“Supreme Court votes not to reappoint chairman in Prosser discipline case”: The Wisconsin State Journal has this news update.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has a news update headlined “Three justices miffed over Judicial Commission appointment.”
And Bloomberg News reports that “Wisconsin Top Court Fires Judicial Oversight Panel Chief.”
“Appeals court revives Iraq contractor torture cases”: Terry Baynes of Reuters has this report.
The Associated Press reports that “Va. appeals court revives Abu Ghraib lawsuits.”
And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Setback for Abu Ghraib contractors.”
My earlier coverage of today’s en banc Fourth Circuit ruling appears at this link.
“Gay marriage moves closer to Supreme Court”: David Ingram of Reuters has this report.
“Attorneys argue for no-fly lawsuit to be reinstated in U.S. District Court in Portland”: The Oregonian has this news update.
And The Associated Press reports that “Federal appeals court in Ore. takes up no-fly case.” The AP’s report, in its current uncorrected form, refers to “9th Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge Alex Kozinsky.” See also The AP reporter’s tweet about his article.
“Victim can be compelled to testify”: The Lincoln Journal Star has a news update that begins, “The Nebraska Supreme Court has affirmed a Lincoln judge’s order, finding an alleged sexual assault victim in contempt for refusing to testify.”
And The Associated Press has a report headlined “Nebraska court: Woman must testify in rape case.”
You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Nebraska at this link.
Seventh Circuit Chief Judge Frank H. Easterbrook issues opinion examining a provision of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act that curtails the use of automated dialers and prerecorded messages to cell phones: You can access Chief Judge Easterbrook’s quite interesting opinion, on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, at this link.
“Louis Pollak, a ‘Powerful Heart'”: Lincoln Caplan has this essay today in The New York Times.
“En Banc Fourth Circuit Dismisses Contractors’ Appeals in Abu Ghraib Torture Suit”: Steve Vladeck has this post at the “Lawfare” blog about an en banc ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued today.
“Federal Judge Richard Posner takes on science and law; Technical advances outpace, outsmart many in court, he says”: In today’s edition of The Chicago Tribune, Ameet Sachdev’s “Chicago Law” column begins, “Richard Posner, a distinguished federal judge in Chicago, paints an unsettling picture of how judges deal with the intersection of science and the law, an increasingly busy and complex juncture.”
“Court won’t order Google-NSA interactions released”: The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued today.
“Chemical Weapons Act Upheld by 3rd Circuit on Remand From High Court”: In today’s edition of The Legal Intelligencer — Philadelphia’s daily newspaper for lawyers — Saranac Hale Spencer has this article, in which I am quoted.
“Federal appeals court in Ore. takes up no-fly case”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A federal appeals court in Oregon will hear arguments in a lawsuit filed by 15 men who say their rights were violated because they are on the U.S. government’s no-fly list.”
In 2010, The Oregonian reported on the case in an article headlined “Lawsuit filed in Portland is first national challenge to government’s no-fly list.”