“As Senate nears filibuster showdown, Reid says Republicans can still avoid fight”: This article appears today in The Washington Post.
Today’s edition of The New York Times contains a front page article headlined “Senate’s Leader Sets Showdown Over Changes to Filibuster.” The newspaper also contains an article headlined “Vacancies and Partisan Fighting Put Labor Relations Agency in Legal Limbo” and an editorial titled “A Step to Majority Rule in the Senate.”
The Los Angeles Times reports that “Senate prepares for filibuster showdown; Citing frustration with GOP tactics, Democrats say they will move to end the minority party’s ability to block the president’s nominations for executive branch posts.”
Politico.com reports that “Senate heads toward ‘nuclear option.’”
Roll Call reports that “No Deal Yet on ‘Nuclear Option’ After Senate Joint Caucus.”
The Hill reports that “Joint caucus meeting ends with no deal to avoid the nuclear option.”
Bloomberg News has reports headlined “Senate Nears Showdown Nominee Votes as Leaders Seek Deal” and “Senators Weighing Rule Changes Ignore Chamber’s History.”
Reuters reports that “U.S. senators fail to cut deal, head for showdown on filibuster.”
And The Associated Press reports that “Filibuster talks flag, Senate braces for showdown.”
“Amid Falling Enrollment, Law Schools Are Cutting Faculty; Trims Send Grim Message to Elite Group Long Sheltered From Economy’s Ups and Downs”: Ashby Jones and Jennifer Smith have this article today in The Wall Street Journal.
You can freely access the full text of the article via Google News.
“9th Circuit says Miranda warning must be given in correct Spanish”: Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued yesterday.
“Court due to make second trip down the aisle”: Law professor Richard L. Hasen — author of the “Election Law Blog” — has this essay online at Reuters.
“HealthSouth Founder Richard Scrushy’s Sentence Is Upheld”: Bloomberg News has this report.
And Reuters reports that “Former HealthSouth CEO Scrushy’s bribery conviction upheld.”
You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit at this link.
“Guantanamo Detainee Begs to Be Charged as Legal Limbo Worsens”: Jess Bravin has this front page article today in The Wall Street Journal.
He also has a second, related article in today’s newspaper headlined “Guantanamo Frowned on John Grisham Books.”
“Will the Supreme Court Mess with Texas? Because that’s where the state’s abortion bill is headed.” Emily Bazelon has this essay online at Slate.
“Judge halts Georgia execution over injection issue”: Reuters has this report.
And The Associated Press reports that “Ga. execution halted amid lethal injection concerns.”
Earlier today online at The Atlantic, Andrew Cohen had an essay titled “The Warren Hill Execution: A Late Challenge Over Lethal-Injection Drug; Georgia has made the method by which it acquires pentobarbital a ‘state secret,’ which Hill’s lawyers say raises questions about needless suffering and separation of powers.”
“Snowden’s surveillance leaks open way for challenges to programs’ constitutionality”: Jerry Markon of The Washington Post has a news update that begins, “The recent disclosure of U.S. surveillance methods is providing opponents of classified programs with new openings to challenge their constitutionality, according to civil libertarians and some legal experts.”
“Why California won’t build prisons to ease inmate overcrowding”: David Siders had this front page article in yesterday’s edition of The Sacramento Bee.
And today, the newspaper has a related blog post titled “Four ex-governors seek delay in inmate releases.”
“Saying Senate Is ‘Broken,’ Reid Vows to Limit Filibuster”: The New York Times has this news update.
The Washington Post has a news update headlined “As Senate nears filibuster showdown, Reid says Republicans can still avoid fight.”
The Los Angeles Times has a news update headlined “Filibuster change needed to ‘save the Senate,’ Harry Reid says.”
Politico.com reports that “No deal yet to stop ‘nuclear option.’”
Alexander Bolton of The Hill has a report headlined “Reid gives GOP ultimatum: Relent on nominees or I will go ‘nuclear.’”
Reuters reports that “Reid warns of using Senate ‘nuclear option’ on filibusters.”
And The Associated Press has a report headlined “Filibuster fight: Senators scrapping over nominees.”
“Gay marriage foes lose state Supreme Court plea to halt weddings”: Howard Mintz of The San Jose Mercury News has this update.
Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times has a news update headlined “Prop. 8: California Supreme Court refuses to stop gay weddings.”
Bloomberg News reports that “California High Court Refuses to Revive Gay Marriage Ban.”
Dan Levine of Reuters reports that “California Supreme Court refuses to stop gay weddings in state.”
And The Associated Press reports that “Calif. court declines to stop gay marriages.”
“Roger J. Miner — Dedication of NY Law Reading Room”: Lance Wheeler posted this video Saturday online at YouTube.
Recently, New York Law School posted online the “Archival Collection of Judge Roger J. Miner: 1981-2012.”
