“New Questions Swirl on an Affordable Care Act Challenger; Plaintiff Listed Motel as Her Address, Which Was Basis for Her Legal Grounds”: Louise Radnofsky and Brent Kendall will have this article in Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
“State Department of Justice urges U.S. Supreme Court not to take up voter ID case”: The Wisconsin State Journal has this report.
At his “Election Law Blog,” Rick Hasen has posted the brief in opposition at this link.
“Justice Thomas’s Dissent Hints of Supreme Court’s Intentions on Same-Sex Marriage”: Adam Liptak will have this article in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.
Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has an article headlined “Did Supreme Court justices tip their hand in Alabama gay marriage case?”
And Josh Gerstein of Politico.com reports that “Gay marriage supporters hear a clarion call; Advocates read a lot into Monday’s dissent from Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas.”
“Supreme Court to hear telemed-abortion case March 11”: The Des Moines Register has this news update.
“When Size Does, and Does Not, Matter in Appellate Law”: Tomorrow’s edition of The Legal Intelligencer, Philadelphia’s daily newspaper for lawyers, will contain this month’s installment of my “Upon Further Review” column.
You can freely access the full text of the column via Google.
“Obamacare and the Supreme Court: Four words could bring the law down.” Steven Mazie has this post today at the “Democracy in America” blog of The Economist.
And Stephanie Mencimer of Mother Jones today has an article headlined “Meet the Unusual Plaintiffs Behind the Supreme Court Case That Could Destroy Obamacare; One has called Obama the ‘anti-Christ’; Another didn’t realize her case might wipe out health coverage for millions.”
“Physician-assisted suicide opponents regroup after Supreme Court ruling”: The Toronto Globe and Mail has this report.
“Pa. Bar rejects Republican Supreme Court pick, who fights back”: Wallace McKelvey of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has this report, along with an article headlined “Anne Covey’s rebuke of Pa. Bar could come back to haunt her.”
You can view the candidate‘s letter to the president of the Pennsylvania Bar Association at this link.
“Pro-gay marriage signals seen in U.S. Supreme Court action”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.
“Supreme Court Notebook: Scotusblog denied press credential.” Sam Hananel and Mark Sherman of The Associated Press have this report.
You can access the U.S. Supreme Court‘s newly announced press credentialing rules via this link.
“Guantanamo Bay: wheels of justice turn slowly — at $7,600 a minute; Cost estimate comes as military commissions’ chief prosecutor proposes relaxing restrictions on lawyers raising their clients’ torture by CIA in court.” Spencer Ackerman of The Guardian (UK) has this report today.
“Even in prison, ‘Whitey’ Bulger is pushing boundaries”: The Boston Globe has this report.
“Handwriting on the wall for gay marriage”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.
Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has a news update headlined “Clarence Thomas faults Supreme Court for refusing to block gay marriage in Alabama.” In addition, Sandhya Somashekhar and Robert Barnes have a news update headlined “Alabama judge stakes out defiant stance against same-sex marriages.”
Alan Blinder and Richard Perez-Pena of The New York Times have a news update headlined “Same-Sex Marriages Proceed in Alabama as State Judge’s Order Is Defied.”
Timothy M. Phelps and Kurtis Lee of The Los Angeles Times have a news update headlined “Alabama same-sex couples get marriage licenses as legal confusion swirls.”
AL.com has reports headlined “Chaos reigns in Alabama as same-sex couples seek marriage licenses“; “‘Extremely happy and glad it’s finally legal,’ proclaims same-sex marriage ‘pioneer’“; “First gay couple to legally wed in Montgomery County met with congratulations; no hiccups in receiving license“; “‘Could you do our ceremony?’: 1st same-sex couples married in Etowah County“; “Attorneys for gay Mobile couple ask federal court to sanction Mobile County probate judge“; and “Alabama gay marriage: Denied a marriage license in conservative Calhoun County; Again.”
And The Montgomery Advertiser has news updates headlined “Alabama same-sex couples marry as legal battle rages“; “Autauga probate judge waits for ‘clarification’“; and “Elmore judge won’t issue same-sex marriage licenses.”
U.S. Supreme Court denies stay of same-sex marriage in Alabama: The Associated Press reports that “US high court won’t stop gay marriages from starting in Ala.”
You can access today’s order of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link. Justice Clarence Thomas issued a dissent, in which Justice Antonin Scalia joined, from the denial of the stay.
“Can same-sex couples get married in Alabama? Live updates from across the state.” AL.com has this report today.
And in today’s edition of The Montgomery Advertiser, Brian Lyman has an article headlined “Emotions mixed as Ala. same-sex marriage battle heats up.”