“The Legal War Over Net Neutrality Has Begun: Groups representing all the major cable and phone companies have filed lawsuits against the FCC’s rules.” Brendan Sasso of National Journal has this report.
According to the article, “The National Cable and Telecommunications Association, which lobbies for Comcast and other major cable companies, is being represented by former U.S. Solicitor General Ted Olson and former U.S. Assistant to the Solicitor General Miguel Estrada.”
“Appeals court affirms dismissal of Ron Johnson’s Obamacare lawsuit”: Patrick Marley of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this news update reporting on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued today.
In today’s ruling, the Seventh Circuit decides to take the side of the Tenth Circuit in a split with the D.C. Circuit concerning whether “a political figure’s assertion, without more, that the receipt (or option of receiving) a benefit will hurt his or her reputation or electoral prospects is [ ]sufficient to establish standing.”
“‘Leave the Ohio Democratic Party immediately,’ Justice O’Neill tells fellow Dems; Ohio Supreme Court justice makes Facebook post after party endorses Strickland for U.S. Senate”: Jessica Wehrman of The Columbus Dispatch has this report.
“Tsarnaev jurors can’t watch Marathon, bombing anniversary coverage”: Patricia Wen and Milton J. Valencia of The Boston Globe have a news update that begins, “The judge in the trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev told jurors Tuesday that the sentencing phase of the Boston Marathon bombing trial could last about four weeks.”
Laurel J. Sweet of The Boston Herald has a news update headlined “Judge tells Tsarnaev jurors to avoid marathon, memorial events.”
Reuters reports that “Boston bomb trial jurors barred from this year’s marathon.”
And The Associated Press has a report headlined “Judge: Jurors in Tsarnaev trial can’t attend Boston Marathon.”
“In N.D., Church Ceremonies Push Town To Grapple With Gay Rights”: This audio segment appeared on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”
And yesterday’s broadcast contained a related audio segment titled “What We Talk About When We Talk About Gay Marriage.”
“Constitution Check: Can Congress step in and decide how a court case should come out?” Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.
“Civil rights case filed to stop Florida boy’s circumcision”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “The battle over a Florida boy’s circumcision has moved to federal court.”
“A ‘thank you’ to Ann Fessenden”: Today at his “Hercules and the umpire” blog, Senior U.S. District Judge Richard G. Kopf has a post that begins, “Ann Fessenden will soon retire as the Eighth Circuit Librarian and Secretary to the Historical Society for the United States Courts in the Eighth Circuit.”
Despite my not having made an appearance at a law librarians’ convention during my Ninth Circuit-related visit to Seattle in July 2013, this blog certainly has great admiration for law librarians, especially since so many of them seem to enjoy this blog. (In a eerie coincidence, the 2015 law librarians’ convention will be occurring in Philadelphia, Pa., making it so very easy for me to make an appearance at this year’s convention.)
“‘Bust a Moot’ (ft. Elena Kagan and Eliot Spitzer)”: “Harvard Parody: The totally unofficial blog of the Harvard Law School Drama Society” has posted this video on YouTube. And you can access the lyrics via this blog post.
“Professor Bibas makes argument for Supreme Court Clinic to help homeowners trying to save their homes”: Penn Law has this report.
“Could the Supreme Court screw up Obamacare even worse than we thought?” Sarah Kliff of Vox has this report on a post titled “Could new state exchanges qualify for subsidies?” that Nicholas Bagley had yesterday at “The Incidental Economist” blog.
“Gay marriage case before Supreme Court is a battle over one word: single.” Timothy M. Phelps of The Los Angeles Times has this report.
And Time magazine reports that “New Strategy Against Gay Marriage Divides GOP 2016 Field.”
“How Not to Protect Pregnant Women”: Law professor Deborah Tuerkheimer had this op-ed in yesterday’s edition of The New York Times.
“Strip searches in Burlco may be costly; Judge’s ruling that the county violated the law could end up costing millions”: Yesterday’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer contained an article that begins, “Burlington County has violated a New Jersey law that prohibits strip searches in minor-offense cases unless there is a reasonable suspicion that weapons, drugs, or other contraband are being concealed, a federal judge decided last month in a case filed seven years ago, before the U.S. Supreme Court weighed in on the issue.”
“Overseer in water wars case orders that records be kept secret”: Greg Bluestein of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has this report.
“Preview on same-sex marriage — Part II, The states’ views”: Lyle Denniston has this post — the second in a four-part series — today at “SCOTUSblog.”
“Conservative group seeks to intervene in chief justice case”: Patrick Marley of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.
