“Top Pa. court nixes district maps”: The Philadelphia Inquirer has a news update that begins, “The Pennsylvania Supreme Court, by a 4-3 vote Wednesday, rejected a plan to remap the state’s 203 House districts and 50 Senate districts.”
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has a news update headlined “Court orders more work on new state House, Senate districts.”
And The Associated Press reports that “State high court throws out legislative redistricting.”
Today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania consists of an order and a dissenting statement.
“House GOP to draft bill replacing Obama health law”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “House Republican leaders are drafting a bill to replace President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul if the Supreme Court strikes it down this summer.”
“The Red Shoe Diaries, Law Blog Version”: Ashby Jones has this post at WSJ.com’s “Law Blog.”
“Jones confounds the press”: Tom Goldstein has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”
“Montana Takes on Citizens United”: Yesterday’s edition of The New York Times contained this editorial.
And last Friday’s broadcast of NPR’s “On the Media” contained an audio segment entitled “Montana Goes Its Own Way on Citizens United” featuring Adam Liptak.
“Justice John Paul Stevens on How the Supreme Court Works; Supreme Court Justice Stevens discusses affirmative action, Citizens United, and his favorite chief justice”: This interview appears online at U.S. News & World Report.
“Nelson, Johanns rose above the fray with confirmation of federal judge”: Senior U.S. District Judge Richard G. Kopf of the District of Nebraska has this op-ed about the U.S. Senate‘s confirmation of his successor in today’s edition of The Omaha World-Herald.
“Roberts to America: Trust us.” At Politico.com, law professors William Yeomans and Herman Schwartz have an essay that begins, “Chief Justice John Roberts’s response in his year-end report to the increasing controversy over the ethics of Supreme Court justices served to drive home the need for the high court to adopt reforms immediately.”
“Gov. Christie’s effort to bring diversity to N.J. Supreme Court deserves praise”: This editorial appears today in The Newark Star-Ledger.
“Same-Sex Marriage May Hinge On Supreme Court”: Yesterday evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered” contained this audio segment.
“Walmart Faces Long Battle On Sex Discrimination, Despite Supreme Court Ruling”: Lila Shapiro of The Huffington Post has this report.
“Penn Law students assist professor in Supreme Court; The Supreme Court Clinic prepared 12 students for a case involving immigration law”: The Daily Pennsylvanian contains this article today.
“Supreme Court, Legal Issues Stay Out of the Spotlight at State of the Union”: Tony Mauro has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”
“A Wisconsin Judge’s Refusal to Recuse”: This editorial appears today in The New York Times.
“The Red-Sole Case: Can the color red be trademarked? Two luxury brands took to open court Tuesday to battle over the hue.” Ashby Jones has this article today in The Wall Street Journal.
And The New York Post reports today that “Louboutin defends red-sole trademark.”
“Pennsylvania Supreme Court may be affected by Orie scandal”: This article appears today in The Philadelphia Inquirer.
“In Vt., an attorney general’s losses raise doubts”: The Associated Press has this report.
“Shoes and herrings are red in 2d Cir. Louboutin argument”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report.
“Chuck Grassley’s slam of OLC chief rankles some”: Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has this blog post.
“Man Sues Supreme Court Marshal For Right to Hold Sign on Court Grounds”: Zoe Tillman has this post at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”
“Louboutin Seeks to Overturn Ruling on Yves Saint Laurent’s Red-Soled Shoes”: Bloomberg News has this report.
“Appeals court rules against GE in tax shelter case”: Reuters has this report.
And Bloomberg News reports that “General Electric Co. Loses Appeal in IRS Partnership Tax Benefits Case.”
You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.
“Federal appeals court hears NASCAR drug case”: The Associated Press has this updated report.
“Megaupload, meet Morrison”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report.
“All Hail Samuel Alito, Privacy Champion Extraordinaire!” Law professor Jeffrey Rosen has this essay online at The New Republic.
Online at The Atlantic, Garrett Epps has an essay entitled “Justice Scalia Turns to 18th-Century Wisdom for Guidance on GPS.”
And online at Slate, Dahlia Lithwick has a jurisprudence essay entitled “Alito vs. Scalia: The two conservative Supreme Court justices brawl over technology and privacy.”
In the February 2012 issue of The ABA Journal magazine: Mark Walsh has an article headlined “Dissecting the Health Care Case: Election-Year Term Mirrors New Deal Era.”
Richard Brust has an article headlined “The High Bench vs. the Ivory Tower.”
Stephanie Francis Ward has an article headlined “The Badgering State: Wis. Battles over Worker’s Rights and Skirmishes in the Supreme Court.”
And Leslie A. Gordon has an article headlined “Unknown Knowns: Torture Suits Against Rumsfeld May Revive a 40-Year-Old Liability Case.”
“Federal judge Wesley Brown dies at age 104 in Wichita”: The Wichita Eagle has this news update.
And The Associated Press reports that “Nation’s oldest federal judge dies at age 104.”
“Federal appeals court to hear NASCAR drug case”: The Associated Press has this report.
“Maine lawyer named to appeals court; William Kayatta Jr., a prominent trial attorney, awaits confirmation by the U.S. Senate”: This article appears today in The Portland Press Herald.
The Oklahoman reports today that “Magistrate Judge Robert E. Bacharach nominated for federal appeals court; After a long-running White House effort to find a successor for Robert Henry on the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, President Barack Obama has nominated Oklahoma City magistrate judge who was on a list given to Sen. Tom Coburn.”
And The Tulsa World reports that “Oklahoma judge nominated for 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.”
Yesterday, the White House issued a news release headlined “President Obama Nominates Two to Serve on the US Court of Appeals.”
“Guns and Weed: The Fourth Circuit Remands on the Second Amendment for Marijuana Users.” “The Federal Criminal Appeals Blog” has this post on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued today.
“U.S. appeals court rejects Padilla torture lawsuit”: James Vicini of Reuters has this report.
“The Case of the Missing Kennedy”: Kedar has this post today at the “DailyWrit” blog.
“Elena Kagan Recusal: Supreme Court Won’t Hear Arguments For Justice To Step Down From Health Care Cases.” Mike Sacks of The Huffington Post has this report.
“High Court Backs Police in School Threat Probe”: Mark Walsh has this post at the “School Law” blog of Education Week.
“Appeals panel rules against ‘enemy combatant'”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A federal appeals panel has turned away efforts by Jose Padilla, a U.S. citizen detained for nearly four years as an ‘enemy combatant,’ to reinstate a lawsuit against ex-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other government officials.”
You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at this link.
