“FSU Professor’s Fatal Shooting Rattles Campus”: The ABC News program Good Morning America has this report.
FoxNews.com reports that “Legal community stunned at murder of top law professor.”
At Forbes.com, Danielle Citron has a post titled “Honoring Dan Markel: Life’s Lessons.”
And at “PrawfsBlawg,” Howard Wasserman has a post titled “Memorials for Dan Markel.”
“Arizona asks top court to reverse execution ruling”: The Associated Press has this report.
“Police, community seek answers in renowned FSU law professor’s slaying”: CNN.com has this report.
And The Daily Mail (UK) has a report headlined “‘He was the intended target’: Police in Florida admit they are baffled by murder of Harvard-educated professor Dan Markel after divorced father-of-two shot dead in apparent ‘assassination.’”
“Mexico-born law professor Cuellar chosen for California Supreme Court”: Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times has this news update.
Howard Mintz of The San Jose Mercury News has an update headlined “Stanford law school professor named to California Supreme Court.”
The Sacramento Bee has a news update headlined “Jerry Brown names law school professor to California Supreme Court.”
And The Associated Press reports that “Law professor nominated to California high court.”
“Slain Toronto professor Dan Markel eulogized by colleagues; Law professors from around the U.S. pen memorial to Toronto-born man killed in Florida”: CBC News has this report.
“Dan Markel died from gushot wound to the head”: Sean Rossman of The Tallahassee Democrat has this news update.
And at the “Just Security” blog, law professor Andy Wright has a post titled “Dan Markel (1972-2014).”
“Courts Issue Conflicting Rulings on Health Care Law”: Robert Pear of The New York Times has this news update reporting on today’s D.C. Circuit ruling in the Halbig case (see this earlier post collecting early news coverage) and today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in King v. Burwell.
The Washington Post has a news update headlined “Federal appeals court panel deals major blow to health law” that begins, “Two federal appellate courts handed down contradictory rulings Tuesday on the legality of a central part of the Affordable Care Act that provides insurance subsidies to millions of Americans in three dozen states that rely on the new federal health insurance marketplace.”
David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has a news update headlined “D.C. court ruling deals new blow to Affordable Care Act.”
Brent Kendall and Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal have a news update headlined “Appeals Courts Issue Conflicting Rulings on Health-Law Subsidies; Subsidies Seen as Crucial to Implementation of Affordable Care Act.”
Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Appeals court panel deals blow to Obamacare.”
Politico.com has reports headlined “D.C. Appeals court strikes Obamacare subsidies“; “DOJ to appeal ‘incorrect’ Halbig ruling“; and “GOP: Ruling an Obamacare ‘repudiation.’”
The Hill has reports headlined “Federal appeals court strikes blow against ObamaCare subsidies“; “Second court disagrees, upholds subsidies“; and “Hoyer: Court ignores Congress’s intent.”
Sahil Kapur of TPM DC reports that “Federal Appeals Courts Clash Over Obamacare Subsidies.” And Dylan Scott of TPM DC reports that “4.7 Million Could Lose Obamacare Subsidies After Huge Court Decision.”
“Motrin Lawsuit: Jury Awards Girl $10 Million for Burns and Blindness.” The ABC News program Good Morning America had this report in June 2011.
Today, a unanimous three-judge panel of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania affirmed the judgment in plaintiffs’ favor, in a case in which I had briefed and argued the appeal on the plaintiffs’ behalf. You can access today’s ruling at this link, and you can access my clients’ Brief for Appellees at this link.
“Because we conclude that the ACA unambiguously restricts the section 36B subsidy to insurance purchased on Exchanges ‘established by the State,’ we reverse the district court and vacate the IRS’s regulation.” A divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit today issued its ruling in Halbig v. Burwell.
Senior Circuit Judge Harry T. Edwards issued a dissenting opinion that begins, “This case is about Appellants’ not-so-veiled attempt to gut the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.”
In early news coverage, Andrew Zajac of Bloomberg News reports that “Obamacare Aid for Plan Buyers on U.S. Exchange Overturned.”
David Morgan, Lawrence Hurley, and Aruna Viswanatha of Reuters have a report headlined “Appeals court throws out IRS rule on Obamacare subsidies.”
The Associated Press reports that “Federal appeals court deals blow to health law.”
And Lyle Denniston of “SCOTUSblog” has a post titled “Major new blow to health care law.”
“U.S. Senate confirms Carnes for Atlanta-based appeals bench”: Daniel Malloy of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has an article that begins, “The U.S. Senate on Monday confirmed Judge Julie Carnes to serve on the Atlanta-based U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the first judicial vacancy filled in Georgia since 2011.”
“Remembering Dan Markel”: Orin Kerr has this post today at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”
“U.S. court denies bid to reconsider stay of Arizona execution”: Reuters has this report.
The Associated Press reports that “Arizona execution drug case heads to Supreme Court.”
