“Divided appeals court explains voter ID ruling”: The Associated Press has this report.
Courthouse News Service reports that “Seventh Circuit Explains Why It Upheld Wisconsin Voter ID Law.”
And at his “Election Law Blog,” Rick Hasen has a post titled “7th Circuit Issues Opinions in Earlier 5-5 Split on WI Voter ID Law: Next Stop SCOTUS?”
Yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued a per curiam decision denying reconsideration. Accompanying that decision was a dissent from the court’s denial of rehearing en banc in which five judges joined.
“Oklahoma Department of Corrections releases new execution protocol”: This article appears in today’s edition of The Oklahoman.
And The Associated Press reports that “Oklahoma unveils new execution procedures.”
“On Hobby Lobby, Ginsburg Was Right”: Jeffrey Toobin has this post online at The New Yorker.
“Administration urges rejection of Brewer’s appeal”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “The Obama administration has urged a court to reject Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer’s appeal of a ruling that blocks the state from denying driver’s licenses to young immigrants who have avoided deportation under a change ordered by the president.”
Update: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has posted the federal government’s amicus brief filed yesterday at this link.
“Lawsuit challenges law limiting use of abortion drugs in Oklahoma”: This article appears in today’s edition of The Oklahoman.
And today’s edition of The Tulsa World contains an article headlined “Lawsuit challenges Oklahoma law putting restrictions on abortion drug RU486; The Oklahoma statute, which goes into effect Nov. 1, prohibits off-label use of an abortion drug.”
“Ex-Marine lawyer gets top job overseeing Guantanamo war court”: Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this report.
“This Court Erred: The Supreme Court has almost always sided with the wealthy, the privileged, and the powerful, a new book argues.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
“10th Circuit sticks up for class actions in $1.1 bln Dow opinion”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report.
