“Court rejects bid to restore drilling moratorium”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected the federal government’s effort to restore an offshore deepwater drilling moratorium, opening the door to resumed drilling in the Gulf while the legal fight continues.”
Reuters reports that “Court refuses stay in deepwater drilling case.”
Bloomberg News reports that “U.S. Appeals Court Rejects Six-Month Moratorium on Deep-Water Oil Drilling.”
You can access via this link (31.3MB Windows Media audio file) the audio of this afternoon’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
“Judge: Federal gay marriage ban unconstitutional.” The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A U.S. judge in Boston has ruled that a federal gay marriage ban is unconstitutional because it interferes with the right of a state to define marriage.”
You can access here and here today’s related rulings of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
“Nevada policy on male guards at female prisons struck down by court”: The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.
“9th Circuit Reversals See Decline”: Lawrence Hurley had this article Tuesday in The Daily Journal of California.
“Appeals court rejects Pratt & Whitney jobs move”: The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued today.
“Lawyers file final arguments in Troy Davis case”: The Savannah Morning News contains this article today.
“Westboro files response in Supreme Court case”: This article appears today in The York Daily Record.
And The Associated Press reports that “Church says funeral protests are protected.”
“5th Circuit Judges in Drilling Moratorium Case Have Oil Ties, Report Says”: Tresa Baldas of The National Law Journal has this report.
The New York Times reports today that “Obama Asks Court to Reinstate Ban on Deepwater Drilling.”
Carol J. Williams of The Los Angeles Times reports today that “Ken Salazar urges court to uphold ban on oil drilling; The Interior secretary tells appellate judges that the moratorium is needed to prevent another disaster in the Gulf of Mexico; But opposing lawyers say the economic harm is too great.”
The Times-Picayune reports that “Deepwater drilling moratorium opponents could win battle but lose war.”
Jennifer A. Dlouhy of Hearst Washington Bureau reports that “Legal showdown over drilling moratorium looms.”
The Associated Press reports that “Appeals court to hear drilling moratorium case.”
Reuters reports that “Obama administration set for drill ban legal fight.”
And Bloomberg News reports that “Gulf Drilling Ban Should Be Restored, U.S. Lawyers Tell Court of Appeals.”
“Sotomayor’s GOP ‘yea’ votes remain mute on Kagan; Of 9 Republicans who supported Obama’s 1st nominee, 1 is retired”: USA Today contains this article today.
And The New York Daily News reports today that “Bronx-born Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor judges famed Chinese eatery – but not Lindsay Lohan.”
