“FSU law professor dies in shooting”: The Tallahassee Democrat has a news update that begins, “Dan Markel, a well-known Florida State law professor and author, died after being shot Friday, according to friends and the FSU law school.”
On a personal note, Markel was a longtime valued friend of this blog who, while still in private practice, helped me to recruit one of the interviewees for this blog’s “20 questions for the appellate judge” feature. His friendship will be missed, and I send my condolences to his family and many friends. Markel was a founder of “PrawfsBlawg,” which notes his passing in this post.
“At Long Last, Justice for Ronnie White”: This editorial appears today in The New York Times.
“Utah gets delay on same-sex marriages’ legality”: Lyle Denniston has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”
Jessica Miller of The Salt Lake Tribune has a news update headlined “Supreme Court grants stay in Utah marriage recognition case.”
Dennis Romboy of The Deseret News has an update headlined “Supreme Court issues stay in Utah gay marriage recognition case.”
Adam Liptak of The New York Times has a news update headlined “Justices Say Utah Doesn’t Have to Recognize Gay Marriages.”
And Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court keeps Utah same-sex marriages on ice.”
You can access today’s order of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.
Among the documents released today by the William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum: PDF files described as “Supreme Court Nominations (Ginsburg/Breyer)” and “Judge Sonia Sotomayor.”
Unanimous three-judge D.C. Circuit panel affirms rejection of lawsuit against Pentagon leaders for allowing a hostile climate toward sexual assault victims and retaliating against those who reported such abuses: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.
C-SPAN has posted the audio of the appellate oral argument at this link.
“A weak opinion striking down California’s death penalty”: Orin Kerr has this post today at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”
“Stanford Losses Not Covered by SIPC, Appeals Court Rules”: Bloomberg News has this report.
Reuters has a report headlined “Stanford’s Ponzi victims cannot file compensation claims: U.S. court.”
And The Wall Street Journal has a news update headlined “SEC Loses Lawsuit Against Brokerage Insurance Fund SIPC; SEC Sought to Force Payments to Victims of Stanford Ponzi Scheme.” You can freely access the full text of the article via Google.
You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.
“Gov. says Utah will comply with law if Sotomayor doesn’t grant stay; Both sides in same-sex marriage recognition case await word from Supreme Court”: Dennis Romboy of The Deseret News has this update.
“Court rules for gay marriage in Oklahoma case”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A federal appeals court on Friday ruled Oklahoma must allow gay couples to wed, marking the second time it has found the U.S. Constitution protects same-sex marriage.”
Chris Casteel of The Oklahoman has a news update headlined “Federal appeals court confirms Oklahoma ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional; Court puts same-sex marriages on hold in Oklahoma until U.S. Supreme Court decides whether to hear appeal in Utah or Oklahoma cases.”
The Tulsa World has a news update headlined “Oklahoma’s ban on gay marriage unconstitutional, federal appeals court rules.”
And Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Appeals court strikes down Oklahoma gay marriage ban.”
You can access today’s 2-to-1 ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit at this link.
Circuit Judge Jerome A. Holmes issued a 27-page concurring opinion that “endeavors to clarify the relationship between animus doctrine and same-sex marriage laws and to explain why the district court made the correct decision in declining to rely upon the animus doctrine” in striking down Oklahoma’s same-sex marriage ban.
Update: In other coverage, at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Appeals court nullifies another same-sex marriage ban.”
“Judge drops baggy pants citation; District Judge Wayne Maura shouldn’t have fined Alburtis teen for droopy drawers, Lehigh County judge rules”: This front page article appears today in The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania.
And The Express-Times of Easton, Pennsylvania reports that “Contempt charge over sagging pants in courtroom dismissed by judge.”
“Court: Nebraska child porn decision constitutional.” The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that a Nebraska man convicted of distributing child pornography when he sent a photo showing the head of an 11-year-old girl on the nude body of an adult woman did not have his free speech rights violated.”
My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Eighth Circuit ruling appears at this link.
“Georgia Judge Julie Carnes set up for Senate confirmation Monday”: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has an article that begins, “Judge Julie Carnes cleared a U.S. Senate procedural vote Thursday, setting up a confirmation vote Monday to fill a long-vacant seat on the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta.”
“Biggest ‘patent troll’ slapped down hard by appeals court; Dozens of companies were sued over an old Polaroid digital imaging patent”: Joe Mullin of Ars Technica has this report.
“Gay Marriage Stirs Backlash as Businesses Assert Religion”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report today.
