“Justices Look Again at How Police May Search Homes”: Adam Liptak will have this article Thursday in The New York Times.
Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has a news update headlined “Court reviews when police may enter someone’s home without warrant.”
In Thursday’s edition of The Los Angeles Times, David G. Savage will have an article headlined “Supreme Court appears set to give police more leeway in searches; Conservative justices appear to agree police should be allowed to enter a suspect’s residence without a warrant if they suspect evidence is being destroyed.”
Joan Biskupic of USA Today has a news update headlined “Supreme Court hears case on home searches by police.”
And online at Slate, Dahlia Lithwick has a Supreme Court dispatch entitled “Crime and Blandishments: What happens when Supreme Court justices try to think like criminal suspects.”
“Rivera-Soto calls off plan to abstain from N.J. Supreme Court cases involving temporary justice”: The Newark Star-Ledger has this news update.
And WSJ.com’s “Metropolis” blog has a post titled “A New Twist in N.J. Supreme Court Saga.”
“How Will Loughner’s Gunshots Echo in the Supreme Court’s Quiet Halls?” Garrett Epps has this blog post online at The Atlantic.
“Chief Justice warns Iowa lawmakers about threat to checks and balances”: Grant Schulte of The Des Moines Register has this blog post.
“Supreme Court again is asked to drop ‘In God We Trust'”: Michael Doyle of McClatchy Newspapers has an article that begins, “California attorney and dedicated atheist Michael Newdow is making another run at ‘In God We Trust,’ with a new Supreme Court petition challenging the national motto.”
“California judge to hear Ariz. mass shooting case”: The Associated Press has this report.
According to the article, U.S. District Judge Larry Alan Burns of the Southern District of California has been assigned to the case.
“Federal judges in Arizona recused in mass shooting”: The Associated Press has this report.
“Appeals court to hear arguments in Yucca Mountain lawsuit”: This article appears today in The Las Vegas Review-Journal.
“Judy Clarke: Jared Loughner’s ‘Amazing’ Attorney.” At Politics Daily, Andrew Cohen has a post that begins, “Judy Clarke is the Forrest Gump of criminal defense attorneys. Otherwise unassuming, even shy, she seems to turn up, front and center, for many of the cases we’ll never forget.”
“Legal Strategy Could Hinge on Mental Assessment”: This article appears today in The New York Times.
And online at Slate, Dahlia Lithwick has a jurisprudence essay entitled “The Insanity Defense: If the Arizona gunman is too insane to be influenced by anyone, he’s too insane to be executed.”
“Appeals court rules against wilderness groups in road fight”: Today’s edition of The Salt Lake Tribune contains this article reporting on an en banc ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued yesterday.
“Court denies media access to gruesome prison video”: The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued yesterday.
“Case of the wrong door opens at Supreme Court”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.
“Court Rules on Debtors and Doctors in Training”: Adam Liptak has this article today in The New York Times.
In today’s edition of The Washington Post, Robert Barnes reports that “Kagan delivers her first judicial opinion, in bankruptcy case.”
And David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has an article headlined “Elena Kagan’s first Supreme Court opinion not a dramatic one; New Supreme Court justices rarely are given important cases in their first term, and Elena Kagan’s initial effort, in a bankruptcy dispute, proved to be no exception.”
“61 apply for seat on Iowa Supreme Court”: Today’s edition of The Des Moines Register contains an article that begins, “Sixty-one people — including two who have spoken publicly about gay marriage — have applied to replace the three Iowa Supreme Court justices who were voted off the bench in November.”
And today’s edition of The New York Times contains an editorial entitled “Impeachment as Intimidation.”
“Court Hears Latest in Twins’ Case Against Facebook”: This article will appear Wednesday in The Wall Street Journal. You can freely access the full text of the article via Google News.
And the “Bits” blog of The New York Times has a post titled “Judges Grill Winklevoss Lawyer in Facebook Case.”
You can access the video of today’s Ninth Circuit oral argument by clicking here.
“Governments, lawyers OKd to share suit proceeds”: Today in The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko has an article that begins, “The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday allowed San Francisco and other cities and counties to hire private lawyers, and offer them a share of the proceeds, when suing companies for the huge costs of cleaning up lead paint.”
“The Constitutional Option: Reforming the Rules of the Senate to Restore Accountability and Reduce Gridlock.” U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-NM) has this essay online at the web site of the Harvard Law & Policy Review.
The en banc Superior Court of Pennsylvania has ruled today that federal law does not serve as an outright bar to any design defect claim arising from injuries caused by an FDA-approved vaccine: You can access today’s lengthy ruling of Pennsylvania’s intermediate appellate court at this link.
