“Health Minister ‘outraged’ by Supreme Court ruling on medical marijuana”: Sean Fine of The Toronto Globe and Mail has a news update that begins, “An institutional dispute between the Supreme Court of Canada and the Conservative government reached a new plateau on Thursday after the court said medical-marijuana users have the right to consume the drug in ways other than smoking — such as cookies, lip balm or lozenges.”
You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Canada at this link.
“Uh, ‘Robots’ Aren’t Better Than Humans At Predicting Supreme Court Decisions”: Oliver Roeder has this post today at FiveThirtyEight.
“Obama isn’t bullying the Supreme Court on healthcare”: Columnist Michael McGough has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.
“The Kansas Supreme Court’s Only Option: Sue Gov. Sam Brownback in federal court.” Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online today at Slate.
“Can MBS investors rebound after N.Y. high court shuts down contract suits?” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report about a ruling that the Court of Appeals of New York issued today.
“You’ll Never Tweet As Well As This Texas Judge: By order of the 84th Texas Legislature, Justice Don Willett has just become our official ‘Tweeter Laureate.'” Texas Standard has posted the audio of its interview at this link.
“Court overrules Wolf on firing Open Records chief”: This front page article appears in today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer.
In today’s edition of The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania, Steve Esack has a front page article headlined “Court: Gov. Tom Wolf wrong to fire Open Records chief.”
In today’s edition of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Charles Thompson has a front page article headlined “Is Arneson ruling a win for transparency? Media representatives, lawmakers and more think so.”
And Reuters reports that “Pennsylvania court says governor overstepped in ousting official.”
You can access yesterday’s 4-to-3 ruling of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania at this link.
“Who Do the Justices Want to Be President? The answer to that question may impact how they vote in two huge cases.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online today at Slate.
“SCOTUSblog on camera: Jeffrey Rosen (Part one).” You can access the video of the interview — the first of five parts — via this link.
“As top U.S. court weighs gay marriage, limited backlash brews in states”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.
“U.S. court denies requests to block parts of net neutrality rules”: Reuters has this report.
“Why Is John Roberts Siding With the Supreme Court’s Liberals? There are two cases — one famous and one forgotten — that may haunt the chief justice.” Law professor Adam Winkler has this essay online at Slate.
“Struggling Justice Alito Sent Down To Lower Federal Court”: The Onion has this news brief.
“The Shrinking Fourth Amendment: Heien v. North Carolina.” Sherry F. Colb had this essay yesterday at Justia.com’s Verdict.
Also yesterday at “Dorf on Law,” Colb had a related post titled “The Difference Between Legal and Factual Errors.”
“Recusal motions: When you strike at a king, you must kill him.” Senior U.S. District Judge Richard G. Kopf had this post yesterday at his “Hercules and the umpire” blog.
“Amazon Trampled Online Pricing Patent, Fed. Circ. Told”: Law360.com had this report (subscription required for full access) in March 2015.
Today. a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued this ruling in Amazon’s favor.
“Appeals court upholds Shell’s Arctic oil spill plans”: Alaska Dispatch News has this report.
And Jonathan Stempel of Reuters reports that “U.S. appeals court rejects challenge to Shell spill plans in Alaska.”
You can access today’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.
“Judge admonishes Jefferson County for using Christian school for troubled students; Federal judge: School system violated Establishment Clause.” This article appeared in The Knoxville News Sentinel back in July 2013.
Today a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued an opinion reversing the district court’s judgment.
“Justice Anthony Kennedy: The Decider.” The PBS program “Washington Week” has posted online this podcast featuring Joan Biskupic of Reuters.
“Fourth Circuit airs internal dispute about whether to criticize the Government’s appellate litigating position”: Jonathan Biran has this post today at the “Maryland Appellate Blog.”
“After hearing, Philadelphia judge close to 3rd Circuit confirmation”: Tracie Mauriello has this article in today’s edition of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania reports that “Senate Judiciary panel vets Pa. nominee.”
And Law360.com reports that “3rd Circ. Nominee Edges Closer To Long-Vacant Seat” (subscription required for full access).
You can view the video of yesterday’s Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing via this link.
“Closing Off Abortion Rights”: This editorial appears in today’s edition of The New York Times.
And columnist Gail Collins has an op-ed titled “Battle of the Abortion Decisions.”
“Form signed by ill ER patient doesn’t immunize hospital for shoddy care”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has a blog post that begins, “When a patient died from a brain hemorrhage that an emergency room physician had failed to diagnose, the hospital tried to protect itself from liability by pointing to a form the patient had signed when she checked in two days earlier, in severe pain. It said all doctors who provided services at the facility were independent contractors rather than hospital employees.”
You can access Tuesday’s ruling of the California Court of Appeal for the Third Appellate District at this link.
“The Supreme Court Down the Stretch”: Linda Greenhouse has this essay online today at The New York Times.
