a private tour and cocktails at Trump hotel”: Amy Brittain and Abigail Hauslohner have this article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.
“A look at special counsel Robert Mueller’s team of lawyers”: Eric Tucker of The Associated Press has this report.
“Some States Beat Supreme Court to Punch on Eliminating Gerrymanders”: Thomas Fuller and Michael Wines have this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.
Today’s edition of The Washington Post contains an editorial titled “The Supreme Court has a chance to rein in partisan gerrymandering.”
And online at The Washington Post, Tim Cullen and Dale Schultz have an essay titled “We led the Wisconsin Senate. Now we’re fighting gerrymandering in our state.”
