“Oklahoma case carries on court fight over same-sex marriage; Panel that heard Utah’s arguments last week will hear Oklahoma’s same-sex marriage case”: Marissa Lang has this front page article in today’s edition of The Salt Lake Tribune.
In today’s edition of The Deseret News, Dennis Romboy has an article headlined “Utah, Oklahoma same-sex marriage cases on parallel track.”
In today’s edition of The Denver Post, Kirk Mitchell has an article headlined “Colorado’s gay marriage ban could hinge on appeals court ruling.”
And Emma Margolin of msnbc reports that “Appeals court to hear case for gay marriage in Oklahoma.”
“An Indecent Burial”: Linda Greenhouse has this essay online at The New York Times.
“Supreme Court case could test future of broadcast TV”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.
In the April 15, 2014 issue of Variety, Ted Johnson has a news analysis headlined “Supreme Court Ruling on Aereo Will Be Significant, No Matter Who Wins.”
Jordan Crook of TechCrunch reports that “Aereo Shows Off Their Rooftop Antenna Farm Ahead Of Supreme Court Ruling.”
Lawrence Hurley and David Ingram of Reuters report that “U.S. Supreme Court’s Alito ends recusal in Aereo TV case.”
At the “Hollywood, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter, Jonathan Handel has a post titled “Justice Alito Rejoins Aereo Supreme Court Case; All nine Supreme Court Justices will hear oral argument Tuesday in the closely-watched case.”
And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Alito rejoins the Court in two cases.”
“India’s Supreme Court Recognizes 3rd Gender”: This post appears at the “India Ink” blog of The New York Times.
You can access yesterday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of India at this link.
“How the President Got to ‘I Do’ on Same-Sex Marriage”: Jo Becker will have this article in this upcoming Sunday’s edition of The New York Times Magazine.
“Abortion Endures as a Political Tripwire”: Online today at The New York Times, Thomas B. Edsall has an essay that begins, “Why is there such a difference in the durability of two foundational issues of American conservatism: gay marriage and abortion?”
“Weev Talks About Life In Prison And His Plans To Open A Hedge Fund, TRO LLC”: John Biggs has this interview online at TechCrunch.
According to Auernheimer, “I have instructed my counsel not to file a motion for dismissal by cause of double jeopardy if the government brings this case in another jurisdiction. I will gladly litigate this matter again to attack the CFAA a second time, even if the result is another round of imprisonment.”
“Justice Alito Re-Enters Two Key Business Cases”: Tony Mauro has this post today at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”
“Round 2: Court takes up Oklahoma gay-marriage case.” The Associated Press has this report.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit is scheduled to hear oral argument in the case tomorrow.
“US judge overturns 6-week abortion ban”: The Associated Press has this report.
And the Center for Reproductive Rights, which brought the challenge, issued a news release titled “Federal Court Permanently Blocks Most Extreme Abortion Ban in the Country; Judge calls North Dakota’s ban on abortion at six weeks ‘a blatant violation of the constitutional guarantees afforded to all women.’”
You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota at this link.
Update: In other coverage, Bloomberg News reports that “North Dakota ‘Fetal Heartbeat’ Abortion Ban Ruled Illegal.”
And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Judge nullifies strictest anti-abortion law.”
“Court Deportations Drop 43 Percent in Last Five Years”: This article will appear in Thursday’s edition of The New York Times.
“Professor tries for double play in toxic tort case before Supreme Court”: Jeremy P. Jacobs of Greenwire has this report today.
“House Lawyers Defend ‘Speech or Debate'”: Zoe Tillman has this post today at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times” reporting on an amicus brief filed yesterday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
“Scalia to Student: If Taxes Get Too High ‘Perhaps You Should Revolt.'” Jacob Gershman has this post today at WSJ.com’s “Law Blog.”
“Argument preview: A global search for money.” Lyle Denniston has this post today at “SCOTUSblog.”