“Double Secret Surveillance”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.
“US appellate judge Boyce F. Martin Jr., of Louisville, retiring; Liberal penned opinions on Obamacare, bourbon”: Andrew Wolfson has this front page article in today’s edition of The Courier-Journal.
“The Withered Writ: Habeas corpus, the age-old way for prisoners to challenge their detention, has never been more restricted than it is now.” Lincoln Caplan will have this article in the next print edition of The American Prospect.
“Guantanamo: 25 captives quit hunger strike since Ramadan.” Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this report.
And in today’s edition of The New York Times, Charlie Savage has an article headlined “15 Held at Guantanamo Are Said to Quit Hunger Strike.”
“The Future of Same-Sex Marriage”: This editorial appears today in The New York Times.
“Who Is Fnu Lnu? Unidentified Defendants Have Bedeviled Courts for Decades.” Benjamin Weiser has this article today in The New York Times.
“Lengthy prison sentences for juveniles under scrutiny; Appellate court upheld 60-year term for Dunbar attacker Jakaris Taylor”: This article appears in today’s edition of The South Florida Sun Sentinel.
“Life tenure no longer serves Supreme Court”: Columnist Jeff Jacoby had this op-ed earlier this week in The Boston Globe.
“Supreme Court at odds with Obama, Congress; Decisions on voting rights, same-sex marriage and other cases reveal a split between the judicial and political branches; In the top case of the next term, someone has to win”: Richard Wolf had this news analysis in Friday’s edition of USA Today.
“Supreme Court ruling threatens to invalidate Kansas hard 50 sentences”: This article appears today in The Wichita Eagle.
“Supreme Court to decide case on harm by porn; The decision on how actual harm is determined could mean the difference between a victim being compensated or getting nothing”: Paula Reed Ward had this article in last Sunday’s edition of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
“Under the U.S. Supreme Court: Affirmative action living on the edge.” Michael Kirkland of UPI has this report.
Programming note: My very enjoyable visit to Seattle will be coming to an end on Sunday, when I will be spending most of the day traveling back to Philadelphia. Additional posts will appear here Sunday evening.
“Justice Department Urges Supreme Court to Reverse Ninth Circuit in Bauman v. DaimlerChrysler”: John Bellinger had this post yesterday at the “Lawfare” blog.
“Highest-ranking convicted pirate loses appeal”: The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued yesterday.
“Prop. 8 backers ask court to stop weddings”: Bob Egelko has this article today in The San Francisco Chronicle.
Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times reports today that “Prop. 8 supporters try again, this time with state Supreme Court; ProtectMarriage tries to stop gay weddings, saying the federal injunction against the same-sex marriage ban does not apply statewide.”
Howard Mintz of The San Jose Mercury News reports that “Gay marriage foes try again to revive California’s Proposition 8.”
Today’s edition of The Sacramento Bee contains an article headlined “Folsom attorney’s petition seeks to stop same-sex marriages in California.”
And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “New test of California same-sex marriages.”
“Court sides with critics of California legal aid group in fight over case files”: Michael Doyle of McClatchy Washington Bureau has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued yesterday.
Unfortunately, the D.C. Circuit‘s ruling in this case yesterday is not currently available for download from that court’s web site via the link assigned to the ruling. [Update: Thanks to the reader who emailed to advise that the decision can be accessed here.}
“U.S. court says biofuel producers must face carbon emissions rules”: Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued yesterday.
“BP Gulf Spill Victims Challenge Economic-Loss Settlement”: Bloomberg News has this report.
“Supreme Court affirms decision in Nelson v. Knight case”: The Messenger of Fort Dodge, Iowa has a news update that begins, “The Iowa Supreme Court today has ruled that a Fort Dodge dentist did not discriminate against a fired employee because of her status as a woman.”
The Des Moines Register has a news update headlined “Iowa Supreme Court out of touch with women’s concerns, says Nelson’s lawyer” that begins, “Iowa Supreme Court justices today gave Melissa Nelson more expansive reasoning but the same result, finding again in an opinion issued this morning that a Webster County dentist did not discriminate against Nelson when he fired her out of fear that her good looks might prompt him into an extramarital affair.”
And at “On Brief: Iowa’s Appellate Blog,” Ryan Koopmans has a post titled “Iowa Supreme Court reaffirms that unfair terminations based on personal relationships are not illegal.”
You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Iowa at this link.
“Baby Veronica belongs with her adoptive parents”: Christy Maldonado, the birth mother of Baby Veronica, has this essay online today at The Washington Post.
“How the Sequester Is Holding Up Our Legal System: Budget cuts caused by the sequester are already hindering the timely administration of justice — and federal judges say a constitutional crisis may be on the horizon.” Andrew Cohen has this essay online today at The Atlantic.