And Dee J. Hall of The Wisconsin State Journal reports that “Legal experts disagree on merits of chief justice lawsuit.”
“Fresh battles over gay rights erupt in states as Supreme Court hearing nears”: Sandhya Somashekhar of The Washington Post has this report.
Dennis Romboy of The Deseret News reports that “LDS Church, other religions urge Supreme Court to favor traditional marriage.”
The Salt Lake Tribune reports that “Mormon church joins other faiths in asking U.S. Supreme Court for same-sex marriage ban.”
And The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that “Gay marriage U.S. Supreme Court plaintiff Jim Obergefell visits Capitol Hill from Ohio.”
“Lawsuit Seeks Background on DOJ ‘Apology’ in Supreme Court Indian Cases; Freedom of Information Act suit seeks records about Neal Katyal’s remarks in 2011”: Tony Mauro has this post (with related video) today at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.”
You can freely access the full text of the post via Google News.
“Actavis: No apologies for seeking Alzheimer’s drug profits.” The Associated Press has this report on the oral argument that Lisa S. Blatt delivered today on behalf of Actavis in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Unfortunately, the Second Circuit remains one of the few federal appellate courts that refuses to make the audio or video of its oral arguments readily available online.
“Officials react after concerns over Islamic law nix proposal”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Idaho is at risk of losing millions of dollars in federal child support funding after conservatives in the Legislature killed a measure that would have brought the state into compliance with federal rules.”
And in earlier coverage, The AP reported last Friday that “Idaho House panel kills bill because of Sharia law worries.”
“Enshrining Rights in Constitution by Judicial Fiat Carries Risks”: 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 News.
“GOP judges in the majority on Obama immigration stay”: Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has a blog post that begins, “A federal appeals court panel assigned to consider whether to temporarily lift a block on President Barack Obama’s latest round of immigration-related executive actions leans Republican, 2-1, and contains a sharply conservative judge who drew national attention for clashing with the administration over Obama’s health care reform law.”
“Senator Mike Lee: Our Lost Constitution.” Last Thursday, U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) spoke at the National Constitution Center about his new book. You can view the video of the event online by clicking here.
Access online the contents of the April 2015 issue of the Harvard Law Review: Via this link.
“U.S. court weighs whether to let Actavis drop Alzheimer’s drug”: Reuters has this report.
“Tennessee high court postpones all scheduled execution dates”: The Associated Press has this report.
“Both sides ready arguments for case that could scotch EPA power plant rule”: Jeremy P. Jacobs of Greenwire has this report on a case scheduled for oral argument Thursday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
“Gay couple files marriage lawsuit”: The Pacific Daily News of Guam has an article that begins, “Two women blocked from filing an application for marriage last week have filed a federal lawsuit against the governor and the Department of Public Health and Social Services Office of Vital Statistics registrar at the District Court of Guam.”
And The Associated Press reports that “Same-sex couple on Guam challenge island’s marriage laws.”
“New Jersey gay therapy ban is upheld over boy’s challenge”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on the ruling that a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued today.
“U.S. court allows EU money-laundering case vs RJ Reynolds”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has a report that begins, “A sharply divided U.S. appeals court on Monday cleared the way for the European Union to pursue its lawsuit accusing R.J. Reynolds of running a global money-laundering scheme that involved drug and cigarette smuggling.”
You can access today’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denying rehearing en banc — and the opinion concurring in the order and four opinions dissenting therefrom — at this link.
This time, it appears that the order denying rehearing and three of the five judges writing separately decided to opt for “en banc” rather than “in banc.”
My earlier coverage of the unanimous three-judge panel’s ruling in this case can be accessed here. And in August of last year, the panel issued this per curiam decision denying panel rehearing.
“Revealing Tsarnaev verdict fell to restaurant manager; Panel picked Juror 286 as foreperson to organize deliberations”: Milton J. Valencia has this article in today’s edition of The Boston Globe.
And also in today’s edition of that newspaper, John R. Ellement reports that “Sister of slain MIT officer opposes death penalty for Tsarnaev.”
“Conspirator in Ohio 82 bridge-bombing plot loses appeal”: The Cleveland Plain Dealer has this report.
My earlier coverage of Friday’s Sixth Circuit ruling can be accessed here.
“Ignoring the Supreme Court When You Don’t Like the Result”: Law professor Ronald D. Rotunda has this essay online today at Justia’s Verdict.
“Not another Dred Scott case, please”: Sam Erman and Nathan Perl-Rosenthal have this essay at CNN.com.
