“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.
“Arkansas seeking rehearing in 12-week abortion ban case”: The Associated Press has this report.
“Third Circuit Nominee Breezes Through Confirmation Hearing; U.S. District Judge Luis Felipe Restrepo was nominated in November to the appeals court”: Mike Sacks of The National Law Journal has this report.
“With Senate control, will the GOP stop confirming circuit court judges?” Russell Wheeler of The Brookings Institution has this blog post today.
“High court denies teen’s family damages after brain is found on class trip”: The Staten Island Advance has this news update.
The New York Daily News reports that “Medical examiner does not have to return organs of the dead after performing autopsy, Appeals Court rules.”
The New York Post has an article headlined “Brains don’t have to be returned to bodies after autopsy: court.”
Reuters reports that “Family of dead NYC teen loses court battle over brain.”
And The Associated Press has a report headlined “NY court: Medical examiners don’t have to return all organs.”
You can access today’s 5-to-2 ruling of the Court of Appeals of New York — that state’s highest court — at this link.
“HHS Chief Burwell, House GOP Square Off Over Health-Law Case; Two sides fine tune messages ahead of Supreme Court’s decision on Affordable Care Act”: Louise Radnofsky of The Wall Street Journal has this report.
“Abortion rights groups file motion to halt key provisions in Texas law”: Reuters has a report that begins, “Several women’s health providers filed a motion on Wednesday seeking to halt a U.S. appeals court decision a day earlier allowing Texas to impose restrictions on abortions, and said they plan to take the case to the U.S. Supreme Court.”
Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor reports that “Ruling on Texas abortion law sets up potential Supreme Court showdown.”
John Council of Texas Lawyer has an article headlined “Who Wrote for the Majority in Controversial Abortion Decision?” You can freely access the full text of the article via Google.
Via “SCOTUSblog,” you can access the stay motion at this link.
Meanwhile, in commentary, online at Bloomberg View, law professor Noah Feldman has an essay titled “Why the Texas Abortion Law May Stand.”
And online at The Guardian (UK), Scott Lemieux has an essay titled “The US supreme court may bring Texas- style abortion restrictions to every state; The state’s years-long effort to minimize women’s access to abortion services just got a legal boost, and it sets up another battle at the nation’s highest court.”
“President Obama’s Supreme Court Remarks Set Him Apart; Previous presidents only briefly commented on Supreme Court cases, study finds”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report.
“Congress must fix Obamacare if court guts it — U.S. official”: Reuters has this report.
The June 2015 issue of the Harvard Law Review can now be accessed online: Via this link.
“Are Gun Rights Second-Class Rights? Supreme Court Declines Major Second Amendment Case, Over Fiery Dissent.” Evan Bernick has this blog entry today at The Huffington Post.
“Thinly sliced baloney, Wonder Bread, concurring opinions and the Supreme Court”: Senior U.S. District Judge Richard G. Kopf had this post yesterday at his “Hercules and the umpire” blog.
“FAN 63 (First Amendment News) CJ Roberts: Mr. First Amendment — The Trend Continues.” Ronald K.L. Collins has this post today at “Concurring Opinions.”
“The right’s slimy new scheme: The made-up ‘religious freedom’ protection designed to gut same-sex marriage; Indiana was just the beginning: A host of new ‘religious freedom’ bills are coming; The target: Marriage equality.” Elliot Mincberg has this essay at Salon.com.
And online at The Atlantic, law professor Garrett Epps has an essay titled “North Carolina’s Rightward Turn: A bill excusing public officials from performing gay marriages caps a string of legislative victories for conservatives.”
“Obama lawyers asked secret court to ignore public court’s decision on spying; Justice Department’s national security chief cites six-month transition period in the USA Freedom Act as a reason to turn the bulk surveillance spigot back on”: Spencer Ackerman of The Guardian (UK) has this report.
“Court ruling against gay marriage could cause legal ‘chaos'”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.
“Finding misconduct by prosecutor, court overturns murder conviction”: The San Jose Mercury News has this article reporting on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued yesterday.