“Court Orders U.S. Mint to Return Famed Coins to Family; Government confiscated Double Eagle gold coins from Langbord family in 2004”: Ashby Jones will have this article in Saturday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal. You can freely access the full text of the article via Google.
The Associated Press reports that “Family wins back seized gold coins that could be worth $80M.”
And Kurt Orzeck of Law360.com reports that “3rd Circ. Says Feds Must Return Seized Coins Worth $76M” (subscription required for full access).
You can access today’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit at this link.
“When Associates Leave Their Jobs to Clerk at the Supreme Court: Four Bancroft associates to leave this summer for the high court and the D.C. Circuit.” Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal has this report. You can freely access the full text of the article via Google News.
“Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin signs bill adding nitrogen gas as state execution method”: Barbara Hoberock of The Tulsa World has this news update.
“The Rule of History: Magna Carta, the Bill of Rights, and the hold of time.” Jill Lepore has this “A Critic at Large” essay in the April 20, 2015 issue of The New Yorker.
“Kansas Becomes First State To Ban Second Trimester Abortion Procedure”: This audio segment appeared on this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered.”
“Death for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev? It’s not the victims’ call.” Michael McGough of The Los Angeles Times has this report.
“Amen, Canada! The Canadian Supreme Court, unlike the United States’ Supreme Court, understands that sectarian prayer is sectarian.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
“Appeals Panel Weighs Fate of Obama’s Immigration Overhaul After Intense Hearing”: Michael D. Shear of The New York Times has this news update.
David Nakamura of The Washington Post has a news update headlined “Justice lawyers make appeal to lift stay on Obama immigration actions.”
The Los Angeles Times has a news update headlined “Constitutional or not? Court weighs Obama’s deportation deferrals.”
Nathan Koppel of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Obama Administration Appeals Texas Judge’s Immigration Order; Justice Department and lawyers for a coalition of 26 mostly Republican states face off at hearing.” You can freely access the full text of the article via Google.
And this evening’s broadcast of the PBS NewsHour had a video segment titled “What’s next for Obama’s immigration actions in court?”
“Business group, econ profs urge SCOTUS to hear foreign antitrust case”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report today.
“Appeals court hears arguments on Obama immigration action”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Federal appeals judges peppered lawyers on both sides with questions in a fight over President Barack Obama’s move to shield millions of immigrants from deportation.”
And Reuters reports that “U.S. appeals court judges skeptical over lifting hold on Obama immigration order.”
You can access the audio of today’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit via this link (129 MB mp3 audio file).
“Obama’s Immigration Overhaul, Halted by Judge, Comes Before Appeals Court”: Michael D. Shear of The New York Times has this report.
The Washington Post reports that “Panel to hear appeal on Obama immigration actions.”
The San Antonio Express-News reports that “26 states battling Obama’s expanded immigration plan go to court today.”
Reuters has reports headlined “Immigration fight heads to federal appeals court” and “Obama lawyers may face favorable court in immigration fight.”
And Bloomberg News reports that “Obama Seeks Conservative Court’s Relief on Immigration Plan Halt.”
“Federal appeals court to take up Obama’s immigration action”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “As demonstrators gathered Friday outside a New Orleans federal courthouse, appellate judges were preparing to consider whether to lift a temporary hold imposed by a federal judge in Texas on President Barack Obama’s executive action seeking to shield millions of immigrants from deportation.”
“Scalia: Statutes’ merit not my call; Justice visits Mountain Home.” Bill Bowden of The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette has this report. According to the article, “When asked about media coverage of the Supreme Court, Scalia had plenty to say. ‘They don’t like conservatives on the court, or anywhere else for that matter,’ he said. ‘They do a lousy job. You can’t expect them to do a good job.'”
“DOJ wants Obama immigration actions to proceed while case is appealed”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN.com has this report.
And Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor reports that “Federal appeals court to take up Obama’s executive action on immigration; On Friday, government lawyers will ask the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to allow the president’s executive action on immigration to move forward while a legal challenge filed by 26 states works its way through the courts.”
“Gay rights and religious liberty: Can Americans have both? From an Indiana pizzeria to a Washington State florist, America is grappling with a clash between gay rights and religious liberty.” Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has this report.
“Meeting McVeigh: Given the opportunity to express some measure of remorse, he offered none at all.” Kevin Johnson of USA Today has this report, along with an article headlined “Oklahoma bombing legacy: Victims’ rights; Tragedy joined survivors, families of dead in making changes that continue today.”
“US attorney says sentiments of all Marathon victims are important”: In today’s edition of The Boston Globe, Milton J. Valencia has an article that begins, “The Richard family’s public plea for prosecutors to abandon their quest for the death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev comes days before jurors are set to return to federal court to begin the grueling process of determining Tsarnaev’s punishment.”
The article is referring to an essay titled “To end the anguish, drop the death penalty: In Bill and Denise Richard’s own words.”
“Guide to the Amicus Briefs in Obergefell v. Hodges: The Same-Sex Marriage Cases.” Ruthann Robson had this post yesterday at the “Constitutional Law Prof Blog.”
“Let Muslim women wear a full-face veil in court, says head of Supreme Court as he warns over bias against poor and foreign defendants “: The Daily Mail (UK) has an article that begins, “Muslim women should be allowed to wear a full-face veil while appearing in court, Britain’s most senior judge has suggested.”
“New Arizona law puts subsidized health insurance at risk”: The Arizona Republic has an article that begins, “Gov. Doug Ducey signed a bill that could jeopardize health insurance for more than 150,000 Arizonans if the U.S. Supreme Court rejects subsidized coverage in Arizona and 33 other states.”
“Time for Supreme Court transparency: Americans deserve to see their government at work every time the court convenes.” U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (D-IL) has this essay online today at USA Today.