And at WSJ.com’s “Law Blog,” Jacob Gershman has a post titled “Judge Kozinski: Bring Back the Firing Squad.”
You can access yesterday’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denying en banc review, and the dissents therefrom, at this link.
“Arizona Seeks to Postpone Ruling on Drug-Induced Abortion”: Bloomberg News has a report that begins, “Arizona is seeking to postpone a ruling that blocked its restrictions on drug-induced abortions while it appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court.”
Update: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has posted Arizona’s stay motion at this link.
“Dan Markel ‘intended victim’ of fatal shooting”: Sean Rossman of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.
In Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times, John Schwartz will have an article headlined “Police Seek Clues in Fatal Shooting of Widely Known Criminal Law Professor in Florida; Dan Markel’s Death Reverberates Among Legal Scholars.”
At “Above the Law,” David Lat has a post titled “Professor Dan Markel: Some Personal Recollections.”
And online at Jewish Journal, Abigail Shrier has written an obituary headlined “Dan Markel, legal scholar, dies at 41.”
“Justice Kennedy says Constitution ‘flawed document'”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this blog post today.
“A Prominent Law Professor Is Shot At Home And Killed”: David Lat has this post at “Above the Law.”
“Canadian professor was killed in targeted attack, Florida police say”: The Toronto Globe and Mail has a news update that begins, “A law professor originally from Toronto was killed in a targeted attack in his Florida home, police said Monday.”
And The Tallahassee Democrat has a news update headlined “TPD Chief DeLeo calls Markel shooting a ‘murder.’”
Confusing entrapment jury instruction leads majority on divided three-judge Second Circuit panel to order new trial on charges of transporting and shipping child pornography: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.
“A cucumber has characteristics similar to a zucchini but it is not, in fact, a zucchini.” So observes the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit today in an opinion ruling against an appeal brought by the American Bar Association’s Retirement Funds.
Access online today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: The Court has posted the Order List at this link.
“Governor seeking reconsideration of license ruling”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer asked an appeals court Friday to reconsider its earlier ruling that blocked her policy denying driver’s licenses to young immigrants who have avoided deportation under an Obama administration policy.”
You can view Arizona’s petition for rehearing or rehearing en banc at this link.
“Dan Markel’s Meaningful Life Ends in Senseless Death; Law Professor Was Mensch in Every Sense of Word”: Jay Michaelson has this essay in The Jewish Daily Forward.
And Bob Gabordi of The Tallahassee Democrat has an essay titled “TPD must learn trust, respect are two-way streets.”
“Why experts see little hope for GOP plan to sue Obama over law’s delay”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.
“A Lifetime on California’s Death Row”: This editorial will appear in Monday’s edition of The New York Times.
Online at The New York Times, Justin Wolfers has an essay titled “Life in Prison, With the Remote Possibility of Death.”
And online recently at The Washington Post, law professor Charles J. Ogletree Jr. had an essay titled “The death penalty is incompatible with human dignity.”
“Court Delays Execution Over Secrecy With Drugs”: Erik Eckholm will have this article in Monday’s edition of The New York Times.
“No leads on death of Canadian law professor killed in Tallahassee, Florida”: The Toronto Globe and Mail has this news update.
“Justices’ cellphone privacy ruling may have broad impact”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.
“Dan Markel’s death, lack of information, frustrate neighbors”: The Tallahassee Democrat has this news update.
And The Toronto Star has an updated article headlined “Toronto-born law professor Dan Markel gunned down at his Florida home; Tallahassee police have no suspects in the murder of the Florida State University professor, a father of two young boys.”
“In U.S. gay marriage cases, children emerge in the limelight”: Joan Biskupic of Reuters has this report today.
“WH not worried about Ginsburg chatter”: Amie Parnes and Justin Sink of The Hill today have an article that begins, “The White House says it’s not worried about a possible retirement by Ruth Bader Ginsburg or any other Supreme Court justice.”
“Toronto-raised law professor shot dead in Florida; Dan Markel, father of two and law professor at Florida State University, was shot at his house in Tallahassee on Friday, according to media reports; He died Saturday”: The Toronto Star has this report.
“John Seigenthaler’s Search for Justice”: Kenneth Jost has this post today at his blog, “Jost On Justice.”
“Law firm in Hobby Lobby win is playing key role in religion cases”: This article appears today in The Los Angeles Times.
“Appeals court postpones Arizona man’s execution”: The Associated Press has this report.
And Michael Kiefer of The Arizona Republic has a news update headlined “Court: No execution unless Arizona reveals drug source.”
“Appeals court eyes man’s bid to delay execution”: Yesterday, The Associated Press had a report that begins, “A federal appeals court on Friday began considering whether to grant a reprieve in the upcoming execution of an Arizona inmate after his lawyer sought information about the two-drug combination that will be used to put him to death.”
More recently, this evening, the majority on a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed the district court’s denial of a preliminary injunction and held that the death row inmate was entitled to the information he is seeking. You can access the majority opinion at this link and the dissenting opinion at this link.