“U.S. Use of Secret Information to Target Islamic Group Upheld by Court”: Bloomberg News has a report that begins, “The U.S. Treasury Department’s use of classified information to designate a now defunct Oregon Islamic charity as a terrorist organization was upheld by a federal appeals court in San Francisco.”
And Politico.com reports that “Islamic charity wins wiretapping suit.”
You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.
“Federal Appeals Court Scrutinizes Health Care Law”: Mike Scarcella has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”
“Judges Compete for Law Clerks on a Lawless Terrain”: Saturday’s edition of The New York Times will contain an article that begins, “Federal judges are entrusted with interpreting and applying rules fairly and consistently. Except, it seems, when it comes to hiring their own staff.”
“Carl Lewis quits NJ Senate race after court ruling”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Nine-time Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis quit the race for New Jersey state Senate on Friday, a day after a federal appeals panel removed him from the ballot because he didn’t meet a four-year residency requirement.”
Update: The Newark Star-Ledger has a news update headlined “Carl Lewis gives up fight to run for N.J. state Senate.”
“Appeals court hears challenge to health care law”: The Associated Press has this report.
“Supreme Court clerk William Suter to speak Friday in Lubbock”: The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal contains this article today.
“DOJ faces decision on next health lawsuit steps”: Politico.com has this report.
“Komisarjevsky blames Hayes as first week of Cheshire triple slaying trial ends”: This article appears today in The New Haven Register.
The Hartford Courant reports today that “Komisarjevsky Denies Role In Killings; In Taped Statement, Admits Sex Assault And Beating Of Father, But Says Hayes Solely Responsible For Deaths.”
And The Associated Press has a report headlined “Conn. defendant: I never thought of untying girls.”
“In Death-Penalty Debate, Execution Offers Little Closure”: John Schwartz has this article today in The New York Times.
“9th Circuit appeals court Judge Pamela Rymer dies”: The Associated Press has this report.
“President Obama Nominates Judge Jacqueline H. Nguyen to Serve on the United States Court of Appeals”: Yesterday, the White House issued a news release that begins, “Today, President Obama nominated Judge Jacqueline H. Nguyen to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.”
Circuit Judge Pamela Ann Rymer of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit died yesterday: The Public Information Office of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has just issued a news release headlined “Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Mourns Passing of Judge Pamela Ann Rymer.”
The Ninth Circuit now has four vacancies, with a fifth scheduled to occur on January 1, 2012 when Circuit Judge Mary M. Schroeder plans to take senior status.
“Military, Police Drones May Lead to Supreme Court Ethics Fight”: Gopal Ratnam of Bloomberg News has this report.
“SC’s Justice Scalia says no to @CSPAN covering his 9/24 talk at Duquesne Law School & to cameras at ex-clerks panel too”: C-SPAN has this Twitter post.
“Judges kick Carl Lewis off NJ state Senate ballot”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A federal appeals panel took nine-time Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis off a New Jersey state Senate ballot Thursday, finding he does not meet the state’s four-year residency requirement after all.”
And The Newark Star-Ledger has a news update headlined “Federal appeals court decides Carl Lewis will not be on ballot for N.J. Senate.”
You can access today’s unanimous per curiam opinion of a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit at this link.
Access online U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer’s interview from yesterday’s broadcast of NPR’s “On Point” with Tom Ashbrook: You can access the audio via this link.
“Court backs transit agency in ’93 WTC bombing case”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “New York’s top court has found the World Trade Center managers immune from negligence claims for failing to deter the 1993 parking garage bombing that killed six people and injured about 1,000.”
You can access today’s 4-to-3 ruling of the Court of Appeals of New York — that State’s highest court — at this link.
“Oklahoma Supreme Court considers ban on personal information in court records; Oklahoma Supreme Court justices are asking for comments from media, prosecutors, judges and others”: The Oklahoman contains this article today.
“UT Admissions case appealed to U.S. Supreme Court”: This article appeared yesterday in The Daily Texan.
“Breaking News: The Civil War Is Over.” Linda Greenhouse has this post at the “Opinionator” blog of The New York Times.
