“Utah files same-sex marriage appeal with U.S. Supreme Court”: Marissa Lang of The Salt Lake Tribune has this news update.
Dennis Romboy of The Deseret News has an update headlined “Utah appeals to U.S. Supreme Court in gay marriage case.”
Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “Utah asks U.S. top court to hear gay marriage case.”
Bloomberg News reports that “Utah Seeks U.S. Supreme Review to Revive Gay-Marriage Ban.”
And The Associated Press reports that “First gay marriage appeal awaits US Supreme Court.”
“Utah files cert. petition with the U.S. Supreme Court defending State marriage laws”: The Utah Attorney General’s Office issued this news release today. You can access the petition for writ of certiorari at this link.
And in somewhat related news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Gay marriage arguments flooding federal courts.”
“DC Circuit, Quoting Mick Jagger, Stops This Insanity in Campaign Finance Case”: Rick Hasen has this post at his “Election Law Blog” about a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued today.
Update: In early news coverage, Andrew Zajac of Bloomberg News reports that “Tea Party Group Loses Appeal on Corporate PAC Limits.”
McClatchy Washington Bureau’s “Suits & Sentences” blog has a post titled “Ladies and gentlemen: The Rolling Stones.”
And at his “In the Loop” blog, Al Kamen of The Washington Post has an entry titled “Judge channels Jagger in Loop award for best lead ever in a court opinion — appellate level.”
The Eleventh Circuit adjusts to having two judges with the last name Carnes: As shown in rulings issued yesterday and today, the court’s Chief Judge will be shown in the listing of judges as “Ed Carnes.” It is worth noting that today’s decision contains a lengthy and passionate dissent from Chief Judge Carnes.
“PBS Documentary Looks at One Juvenile’s Life-Without-Parole Sentence”: Mark Walsh has this post at the “Education and the Media” blog of Education Week.
“Listen: 911 call in law professor shooting released.” The “Nancy Grace” program has posted the audio (with subtitles) at this link.
“No Need For a Halbig Rehearing: The D.C. Circuit’s own rules and one of its judges point the way forward for the recent ObamaCare ruling.” Adam J. White has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
You can freely access the full text of the op-ed via Google.
“Justices Unmoved So Far by ‘Botched’ Executions”: Kenneth Jost has this post at his blog, “Jost On Justice.”
“Supreme Court unmoved by religious employer’s coverage objections — for the Amish”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this blog post today.
“In ‘Sherlock Holmes’ Rights Dispute, Conan Doyle Estate Slammed Again; 7th Circuit Judge Richard Posner compares Sherlock Holmes licensing to extortion”: At the “Hollywood, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter, Eriq Gardner has this post about a ruling that Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner issued today on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
“Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg discusses the 2013-14 term”: Duke Law posted this video online today at YouTube.
In the August 2014 issue of ABA Journal magazine: Mark Walsh has an article headlined “Supreme Court justices regularly seek to change the errors of their ways.”
And this month’s installment of Bryan A. Garner’s “On Words” column is headlined “How to avoid mucking up the most crucial part of discourse.”
“Court overturns conviction of man accused of making African children perform forced labor”: The Ann Arbor News has this report.
And The Associated Press reports that “Forced labor conviction tossed in Ypsilanti case.”
You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit at this link.
“You Can Still Get an Abortion in Alabama: Will a new ruling that keeps open clinics there matter in the next battleground — Texas?” Emily Bazelon has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
“As Gays Prevail in Supreme Court, Women See Setbacks”: Adam Liptak will have this article in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.
“Attorney requests privacy for Markel’s ex-wife”: Sean Rossman of The Tallahassee Democrat has this news update.
“Gay marriage arguments ring a bell in Cincinnati”: The Associated Press has this report.
“Gangster rap lyrics cannot be used as evidence in shooting case, N.J. Supreme Court rules”: The Newark Star-Ledger has this news update.
And The Associated Press has a report headlined “Court: Lyrics shouldn’t have been used as evidence.”
You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of New Jersey at this link.
“Wilfred Feinberg, Federal Appeals Court Judge and Mentor, Dies at 94”: The New York Times has posted this obituary online today.
“Justices silent over execution drug secrecy”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.
“Celebrated Trial Lawyer to Head Group Challenging Teacher Tenure”: Today’s edition of The New York Times contains an article that begins, “David Boies, the star trial lawyer who helped lead the legal charge that overturned California’s same-sex marriage ban, is becoming chairman of the Partnership for Educational Justice, a group that former CNN anchor Campbell Brown founded in part to pursue lawsuits challenging teacher tenure.”
“Fresh doubts over a Texas execution; New evidence revives concerns that a man was wrongly put to death in 2004”: Maurice Possley of The Marshall Project has this article today in The Washington Post.
“Omar Khadr’s Untold Story: Canada Should Let Media Interview Ex-Guantanamo Detainee.” This editorial appears today in The New York Times.
“Florida judge takes on gerrymandering; sets stage for Supreme Court cases in fall”: Robert Barnes has this article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.
