“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.
“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.
“Supreme Court on Verge of Historic Shift Is Stuck in Limbo for Now”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.
“Moore goes before ethics panel on gay marriage order”: The Associated Press has this report.
“Death-Penalty Drugmaker Shouldn’t Be Anonymous”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View.
“A Leading Light Of The Federal Judiciary Will Take Senior Status By Year’s End”: David Lat has this post at “Above the Law.”
“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.
“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.”
“Comparing the ideologies of Supreme Court nominees”: Orin Kerr has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”
“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.
“Why Nobody’s Talking About the Supreme Court”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View.
