“With New Member, Supreme Court Takes New Look at Crime Lab Ruling”: Adam Liptak will have this article Tuesday in The New York Times.
In Tuesday’s edition of USA Today, Joan Biskupic will have an article headlined “Court revisits lab tests ruling; Analysts must testify in person.”
This evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered” contained an audio segment entitled “Court Revisits Ruling Forcing Lab Analysts To Testify” featuring Nina Totenberg.
And this evening’s broadcast of the PBS program “The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer” contained a segment entitled “Is It a Right to Confront Your Accuser in Court?” featuring Marcia Coyle.
“Blind Justice: The Supreme Court blacks out the YouTubing of the gay-marriage trial.” Online at Slate, Emily Bazelon has this jurisprudence essay.
“Letting pervs cruise the Web: Lifetime Internet ban struck down.” Michael Doyle of McClatchy’s Washington Bureau has this post at his “Suits & Sentences” blog about a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued today.
Access online the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Briscoe v. Virginia, No. 07-11191: You can access the transcript in this Confrontation Clause-lab report case at this link.
“Judge has questions in gay marriage trial in CA”: The Associated Press has this report.
“At the Supreme Court, Life is One Big Vocabulary Lesson”: Tony Mauro has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”
“We must decide whether law enforcement officers violate a suspect’s Fourth Amendment rights when they enter the curtilage of his home and attach a mobile tracking device to the undercarriage of his car.” A unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit answers “no” in an opinion issued today.
“Prosecutors, defense to argue new motion in Scott Roeder trial”: The Wichita Eagle has this news update. The newspaper has posted the prosecution’s brief at this link.
And The New York Times has a news update headlined “Trial Delayed in Killing of Abortion Doctor.”
“High Court To Weigh Overseas Custody Battle”: Lawrence Hurley has this article today in The Daily Journal of California.
“Fans should laud Brees for siding against NFL”: In yesterday’s edition of The San Francisco Chronicle, columnist Gwen Knapp had an essay that begins, “During a playoff bye weekend for his Saints, Drew Brees threw deeper than he had all season. The New Orleans quarterback submitted an op-ed piece to the Washington Post, saying that the Supreme Court should stiff-arm the NFL in an antitrust case the justices will hear on Wednesday.”
“Justices Decline Appeal on Student T-Shirts”: Mark Walsh has this post today at the “School Law” blog of Education Week.
“Court blocks taping of gay marriage trial”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “The Supreme Court is blocking a broadcast of the trial on California’s same-sex marriage ban, at least for the first few days.”
And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Delay in broadcast of Prop. 8 trial; No YouTube webcast, for now.”
Access online today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: The Court’s posting of today’s Order List appears to be delayed. Once the list is posted online, it should be available at this link. [Update at 10:29 a.m. — The Order list is now online.]
According to “SCOTUSblog,” the Court today did not grant review in any new cases, although the Court did call for the views of the Solicitor General in two cases.
The Court today also issued a summary reversal in McDaniel v. Brown, No. 08-559, a case arising from the Ninth Circuit.
In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Supreme Court rejects school dress code challenge.”
“2nd Circuit Reverses Sanctions Against Cravath Attorneys in Alien Tort Case; Judges split on magistrate judges’ authority to sanction attorneys”: law.com has this report.
My earlier coverage of last week’s Second Circuit ruling appears at this link.
“Jury selection tough as Kan. abortion trial begins”: The Associated Press has this report.
“Washington’s Gun Past Affects Arenas’s Future”: This article appears today in The New York Times.
“Prop. 8 trial begins today”: Bob Egelko has this article today in The San Francisco Chronicle. The newspaper also reports that “Berkeley couple to testify in trial.”
The Sacramento Bee reports today that “Prop. 8 federal case opens in S.F. today.”
Reuters reports that “Gay marriage ban goes on trial in California.”
Today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition” contained an audio segment entitled “Gay Marriage Ban Goes On Trial In California.”
The Los Angeles Times contains an editorial entitled “The public and Prop. 8: In the age of YouTube, it’s only fitting that a court challenge to the amendment banning same-sex marriage is broadcast.”
The New York Times contains an op-ed by Edwin Meese III entitled “Stacking the Deck Against Proposition 8.”
And the organization American Foundation for Equal Rights has issued a news release headlined “Ted Olson to Make Opening Statement in Prop. 8 Trial; Trial on Unconstitutionality of Prop. 8 Begins in U.S. District Court; Plaintiffs To Testify First.”
“NFL faces off-the-field challenge”: Joan Biskupic has this article today in USA Today.
And Jesse J. Holland of The Associated Press has a report headlined “Hats off: NFL apparel fight could have big impact.”
“Fieger case to test Michigan high court’s disqualification rule”: Dawson Bell has this front page article today in The Detroit Free Press.
“Criminal Prosecutors Pin Hopes On Sotomayor”: This audio segment featuring Nina Totenberg appeared on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”
Boston public radio station WBUR reports that “Supreme Court Ruling Creates Logjam In Mass. Courts.”
And today’s edition of The New York Times contains an editorial entitled “The Right to Confront Witnesses.”
“Obama 10th Justice Kagan Subverts Supreme Court Business Tilt”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.