“Newport Beach seeks Supreme Court ruling on sober-living homes; Dispute began in 2008, when city began regulating who could open up sites for recovering addicts”: Lauren Steussy has this article in today’s edition of The Orange County Register.
“John Seigenthaler: ‘Cherished Friend’ of Judges and Journalists.” The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts issued this news release today.
“Should judge follow his own advice to ‘STFU’; Federal jurist ruffles some feathers of colleagues, but his honesty is refreshing”: Tony Mauro has this op-ed online at USA Today.
“This ruling should worry every software patent owner”: Online today at Vox, Timothy B. Lee has a post that begins, “On Friday we got our first taste of the practical consequences of last month’s landmark decision from the Supreme Court restricting patents on software.”
Applying strict scrutiny, the Eighth Circuit rejects as-applied First Amendment challenge to federal statute making it a crime to morph the face of a child onto a pornographic image depicting adults: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit at this link.
“Racial Preference Rewind: UT and the Fifth Circuit show what they think of Justice Kennedy’s ruling.” This editorial appears in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal. You can freely access the full text of the editorial via Google.
And at The Huffington Post, law professor Scott D. Gerber has a blog entry titled “5th Circuit Thumbs Its Nose at U.S. Supreme Court in Racial Preferences Case.”
“Hobby Lobby’s harvest: A religious exemption for LGBT discrimination?” Business columnist Michael Hiltzik of The Los Angeles Times has this essay.
“Federal judge’s ruling on California death penalty stuns experts”: Maura Dolan and Victoria Kim of The Los Angeles Times have this report.
In today’s edition of The New York Times, Erik Eckholm and John Schwartz have an article headlined “California Death Penalty System Is Unconstitutional, Federal Judge Rules.”
And online at The Week, Andrew Cohen has an essay titled “The troubling lessons of California’s death penalty ruling: To truly ensure justice in America’s largest state, the government will have to spend a fortune; And it most certainly won’t.”
“Supreme Court ruling on prayer at board meetings still reverberates”: The Los Angeles Times has this report.
“Affirmative action could be headed back to the Supreme Court”: Adam Serwer of msnbc.com has this report.
“What’s really behind the suit to overturn California’s foie gras ban?” The Los Angeles Times has this report.
“Democratic bid to reverse Hobby Lobby fails”: Politico.com has this report.
And The Associated Press reports that “Dems seek gains with women in birth control loss.”
“‘Sherlock Holmes’ goes to the Supreme Court for a case of copyright”: Bill Mears of CNN.com has this report.
And yesterday at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Sherlock Holmes and the mystery of copyright.”
“Utah asks U.S. Supreme Court for urgent intervention to halt same-sex-marriage recognition”: Marissa Lang of The Salt Lake Tribune has this news update.
And Dennis Romboy of The Deseret News has an update headlined “Utah asks U.S. Supreme Court for stay in gay marriage recognition case.”
You can view the stay request, addressed to Circuit Justice Sonia Sotomayor, at this link.
Update: In other coverage, at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Utah challenges ‘interim’ same-sex marriages.”
“Blagojevich files new argument in appeal”: The Associated Press has this report.
“After small crash, a long, costly court battle”: Craig R. McCoy had this article earlier this week in The Philadelphia Inquirer.
“Guantanamo judge’s secret order on secret motion is so secret defense lawyers can’t see it; Only the prosecutors know what the war court judge has ordered, but they won’t discuss it because it’s a secret”: Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this report.
“Federal judge rules California death penalty is unconstitutional”: Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times has this news update.
Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has a news update headlined “Federal judge rules California’s death penalty unconstitutional.”
And The Associated Press reports that “US judge rules against California death penalty.”
You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California at this link.
“Senate confirms St. Louis’ Ronnie White as federal judge”: The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has a news update that begins, “In a near party-line vote, the Senate today confirmed Ronnie White as a U.S. District Court judge in Missouri. The vote was 53-44.”
According to the article, “White’s confirmation comes 15 years after his first nomination to the judgeship by then-President Bill Clinton was defeated by nine votes in the Senate in 1999.”
You can access today’s official U.S. Senate roll call vote tally at this link.
“Family That Owns Hobby Lobby Plans Bible Museum in Washington”: The New York Times has this news update.
“Separate and Unequal: Frontline examines what’s behind the growing racial divide in American schools.” You can view the video of yesterday’s broadcast of the PBS program “Frontline” at this link.