“Judge Rejects Challenge to Voting Rights Law by County in Alabama”: The New York Times contains this article today.
USA Today reports today that “Court upholds discrimination provision in voting act.”
The Shelby County Reporter reports that “Federal judge dismisses Shelby County’s challenge of Voting Rights Act.”
The Birmingham News reports that “Federal judge rules against Shelby County; upholds the Voting Rights Act.”
Howard Fischer of The Yuma Sun reports that “Ala. suit bad omen for Arizona Voting Rights Act lawsuit.”
The Associated Press reports that “Judge tosses Ala. challenge to election monitoring.”
And James Vicini of Reuters reports that “Judge upholds key part of voting rights law.”
“Jurors in Cheshire home invasion trial see graphic photos of victims, hear Komisarjevsky’s confession to police”: This article appears today in The New Haven Register.
Today’s edition of The Hartford Courant contains an article headlined “Rough Day In Komisarjevsky Trial; Judge cuts short taped statement referring to oral sex with 11-year-old victim, saying, ‘One of the jurors is having a tough time.’”
The New York Times reports that “Lurid Confession, Delivered In Calm Tones, Shocks Court.”
And The Associated Press reports that “Jurors hear confession in Conn. home invasion.”
“Split Decision and Barbed Comments Show a Court Deeply Divided on Wiretapping”: Eric Lichtblau has this article today in The New York Times.
My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Second Circuit order appears here and here.
“Troy Davis executed”: Bill Rankin of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has this news update.
The Savannah Morning News has an update headlined “Troy Davis is dead.”
And The Associated Press reports that “Ga. executes Davis; supporters claim injustice.”
“High court refuses to block Troy Davis execution”: The Associated Press has this report.
Via “SCOTUSblog,” you can access tonight’s order of the U.S. Supreme Court denying a stay at this link.
“U.S. court dismisses Iraq contractor torture cases”: James Vicini of Reuters has this report.
And The Associated Press reports that “Appeals court in Va. tosses 2 Abu Ghraib lawsuits.”
You can access here and here today’s rulings of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. In addition, that same three-judge panel’s ruling in a third somewhat related case can be accessed here.
“Judicial Diva Gone Wild? Chief Judge Jones Tells Judge Dennis to ‘Shut Up.'” David Lat has this post at “Above the Law.”
“‘Flawed’ new rape law roils military justice system”: Michael Doyle and Marisa Taylor of McClatchy Newspapers have this report.
“Appeals court rules for Spain in shipwreck case”: The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued today.
“Appeals Court OKs Challenge to Warrantless Electronic Spying”: David Kravets has this post at Wired.com’s “Threat Level” blog.
And Reuters reports that “Appeals court denies rehearing of wiretap challenge.”
My earlier coverage of today’s Second Circuit order appears at this link.
“Judge Gertner retired from the judiciary on September 1, 2011, but concurred in the opinion prior to her retirement.” So states the very first footnote of an opinion that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.
Former Senior U.S. District Judge Nancy Gertner, sitting by designation, was part of the three-judge panel that heard oral argument in the case on May 9, 2011.
“U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer on Making Our Democracy Work”: The transcript of Hugh Hewitt’s interview last week with Justice Stephen G. Breyer can be accessed at this link.
“The Court: A Talk with Judge Richard Posner.” Eric J. Segall has this interview (subscription required) in the September 29, 2011 issue of The New York Review of Books.
At the “Ideas Market” blog at WSJ.com, Christopher Shea has a related post titled “The Last Honest Judicial Hearing?”
“Breaking News: Federal District Court, in 151-Page Opinion, Upholds Constitutionality of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.” Rick Hasen has this post at his “Election Law Blog.”
You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia at this link.
By a vote of 6-to-6, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit today denied rehearing en banc of a three-judge panel’s decision that reinstated a suit challenging a law that lets the United States eavesdrop on overseas conversations: You can access today’s order denying rehearing en banc, together with the opinions concurring and dissenting from that result, at this link.
My earlier coverage of the original three-judge panel’s ruling can be accessed here.
