“Court sides with Davidson College police”: The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina contains an article today that begins, “The case of a woman accused of driving drunk on streets near Davidson College sparked a state Supreme Court ruling Thursday that helps define the power of campus police forces at educational institutions with religious affiliations.”
The Burlington (N.C.) Times-News reports today that “State Supreme Court upholds Davidson College arrest powers.”
DavidsonNews.net reports that “N.C. Supreme Court upholds college’s police powers.”
And The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that “N.C. Supreme Court Upholds Police Authority at Religious Colleges.”
You can access yesterday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of North Carolina at this link.
“Christie slams N.J. Supreme Court for fast-tracking challenge to judges’ health-benefits law”: The Newark Star-Ledger contains this article today.
“Ex-Gitmo prosecutor suing over firing after op-eds”: The Associated Press has this report on an appeal argued yesterday before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
“Google files Fed. Circuit appeal of ruling on damning email”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report.
“Appeals court upholds Kansas inmate savings accounts”: The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued yesterday.
“Govt urges justices to say out of immigration case”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “The Justice Department is urging the Supreme Court to stay out of a dispute over Arizona’s immigration law, saying that lower courts properly blocked tough provisions targeting illegal immigrants.”
“D.C. Lawyer Nominated To Federal Circuit Bench”: At “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Mike Scarcella has a post that begins, “Richard Taranto, a name partner at the Washington firm Farr & Taranto, was nominated Thursday evening to a slot on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.”
The news release that the White House has issued is headlined “President Obama Nominates Richard Gary Taranto to Serve on the US Court of Appeals.”
“Fumo resentenced to 61 months”: The Philadelphia Inquirer has this news update.
And The Associated Press reports that “Ex-Pa. state senator re-sentenced to 61 months.”
“S.F., wireless group to appeal trimmed cellular law”: Bob Egelko has this article today in The San Francisco Chronicle.
“Senate panel OKs repeal of Defense of Marriage Act”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, ” The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to repeal a federal law defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman, but the legislation lacks vote for passage in either House.”
And at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Andrew Ramonas has a post titled “DOMA Repeal Clears Senate Judiciary Committee.”
“Feds ask court to overturn Katrina flood ruling”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “The Army Corps of Engineers isn’t liable for property owners’ claims that its shoddy work on a shipping channel caused billions of dollars in damage from Hurricane Katrina’s storm surge in greater New Orleans, a government lawyer argued Wednesday in a bid to overturn a federal judge’s landmark ruling.”
You can access the audio of yesterday’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit via this link (60.1MB Windows Media audio file).
“Nixon’s long-secret Watergate testimony coming out”: The Associated Press has this report.
Update: You can access the documents made public today via this link.
“Westboro Baptist Church to come to Penn State”: This article appears today in The Daily Collegian, the student newspaper of Penn State University.
“Justice Blocks and Predictability of U.S. Supreme Court Votes”: Roger Guimera and Marta Sales-Pardo have published this new study in the November 9, 2011 issue of the online journal PLoS ONE.
“Supreme Court health care reform path could be set Thursday”: Politico.com has this report.
And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Health care: Now, it’s the Court’s turn.”
“Democrats push repeal of Defense of Marriage Act”: The Associated Press has this report.
“Alleged al Qaida bomber emerges from CIA shadows, waves”: Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has an article today that begins, “A reputed al Qaida chieftain emerged from the shadows of CIA confinement and interrogation Wednesday to face death-penalty charges as the alleged engineer of the 2000 USS Cole bombing, and got a minimum one-year delay until his murder and terror trial date.”
Charlie Savage of The New York Times reports today that “Accused Al-Qaeda Leader Is Arraigned in U.S.S. Cole Bombing.”
The Washington Post reports that “Alleged USS Cole bombing mastermind Nashiri is arraigned.”
The Los Angeles Times reports that “Suspect in Cole bombing appears in Guantanamo court; Abd al Rahim al Nashiri’s arraignment marks the start of a case that will test Obama administration rules aimed at making military tribunals more transparent.”
Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has an article headlined “USS Cole bombing: Defense grills judge as suspect is arraigned in Cuba; Suspected Al Qaeda operative Abdal Rahim al-Nashiri, the alleged mastermind of the suicide boat attack on the USS Cole in 2000, appeared before a military judge at Guantanamo to face war crimes charges.”
At Politico.com, Josh Gerstein reports that “Alleged USS Cole conspirator Abd Al-Rahim Al-Nashiri declines to enter plea.”
And today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition” contained an audio segment entitled “USS Cole Attack Suspect Appears In Military Court.”
“Edward DuMont asks Obama to withdraw his nomination to Federal Circuit”: Sheri Qualters of The National Law Journal has an article (registration required) that begins, “Edward DuMont, an appellate litigation partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, has sent a letter to President Barack Obama asking him to withdraw his nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.” You can access the nominee’s letter at this link.
“Justices Likely to Overturn California Law Against Slaughtering ‘Downer’ Animals”: Adam Liptak has this article today in The New York Times.
And today in The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko reports that “Supreme Court favors federal slaughterhouse laws.”
“Supreme Court, Help! My Mini-Bar Is Spying Without Warrants.” David Kravets has this post at Wired.com’s “Threat Level” blog.
And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Orin Kerr has a post titled “The Two Questions of Jones, and the Potential Difficulty of Identifying the Proper Voting Rule.”
“Latif: A Very Big Deal.” This evening at the “Lawfare” blog, Benjamin Wittes has this post about a previously secret opinion that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit made public today in redacted form.
“Supreme Court seems ready to block California law that requires euthanization of ‘downer’ livestock”: Robert Barnes will have this article Thursday in The Washington Post.
The Press-Enterprise of Riverside, California has a news update headlined “Slaughter law with Inland roots challenged.”
Michael Doyle of McClatchy Newspapers reports that “Supreme Court skeptical of California’s slaughterhouse rule.”
Bill Mears of CNN.com reports that “Livestock treatment debated at Supreme Court.”
And Greg Stohr and Stephanie Armour of Bloomberg News report that “California Slaughterhouse Law May Be Voided by U.S. Supreme Court.”
“May It Please the Court: Why this week’s decision upholding Obamacare may carry extra weight at the Supreme Court.” Simon Lazarus has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
And Ariane de Vogue of ABC News has a blog post titled “Judge Calls Pre-2014 Ruling on Health Care Mandate Premature.”
“Daimler Loses Bid for Review of Argentine Kidnapping, Torture Case Ruling”: Bloomberg News has a report that begins, “Daimler AG lost its bid for further review of a U.S. court ruling that it must face claims that its Argentine Mercedes-Benz unit collaborated with state security forces to kill and torture workers in the so-called Dirty War.”
A total of eight Ninth Circuit judges joined in an opinion dissenting from that court’s denial of rehearing en banc today.
My earlier coverage of the three-judge panel’s ruling appears at this link.
“Court likely to overturn Calif. law on livestock”: The Associated Press has this report.
You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in National Meat Assn. v. Harris, No. 10-224.
“USS Cole case arraignment a new Guantanamo chapter”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A Saudi considered among the most senior figures in al-Qaida emerged Wednesday from nine years of secret confinement to face charges of orchestrating the deadly attack on the USS Cole in the start of a new round of Guantanamo Bay war crimes tribunals under a president who vowed to halt them.”
“Alleged al Qaida bomber engaged at war court debut”: Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has a news update that begins, “An alleged al Qaida chieftain facing a death-penalty trial was brought before an Army judge at Camp Justice on Wednesday, his first ever court date nine years after CIA agents captured him in the Arabian Gulf region and spirited him off to waterboarding and other secret interrogation techniques.” Earlier, Rosenberg had related articles headlined “Guantanamo: the most expensive prison on earth; The cost to house a captive at Guantanamo Bay is $800,000 per year, far in excess of other federal or state lockups” and “Judge opens remote war court viewing site to ‘general public.’”