The Supreme Court of the United States is currently considering this same question in Bruesewitz v. Wyeth, Inc., No. 09-152. You can access the oral argument audio and transcript in Bruesewitz by clicking here.
“Facebook feud: Judges reluctant to reopen Winklevoss twins’ settlement.” Howard Mintz of The San Jose Mercury News has this update.
Dan Levine of Reuters reports that “Facebook-Winklevoss twins case goes to court.”
And Bloomberg News reports that “Facebook-Winklevoss Settlement Should Be Undone, Lawyer Says.”
When the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit posts online the audio of today’s oral argument, I will link to it.
“US appeals court weighs Philly tour guide tests”: The Associated Press has this report.
“2 new cases ask what First Amendment protects”: Tony Mauro has this news analysis online at the First Amendment Center.
“FDA helps states get execution drug”: The Associated Press has this report.
“Defendant with no language proves difficult to prosecute”: This front page article appears today in The Philadelphia Inquirer.
“The Commandments: The Constitution and its worshippers.” Jill Lepore has this essay in the January 17, 2011 issue of The New Yorker.
“Supreme Court sends Oneidas foreclosure case back to lower court”: This article appears today in The Utica (N.Y.) Observer-Dispatch.
And The Auburn (N.Y.) Citizen reports that “Supreme court dismisses Oneida case; Cayugas’ case continues.”
“Cal. Supreme Court: The Short List.” Nate Scott has this post at the blog “Southern California Appellate News.”
Today’s rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court in argued cases: Today’s first ruling issued in Ransom v. FIA Card Services, N.A., No. 09-907. Justice Elena Kagan delivered the opinion of the Court, Justice Antonin Scalia was the lone dissenter. You can access the oral argument via this link.
Today’s second and final ruling issued in Mayo Foundation for Medical Ed. and Research v. United States, No. 09-837. Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court, with Justice Kagan recused. You can access the oral argument via this link.
In early news coverage, The Associated Press has reports headlined “Court: Medical residents considered employees” and “Kagan writes her first opinion.”
And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Court: Medical residents not students.”
“Snyder names Zahra to Michigan Supreme Court”: The Detroit News contains this article today.
And The Detroit Free Press reports today that “Snyder names Brian Zahra to state Supreme Court.”
“Loughner’s Lawyer Is Called a Master Strategist”: This article appears today in The New York Times.
The San Diego Union-Tribune contains an article headlined “S.D. attorney focuses on clients, not notoriety of cases; Judy Clark, appointed Monday to represent Jared Loughner, might be the most low-profile high-profile attorney in the country.”
USA Today reports that “Loughner’s lawyer is ‘One-Woman Dream Team.’”
And The Arizona Republic contains an article headlined “Arizona shootings: Bill would provide ‘funeral protection zone’” that begins, “Democrats in the Arizona Legislature say they will introduce a bill Tuesday to create a ‘funeral protection zone’ to keep protesters from disrupting the funerals of those killed in the mass shooting near Tucson.”
“Judges Berate Bank Lawyers in Foreclosures”: John Schwartz has this article today in The New York Times.
“Facebook Seeks Finality in ‘Social Network’ Court Fight With Harvard Twins”: Bloomberg News has a report that begins, “Facebook Inc. will ask a court today to enforce a settlement which resolved claims that its founder Mark Zuckerberg stole the idea for the social-networking company from classmates at Harvard University.”
The New York Times recently reported that “Twins’ Facebook Fight Rages On.”
And WSJ.com’s “Digits” blog has a post titled “The Return of Winklevoss Vs. Zuckerberg.”
The case captioned The Facebook, Inc. v. ConnectU, Inc. will be argued today before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit consisting of Chief Judge Alex Kozinski, Circuit Judge Barry G. Silverman, and Senior Circuit Judge J. Clifford Wallace.
“Supreme Court declines to rein in Congress’ regulatory powers; The justices reject a constitutional challenge to a law that makes it a federal crime for a felon to have body armor or a bulletproof vest; The case involves the same point of law that is at the heart of pending legal battles over the healthcare law”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this news update.
Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has an article headlined “Supreme Court: Did it just hint at stance on a health-care law challenge? The Supreme Court refused to take up a case examining Congress’s authority under the commerce clause, a key issue in a legal challenge to Obama’s health-care law; Two justices dissented.”
And Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Body Armor Limits Left Undisturbed by U.S. High Court.”
“A Place on the Sex-Offender Registry for a Crime That May Be Off the Books”: Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times will contain this new installment of Adam Liptak’s “Sidebar” column.
“Arizona Supreme Court: Student’s cursing isn’t a crime.” Howard Fischer of The East Valley Tribune has this news update reporting on a ruling that the Supreme Court of Arizona issued today.
