“Appeals court upholds Katrina flood ruling”: The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued today.
“Impact of state anti-abortion laws hard to gauge”: The Associated Press has this report.
“Challenge to Obama recess appointments denied”: Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued today.
Bloomberg News reports that “Obama NLRB Recess-Appointment Challenge Rejected by Judge.”
And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Recess appointment test fails.”
“Analysis: Rights groups try to avoid US high court setback.” Joan Biskupic of Reuters has this report.
“The Nation’s Top Supreme Court Litigators Debate the Constitutionality of the Health Care Reform Law During National Constitution Center Moot Court Case”: The National Constitution Center issued this news release today.
“Pfizer Argues Against Punitive Damages in HRT Case”: Amaris Elliott-Engel has this front page article, in which I am quoted, in today’s edition of The Legal Intelligencer, Philadelphia’s daily newspaper for lawyers.
My earlier coverage of the case appears at this link.
“Judicial gridlock may be Round 2 in culture war”: Politico.com has this report.
And The Arizona Republic reports today that “Senate panel OKs Arizona justice for post on U.S. Court of Appeals.”
“Will Pa. judges merit selection in future?” The Philadelphia Daily News contains this article today.
“Groups call for Cebull’s resignation”: This article appears today in The Great Falls (Mont.) Tribune.
The Los Angeles Times reports today that “Misconduct review will target judge’s anti-Obama email; A federal judicial council opens a misconduct review of Montana District Judge Richard F. Cebull, who sent a racially charged email about President Obama from his courthouse computer.”
The Billings Gazette reports that “Cebull asks for review of conduct on bench.”
Bill Mears of CNN.com reports that “Judge asks for probe after sending racist Obama e-mail.”
Politico.com reports that “Judge Richard Cebull apologizes to Obama.”
And Amanda Bronstad of The National Law Journal reports that “Federal judge files complaint over his own e-mail message.”
