“Gov. Tom Wolf reviewing Centre County Judge Thomas Kistler’s nomination to PA Supreme Court”: Charles Thompson of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has this news update.
And The Centre Daily Times of State College, Pennsylvania has a news update headlined “Questionable email causes stir for Centre County Judge Thomas King Kistler.” According to this article, “Kistler confirmed Friday that he had received and then forwarded the email but says his meaning was misconstrued.”
“Foley Partner Defends ‘Unorthodox’ Brief in Supreme Court Disciplinary Action”: Tony Mauro has this post today at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times” providing online access to the response itself.
Paul D. Clement is serving as counsel to attorney Howard N. Shipley in the disciplinary matter that the U.S. Supreme Court initiated.
“The proposed change to the length of federal appellate briefs: judges v. lawyers.” Will Baude has this post today at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”
Baude’s post concludes, “I’m inclined to oppose the reduction. Those who write briefs know more about how the new rule will affect brief-writing, and that seems like an important factor here.”
“White House to Seek Emergency Order to Let Immigration Plan Proceed”: Michael D. Shear of The New York Times has a news update that begins, “The White House on Friday said that lawyers at the Justice Department would seek an emergency order from an appeals court to allow the federal government to issue work permits and provide legal protections to hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants while it appeals a judge’s ruling halting the programs.”
The Associated Press reports that “US to seek stay of ruling on Obama immigration action.”
And Josh Gerstein of Politico.com reports that “Under pressure, White House seeks stay of immigration decision.”
“Partisan politics play increasingly messy role in Wisconsin Supreme Court races”: The Capital Times of Madison, Wisconsin has this report today.
“The Plot to Kill Health Care”: Online today at The New York Times, columnist Timothy Egan has an essay that begins, “Republicans hate activist judges — those black-robed elites who are willing to upset the lives of millions of people just to further a political cause.”
“Did Supreme Court nominee send insensitive email?” Angela Couloumbis, Craig R. McCoy, and Robert Moran of The Philadelphia Inquirer have a news update that begins, “The central Pennsylvania judge nominated by Gov. Wolf to fill a vacancy on the state Supreme Court may have distributed an e-mail that could be viewed as racially insensitive.”
Brad Bumsted of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has a news update headlined “Wolf nominee to top court causes stir with controversial email.”
The Associated Press reports that “Pa. high court nominee in hot seat over ‘Christmas’ email.”
And in recent related coverage, Jan Murphy of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania had an article headlined “Pa. Supreme Court could be back up to seven justices soon.”
“Obama Immigration Appeal Hinges on Arcane Rules for Rule-Making”: Andrew M Harris and Laurel Calkins of Bloomberg News have this report today.
Should a federal appellate court defer to defer a sister circuit’s analysis of the law of states within their respective borders? That question is among the points of disagreement between the majority and Circuit Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton‘s dissent in a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued today.
“Court: No inflation pay on recovered funds of Madoff victims.” The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued today.
And in somewhat related coverage, The New York Daily News reports that “Bernie Madoff’s former secretary wants extra time to drive to Florida prison because she’s afraid to fly.”
“The Unsinkable R.B.G.: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Has No Interest in Retiring.” Columnist Gail Collins will have this op-ed in Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.
“Religious Freedom, Again: Why the Supreme Court should take up the Bronx Household of Faith case.” Michael Stokes Paulsen has this essay online at National Review.
And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Eugene Volokh has a post titled “Excluding ‘religious worship services’ when government opens up property for public access.”
“Inside The Strategy To Persuade John Roberts To Save Obamacare”: Sahil Kapur of TPM DC has this report.
Legal writing guru Bryan A. Garner opposes the FRAP briefing word limit reductions: Garner expressed his view on the issue in a tweet published late last night.
“Herald Price Fahringer, a Defender of Free Speech, Dies at 87”: This obituary appears in today’s edition of The New York Times.
And Mark Kernes of AVN News has written an obituary headlined “Herald Price Fahringer, Prominent 1st Amendment Attorney, Passes; ‘I doubt we’ll see the likes of him again anytime soon,’ said Larry Flynt.”
“Judicial panel dismisses complaint against Judge Edith Jones; Committee affirms probe clearing judge of misconduct in death-case speech”: Lise Olsen of The Houston Chronicle has this report. You can freely access the full text of the article via Google.
You can access yesterday’s decision of the Committee on Judicial Conduct and Disability of the Judicial Conference of the United States at this link.
“For Obamacare challengers, a Supreme Court case built for speed”: Joan Biskupic of Reuters has this report.
