“John Roberts’s Court”: Lincoln Caplan has this post online today at The New Yorker.
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Monday, June 29, 2015
“John Roberts’s Court”: Lincoln Caplan has this post online today at The New Yorker. Posted at 8:05 PM by Howard Bashman“Supreme Court blocks Texas abortion-clinic rules”: The Associated Press has this report. You can view today’s 5-to-4 order of the U.S. Supreme Court granting a stay at this link. Posted at 3:48 PM by Howard Bashman“Supreme Court Allows Use of Execution Drug”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this news update. Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has a news update headlined “Supreme Court upholds lethal injection procedure.” David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court OKs use of controversial sedative in executions.” Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Upholds Use of Death-Penalty Drug; High Court rejects claims that midazolam can cause excruciating pain.” Michael Doyle of McClatchy Washington Bureau reports that “Supreme Court upholds use of drug for lethal injection executions.” Chris Casteel of The Oklahoman reports that “Supreme Court upholds Oklahoma lethal injection drug.” The Tulsa World reports that “Supreme Court upholds Oklahoma’s lethal injection protocol.” Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “Supreme Court upholds Oklahoma lethal injection process.” Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Lethal-Injection Drug Allowed by Divided U.S. Supreme Court.” Ariane de Vogue of CNN.com reports that “Supreme Court backs use of lethal injection drug.” And Josh Gerstein of Politico.com reports that “Supreme Court permits lethal injection technique; The court rejected claims that Oklahoma violated the ban on cruel and unusual punishment.” Posted at 1:14 PM by Howard Bashman“Gay marriage case secures Justice Kennedy’s legacy”: Michael Doyle of McClatchy Washington Bureau has this report. Posted at 1:10 PM by Howard Bashman“Supreme Court Will Reconsider Affirmative Action Case”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this news update. Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has a news update headlined “Supreme Court to consider University of Texas race-conscious admissions.” David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court to decide on college affirmative action case.” Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “U.S. Supreme Court to Consider Affirmative Action at Public Universities; Court to consider whether University of Texas can consider race in admissions.” The Austin American-Statesman hsa a news update headlined “U.S. Supreme Court agrees to consider UT race case a second time.” Ariane de Vogue of CNN.com reports that “Supreme Court to rehear major affirmative action case next term.” Josh Gerstein and Allie Grasgreen of Politico.com report that “Supreme Court will hear Texas affirmative action case.” And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Once more, testing college affirmative action.” Posted at 1:03 PM by Howard BashmanAccess online today’s rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court in argued cases: The Court today issued rulings in three argued cases. 1. Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court in Glossip v. Gross, No. 14-7955. Justice Antonin Scalia issued a concurring opinion, in which Justice Clarence Thomas joined. Justice Thomas also issued a concurring opinion, in which Justice Scalia joined. Justice Stephen G. Breyer issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg joined. And Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Ginsburg, Breyer, and Elena Kagan joined. You can access the oral argument via this link. 2. Justice Ginsburg delivered the opinion of the Court in Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Comm’n, No. 13-1314. Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Scalia, Thomas, and Alito joined. Justice Scalia also issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Thomas joined. And Justice Thomas also issued a dissenting opinion in which Justice Scalia joined. You can access the oral argument via this link. 3. And Justice Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court in Michigan v. EPA, No. 14-46. Justice Thomas issued a concurring opinion. And Justice Kagan issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Ginsburg, Breyer, and Sotomayor joined. You can access the oral argument via this link. In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Justices uphold use of drug implicated in botched executions“; “Justices uphold Arizona’s system for redistricting“; and “Justices rule against EPA power plant mercury limits.” And Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court refuses to ban controversial method of execution“; “Supreme Court allows commissions to draw congressional districts“; and “High court gives red light to power plant regulations” Posted at 10:04 AM by Howard BashmanAccess online today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court today granted review in four new cases. Justice Clarence Thomas issued a dissent, in which Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. joined, from the denial of certiorari in Joyner v. Barnes, No. 14-395. And Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a dissent, in which Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Elena Kagan joined, from the denial of certiorari in Jordan v. Fisher, No. 14-8035. In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Supreme Court will re-hear Texas affirmative action“; “Justices won’t hear Google appeal in dispute with Oracle“; “Justices won’t hear appeal from BP, Anadarko over Gulf spill“; and “Justices allow new hearings in North Carolina capital cases.” Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “University Affirmative Action Gets U.S. Supreme Court Review“; “Google Rejected by U.S. Supreme Court in Oracle Java Copying Case“; and “BP, Anadarko Rejected by U.S. Supreme Court on Gulf Spill Fines.” Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. top court agrees to weigh affirmative action in college admissions“; “U.S. top court declines to hear Google appeal in Oracle Java fight“; “U.S. justices turn down states over voter registration restrictions“; “U.S. Supreme Court rejects BP, Anadarko over Deepwater Horizon spill penalties“; and “U.S. top court rejects convicted congressman Renzi’s appeal.” And Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court will hear new challenge to affirmative action.” Posted at 9:40 AM by Howard Bashman“Same-sex marriage ruling highlights Supreme Court quandary: Restraint or intervention?” David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this news analysis. Posted at 8:09 AM by Howard Bashman“John Roberts to America: I’m in Charge Here.” Simon Lazarus has this essay online at The New Republic. Also online at The New Republic, David H. Gans has an essay titled “A Term to Remember: The Supreme Court gave us a historic year for liberty and equality.” Law professor Andrew Koppelman has an essay titled “A Slightly Modest Proposal: John Roberts’s claims of judicial restraint should be taken with a grain of salt.” And Esther Breger has an essay titled “Condemned to Loneliness by the Supreme Court.” Posted at 8:07 AM by Howard Bashman“Revenge Killing: Race and the death penalty in a Louisiana parish.” Rachel Aviv has this “Annals of Justice” article in the July 6, 2015 issue of The New Yorker. Posted at 8:04 AM by Howard Bashman“Crisis of the Dissents Divided? — Disagreement among the Obergefell Four.” Ronald K.L. Collins has this post today at “Concurring Opinions.” Posted at 8:00 AM by Howard Bashman“The Justices’ Justice: For years we feared the consequences of pushing social progress through the courts’ Obergefell v. Hodges will prove we shouldn’t.” Law professor David Fontana has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate. Posted at 7:58 AM by Howard Bashman“Mike Huckabee Says He Wouldn’t Listen To The Supreme Court As President; The former Arkansas governor also said Chief Justice John Roberts ‘apparently needs medication for schizophrenia'”: Andrew Kaczynski of BuzzFeed News has this report. Posted at 7:56 AM by Howard Bashman“Antonin Scalia’s dissent in same-sex marriage ruling even more scornful than usual”: Timothy M. Phelps of The Los Angeles Times has this news analysis. Posted at 7:54 AM by Howard BashmanSunday, June 28, 2015
“Decades of battles converged for momentous decision; From Hawaii to White House, gays’ right to marry seemed far from inevitable”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report. Posted at 5:32 PM by Howard BashmanSaturday, June 27, 2015
“Is Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore setting up a battle over gay marriage?” Kent Faulk of The Birmingham News has this report. Posted at 8:53 PM by Howard Bashman“Liberals Unite to Win as Top U.S. Court Closes Blockbuster Term”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report. Posted at 8:46 PM by Howard Bashman“Bye, Bye, Glucksberg”: Jack Balkin has this post today at “Balkinization.” Posted at 8:42 PM by Howard BashmanSeventh Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner has joined this year’s installment of Slate’s “Supreme Court Breakfast Table“: Judge Posner’s first two posts are titled “A chief justice has a greater personal interest in how he votes than the other justices” and “The chief justice’s dissent is heartless.” Posted at 8:30 PM by Howard Bashman“John Roberts, the Umpire in Chief”: Jeffrey Rosen will have this essay in the Sunday Review section of tomorrow’s edition of The New York Times. Posted at 8:24 PM by Howard Bashman“Right sees leftward tilt in Roberts Supreme Court era”: Peter Schroeder and Lydia Wheeler of The Hill have this report today. And yesterday The Hill had a blog post titled “Cruz: Supreme Court justices should face elections.” Posted at 8:22 PM by Howard Bashman“Why John Roberts Upheld Obamacare but Dissented on Gay Marriage: He sides with liberals one day, conservatives the next; What gives?” Paul Barrett of Bloomberg News has this essay. Posted at 9:58 AM by Howard Bashman“Kennedy emerges as judicial champion of gay rights”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report. And The Hill has an article headlined “Kennedy: The gay marriage justice.” Posted at 9:52 AM by Howard Bashman“Big business on winning side in U.S. top court’s major rulings”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report. Posted at 9:48 AM by Howard Bashman“Angering Conservatives and Liberals, Chief Justice John Roberts Defends Steady Restraint”: Adam Liptak has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times. Posted at 9:40 AM by Howard BashmanFriday, June 26, 2015
“Supreme Court justices stop playing nice: As the Roberts court leans left, growing acrimony from Scalia and Alito.” Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has this report. Posted at 9:12 PM by Howard Bashman“Lieff: Professional objectors are a scourge but settling isn’t unethical.” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has a report today that begins, “On Friday, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ended a drama that has roiled the class action bar this month.” Posted at 8:27 PM by Howard Bashman“Legal battles remain on U.S. gay rights despite momentous ruling”: Joan Biskupic of Reuters has this report. Posted at 8:24 PM by Howard Bashman“Gay Marriage Shows Court at Its Best”: Law professor Cass R. Sunstein has this essay online today at Bloomberg View. Posted at 8:15 PM by Howard Bashman“A ‘view’ from the Courtroom: A marriage celebration.” Mark Walsh has this post today at “SCOTUSblog.” Posted at 8:12 PM by Howard Bashman“A Gay-Rights Decision for the Ages”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View today, along with an essay titled “Scalia’s View Prevails in Gun-Crimes Case.” Posted at 4:57 PM by Howard Bashman“Despite This Week’s Victories, Obama Has Struggled At The Supreme Court”: Oliver Roeder has this post at FiveThirtyEight. Posted at 4:54 PM by Howard Bashman“Anthony Kennedy pivots left — for now”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN.com has this report. Posted at 4:52 PM by Howard Bashman“Justices’ pointed dissents to gay marriage ruling show unusual discord”: Brad Heath of USA Today has this report. Posted at 2:16 PM by Howard Bashman“Eyebrow Threading Regulations to Go Before High Court”: The Texas Tribune had this article back in February 2014. Today, the Supreme Court of Texas issued its 6-to-3 ruling in the case, consisting of a majority opinion, a concurring opinion, an opinion concurring in the judgment, and two dissenting opinions (here and here). Posted at 1:20 PM by Howard Bashman |
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