“Lavabit held in contempt of court for printing crypto key in tiny font; US attorney: Lavabit ‘treated court orders like contract negotiations.'” Joe Silver of Ars Technica has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued today.
“U.S. consumer groups win unsealing of lawsuit over infant death”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued today.
“Diller Goes Big in High Court Gamble on Aereo’s Future”: Greg Stohr and Alex Barinka of Bloomberg News have this report today.
“Bisignano can be on ballot, Iowa Supreme Court rules”: Grant Rodgers has this article today in The Des Moines Register.
And at “On Brief: Iowa’s Appellate Blog,” Ryan Koopmans has a post titled “Iowa Supreme Court splits over what kinds of criminals can vote.”
You can access yesterday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Iowa at this link.
“Crosses Spark a Constitutional Fight”: Jacob Gershman has this article today in The Wall Street Journal.
“An update on our press pass”: Tom Goldstein has this post today at “SCOTUSblog.”
“Judge stays most of Ohio gay marriage ruling”: The Associated Press has this report.
You can access today’s order of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio at this link.
Programming note: This morning, I am meeting with trial counsel in an appeal on which I am working. Additional posts will appear here this afternoon.
“The Tragicomedy of the 9/11 Trial: A report from Guantanamo Bay.” Dave Cullen has this essay online at The New Republic.
“Supreme Court to consider challenge to law barring campaign falsehoods; The Supreme Court will hear a free-speech challenge to an Ohio state law that prohibits publishing false statements about political candidates”: David G. Savage has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.
And The Associated Press reports that “Court to weigh challenge to ban on campaign lies.”
“Liberals and libertarians join forces to defend gay marriage rights”: Adam Serwer of msnbc has this report.
“Google friends swamp 9th Circuit in ‘Innocence of Muslims’ case”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report today.
Access online the contents of the April 2014 issue of The Yale Law Journal: At this link.
In this month’s issue, law professor Jeremy Waldron has an essay titled “Five to Four: Why Do Bare Majorities Rule on Courts?”
And the issue also contains a feature titled “Federalism as the New Nationalism: A dialogue among a new school of federalism scholars.”
“Man who disrupted Supreme Court gets time served”: The Associated Press has this report.
Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “Man in videotaped protest inside Supreme Court pleads guilty.”
And at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Tony Mauro has a post titled “Supreme Court Protester Sentenced to Time Served.”
“Battle over Argentina’s debts heads to Supreme Court”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.
“Whether a defendant may remove a case a second time based on diversity jurisdiction more than one year after the commencement of the case?” Some readers may recall that on January 24, 2014 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued an order granting my clients’ petition for permission to appeal presenting that issue.
Today, on behalf of my clients, the plaintiffs in the case, I filed the opening Brief for Appellants.
And for any readers who simply can’t get enough when it comes to appeals involving the law school subjects of federal courts and civil procedure, today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a decision resolving “whether the federal court in Guam has jurisdiction in disputes exclusively between aliens.”
“Convicted Murderer Still Has Miranda Rights Case”: Courthouse News Service has a report that begins, “A man convicted twice for the same murder can sue the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department for failing to read him his rights, the 9th Circuit ruled Tuesday.”
And at her “Trial Insider” blog, Pamela A. MacLean has a post titled “Convicted Killer’s Civil Rights Suit Reinstated.”
Circuit Judge Stephen Reinhardt wrote today’s ruling on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
“Argument preview: Justices to consider ‘truth-in-labeling’ fruit juices.” Ronald Mann has this post today at “SCOTUSblog.”
“Prenda On Appeal: Copyright Troll Tactics Challenged in DC Circuit.” Corynne McSherry of Electronic Frontier Foundation has this blog post about a case that she and two other attorneys argued yesterday at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
You can access the audio of yesterday’s oral argument via this link (23.1 MB mp3 audio file).
“Aereo to Face Uphill Battle in Supreme Court, Experts Say; With broadcasters on one side and the cloud computing business on the other, the stakes are high — and the case could go either way”: Jonathan Handel has this post today at the “Hollywood, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter.