Charlie Savage of The New York Times has a news update headlined “Accused Al-Qaeda Leader is Arraigned in U.S.S. Cole Bombing.”
The Los Angeles Times reports today that “Cole bombing suspect’s Guantanamo trial to begin; The military tribunal proceeding is a no-win situation for Abd al Rahim al Nashiri; It also highlights a continuing legal and ethical dilemma for the Obama administration.”
Reuters reports that “Guantanamo hearing to be beamed to U.S. viewing sites.”
And today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition” contained an audio segment entitled “Guantanamo Trial Opens With A Series Of Firsts.”
“High court weighs hearing arguments on health-care law”: Joan Biskupic has this article today in USA Today.
Today in The New York Times, John Schwartz reports that “Health Law Survives Test in Court of Appeals.”
The Washington Post reports that “Appeals court upholds health-care law.”
Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has an article headlined “Health care in court: Obama leading 3-1, but it ain’t over ’til it’s over; A federal appeals court panel in Washinton, D.C., upholds the constitutionality of Obama’s health-care reforms, the third to do so; The Supreme Court is scheduled to consider on Thursday whether to take up one or more challenges to the law.”
At “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Big boost for health care.”
And online at The Atlantic, law professor Garrett Epps has an essay entitled “A Conservative Icon Upholds the Affordable Health Care Act.”
“Personhood rejected; Supporter vows to continue fight”: This article appears today in The Clarion-Ledger of Jackson, Mississippi.
The New York Times reports today that “Mississippi Voters Reject Anti-Abortion Measure.”
The Los Angeles Times reports that “Mississippi voters reject controversial ‘personhood’ initiative.”
The Associated Press reports that “‘Personhood’ effort still alive after Miss. defeat.”
Reuters reports that “Mississippi voters reject anti-abortion measure.”
Bloomberg News reports that “Mississippi Voters Reject ‘Personhood’ Ballot Cutting Off Abortion Access.”
And today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition” contained an audio segment entitled “Mississippi Voters Reject ‘Personhood’ Measure.”
“U.S. Supreme Court justices question handling of evidence by Orleans Parish prosecutors”: Bruce Alpert has this article today in The Times-Picayune of New Orleans.
And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Argument recap: Disaster at the lectern.”
“Democrats, Republicans win judicial races”: This article appears today in The Philadelphia Inquirer.
“Miss. defeats life at conception ballot initiative”: The Associated Press has this report.
“Court Casts a Wary Eye on Tracking by GPS”: Adam Liptak will have this article Wednesday in The New York Times.
Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has a news update headlined “Supreme Court worries that new technology creates ‘1984’ scenarios.”
In Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, Jess Bravin will have an article headlined “Use of GPS to Monitor Suspects Debated at High Court.”
Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has an article headlined “At the Supreme Court: Is GPS tracking of suspects too Orwellian? Supreme Court on Tuesday considered whether police must get a warrant before attaching a GPS tracking device to a suspect’s car; The justices’ posed questions that echo the Orwell novel ‘1984.’”
Mike Sacks of The Huffington Post has an article headlined “GPS Tracking: Supreme Court Debates Privacy Limits On Police.”
On this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Nina Totenberg had an audio segment entitled “Justices Invoke ‘1984’ During GPS Case Arguments.”
This evening’s broadcast of “The PBS NewsHour” contained a segment entitled “Supreme Court Hears Landmark GPS Tracking Case.”
Online at The Atlantic, law professor Garrett Epps has an essay entitled “Justice Roberts: Could the Government Track My Car?”
And online at Slate, Dahlia Lithwick has a Supreme Court dispatch entitled “Which Way Privacy? The Supreme Court asks whether the government can put a GPS device on your car without a warrant.”
“Justices Rebuke a New Orleans Prosecutor”: Adam Liptak will have this article Wednesday in The New York Times.
“U.S. Supreme Court rejects Phila. murderer’s appeal”: Nathan Gorenstein of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this news update.
