“Conservative justices not swayed by arguments against death penalty drug”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.
Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court’s conservative justices defend lethal injections.”
Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has an article headlined “Supreme Court justices ask: Is being burned alive constitutional?”
And on this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Nina Totenberg had an audio segment titled “It’s Sotomayor V. Roberts In Supreme Court Death Penalty Drama.”
“Federal appeals panel stiff-arms government appeal of retrial order in Danziger Bridge shooting case”: The New Orleans Advocate has this report.
My earlier post about today’s Fifth Circuit oral argument, which includes a link to the oral argument audio, can be accessed here.
“Court refuses to reinstate lawsuit by Va. veteran detained after threat to ‘sever heads'”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A federal appeals court has refused to reinstate a lawsuit by a former Marine who was involuntarily held for psychiatric evaluation for posting threatening anti-government messages on Facebook.”
You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at this link.
“Ho-Chunk can offer video poker at Madison casino, appeals court rules”: The Wisconsin State Journal has a news update that begins, “Overturning a lower court ruling from last year, a federal appeals court on Wednesday said the Ho-Chunk Nation can offer video poker at its Madison casino because federal law doesn’t allow Wisconsin to bar that game if it hasn’t criminalized it for everyone in the state.”
You can access today’s ruling of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit at this link.
“On Same-Sex Marriage, It’s Too Late to ‘Wait-and-See’ at the Supreme Court”: Linda Greenhouse has this essay online today at The New York Times.
“Roberts Plays Politics by Denying Judges Are Political”: Online at Bloomberg View, law professor Noah Feldman has this essay today.
“Scalia’s Joke Was Just a Joke”: Online at Bloomberg View, law professor Noah Feldman has this essay responding to a post Jeffrey Toobin had online yesterday at The New Yorker titled “Justice Scalia’s Shameful Joke.”
“Supreme Court Hearing on Same-Sex Marriage Poses Logistical Challenge”: Jill Agostino has this post today at the “Times Insider” blog of The New York Times.
“Judge Heyburn, Ky gay marriage judge, dies”: The Courier-Journal of Louisville, Kentucky has this news update.
“8th Circuit Court of Appeals defers gay marriage cases”: The Associated Press has this report.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth CIrcuit has posted online at this link the orders cancelling the oral arguments, which had been scheduled for May 12, 2015.
The lawsuits of Madison County: The Associated Press has a report headlined “Illinois county does booming business in asbestos lawsuits.”
In the May 2015 issue of ABA Journal magazine: Mark Walsh has an article headlined “Dental board ruling may drill into state bar associations’ immunity.”
And this month’s installment of Bryan A. Garner’s “On Words” column is titled “First impressions endure, even in brief writing.”
“Supreme Court Upholds Limit on Judicial Fund-Raising”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this news update.
David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has a news update headlined “States can ban elected judges from asking for campaign money, Supreme Court says.”
Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Supreme Court Upholds Judicial Campaign Solicitation Ban.”
Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. top court rejects judicial candidate’s free speech challenge.”
And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Opinion analysis: A modest restraint on campaign fund-raising.”
“Supreme Court Backs Companies in EEOC Job-Bias Clash”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.
“Ted Cruz: Anti-Gay Marriage Crusader? Not Always; The Texas senator passed up the chance to argue in a pivotal gay-rights case.” Heidi Przybyla of Bloomberg News has this report.
“Supreme Court Hears Oklahoma Inmates’ Lethal Injection Case”: Erik Eckholm of The New York Times has this news update.
Mark Berman and Robert Barnes of The Washington Post have a news update headlined “Supreme Court hearing about lethal injection procedures turns into heated debate.”
And David McLaughlin and Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News report that “Drug Tied to Botched Executions Divides U.S. Supreme Court.”
You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Glossip v. Gross, No. 14-7955.
“Appealing new trial in Danziger Bridge shootings, government has rough outing”: Andy Grimm of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans has a news update that begins, “Justice Department lawyers appealing an adverse ruling in the Danziger Bridge police shootings after Hurricane Katrina faced a skeptical panel of appeals court judges Wednesday, struggling to make the case for reinstating the convictions of five police officers accused in the 2005 shootings of unarmed civilians.”
And The Associated Press has a report headlined “Stern questions in post-Katrina bridge shootings case.”
You can access via this link (76.9 MB mp3 audio file) the audio of today’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
“In anti-terrorism lawsuits, verdicts are just the first battle”: Dan Levine of Reuters has this report.
“Tension between gay, religious rights plays out at top U.S. court”: Joan Biskupic of Reuters has this report.
“Supreme Court debates challenge to execution drug”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.
And Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. top court sharply divided on Oklahoma execution drug.”
Access online today’s rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court in argued cases: The Court today issued rulings in two argued cases.
1. Justice Elena Kagan delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in Mach Mining, LLC v. EEOC, No. 13-1019. You can access the oral argument via this link.
2. And Chief Justice John G. Roberts delivered the opinion of the Court (except as to Part II of his opinion) in Williams-Yulee v. Florida Bar. No. 13-1499. Justice Stephen G. Breyer issued a concurring opinion. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg issued an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment, which Justice Breyer joined in part. Justice Antonin Scalia issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Clarence Thomas joined. And Justices Anthony M. Kennedy and Samuel A. Alito, Jr. also issued dissenting opinions. You can access the oral argument via this link.
In early news coverage, The Associated Press has reports headlined “Justices uphold limits on judges’ appeals for campaign cash” and “Court: Judges can review gov’t efforts to settle job bias.”
“Gender Bias Issue Could Tip Chief Justice Roberts Into Ruling for Gay Marriage”: Adam Liptak will have this article in Thursday’s edition of The New York Times. In addition, in today’s newspaper, Peter Baker has a news analysis headlined “‘Millennia’ of Marriage Being Between Man and Woman Weigh on Justices.”
And Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has an article headlined “Same-sex marriage: Justices look ahead; Some questions in Tuesday’s arguments seemed to be setting up future debates.”
“After Botched Executions, Supreme Court Weighs Lethal Drug Cocktail”: Nina Totenberg had this audio segment on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”
