“Appeals Court Backs Student Religious Club”: At the “School Law” blog of Education Week, Mark Walsh has this post about a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued today.
“News execs can sue Arpaio for arrest, court rules”: The Associated Press has this report.
And Bloomberg News reports that “Arizona’s Sheriff Arpaio Must Face Lawsuit, Court Says.”
You can access today’s en banc ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.
“The Triumph of the Text: In ‘Reading Law,’ Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and legal writer Bryan A. Garner argue for paying close attention to the original meaning of the words in the Constitution and other legal documents.” David B. Rivkin Jr. has this book review today in The Wall Street Journal.
And online at The New Republic, Seventh Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner has a review of the book headlined “The Spirit Killeth, but the Letter Giveth Life.”
In the September 2012 issue of ABA Journal magazine: John Gibeaut has an article headlined “Marriage Proposal: Court May Weigh Levels of Scrutiny for Same-Sex Couples.”
Lorelei Laird has an article headlined “Pricing Amy: Should Those Who Download Child Pornography Pay the Victims?”
And Bryan A. Garner has an article headlined “Kagan’s Teachers: 9th Justice Talks About Her Influences in Writing, Reading and Reasoning.” The magazine has also posted online the “Full Transcript of Bryan A. Garner’s Interview with Elena Kagan.”
“A Star Is Born: Chief Judge Alex Kozinski, Coming To A Movie Theater Near You.” David Lat has this post today at “Above the Law.”
“Split court upholds 30-year sentence for coach in ‘sexting’ case”: Reuters has this report.
And The New York Law Journal reports that “Split Panel Upholds Coach’s 30-Year Term on Child Porn Charges.”
You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.
“Texas redistricting plan denied preclearance; Abbott will appeal”: Chuck Lindell has this article today in The Austin American-Statesman.
In today’s edition of The Washington Post, Robert Barnes reports that “Texas redistricting discriminates against minorities, federal court says.”
David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Court rejects Texas legislative districts as discriminatory; The ruling, if upheld on appeal, will force Texas lawmakers to redraw the districts for Congress and the state Legislature so as to elect a greater number of minorities.”
Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Texas Redistricting Hit Minorities, Court Rules.”
The New York Times reports that “Federal Court Finds Texas Voting Maps Discriminatory.”
The San Antonio Express-News reports that “Texas redistricting plan ruled illegal.”
And The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports that “Federal judges overturn Texas redistricting maps.”
You can access yesterday’s opinion of a three-judge court of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia at this link.
“What the Supreme Court Did This Summer: Do the justices really deserve a three-month vacation?” Law professor Amanda Frost has this essay online at Slate.
