“Conservatives steamed at Chief Justice Roberts’ betrayal; They begrudgingly gave him a pass for the first Obamacare ruling; Not this time”: Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has this report.
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Thursday, June 25, 2015
“Conservatives steamed at Chief Justice Roberts’ betrayal; They begrudgingly gave him a pass for the first Obamacare ruling; Not this time”: Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has this report. Posted at 3:03 PM by Howard Bashman“Supreme Court Allows Nationwide Health Care Subsidies”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this news update. And Michael D. Shear has a news analysis headlined “Obama Gains Vindication and Secures Legacy With Health Care Ruling.” Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has a news update headlined “Affordable Care Act survives Supreme Court challenge.” David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has a news update headlined “Supreme Court upholds Obamacare subsidies, a victory for the president.” And Noam M. Levey has a news analysis headlined “Obamacare appears to be about as established as a law can be in divided U.S.” Brent Kendall and Louise Radnofsky of The Wall Street Journal report that “Supreme Court Upholds Obama’s Health-Law Subsidies; Justices backs foundation of Affordable Care Act.” Michael Doyle and Tony Pugh of McClatchy Washington Bureau report that “Supreme Court upholds health care subsidies.” Tom Howell Jr. of The Washington Times reports that “Obama wins: Supreme Court upholds Obamacare subsidies, 6-3.” And Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times reports that “Roberts saves Obamacare for 2nd time; Scalia chides: ‘Words have no meaning.’” Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. top court backs Obamacare, president says it’s here to stay.” Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Supreme Court Rules 6-3 to Save Obamacare Tax Subsidies.” Ariane de Vogue and Jeremy Diamond of CNN.com report that “Supreme Court saves Obamacare.” Jennifer Haberkorn and Josh Gerstein of Politico.com report that “High court rules for White House in Obamacare subsidies case; The ruling marks the second major win for the Affordable Care Act before the Supreme Court.” And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Opinion analysis: Saving the subsidies, saving the health care law.” Posted at 1:42 PM by Howard Bashman“Justices Back Broad Interpretation of Housing Law”: 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 tool in fighting housing discrimination.” David G. Savage and Timothy M. Phelps of The Los Angeles Times have a news update headlined “Supreme Court upholds far-reaching racial discrimination rules for housing.” Jess Bravin and Robbie Whelan of The Wall Street Journal report that “Supreme Court Upholds Tool for Fighting Housing Bias; Outcome means fair-housing lawsuits can proceed without proof of intentional discrimination.” Michael Doyle of McClatchy Washington Bureau reports that “Supreme Court opens door to housing discrimination lawsuits.” Michael Lindenberger of The Dallas Morning News has a blog post titled “Dallas group wins its Supreme Court case against Texas housing; civil rights leaders relieved.” Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “Supreme Court upholds broad discrimination claims under housing law.” Greg Stohr and David McLaughlin of Bloomberg News report that “Supreme Court Backs Housing Discrimination Lawsuits.” Ariane de Vogue of CNN.com reports that “Court upholds key tool to combat housing discrimination.” And Jon Prior of Politico.com reports that “SCOTUS upholds Obama legal tactic in fair housing cases.” Posted at 1:03 PM by Howard Bashman“King v. Burwell and ideological independence”: Eric Posner has this blog post today. Posted at 11:56 AM by Howard Bashman“The federalism dog that didn’t bark — Court’s ruling in King v. Burwell avoids relying on dubious federalism arguments”: Ilya Somin has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.” And at the “Cato at Liberty” blog, Michael F. Cannon has a post titled “Supreme Court Validates Obama’s Power Grab” that begins, “Today the Supreme Court allowed itself to be intimidated.” Posted at 11:24 AM by Howard Bashman“The U.S. Supreme Court’s Cultivation of Corporate Personhood: The liberal justices expanded the rights of corporations, without considering the limits of that doctrine.” Law professors Kent Greenfield and Adam Winkler have this essay online at The Atlantic. Posted at 10:56 AM by Howard Bashman“Pa. law that allowed gun rights groups to sue cities is unconstitutional, Commonwealth Court rules”: Christine Vendel of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has this update. Karen Langley of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has a news update headlined “Court strikes down law allowing challenges to municipal gun ordinances.” Adam Brandolph of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has a news update headlined “Commonwealth Court declares state gun law unconstitutional.” Steve Esack of The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania has a news update headlined “Court: Law allowing NRA to sue cities like Allentown with tougher gun laws illegal.” And The Philadelphia Inquirer has a news update headlined “Pro NRA Pa. law is unconstitutional, court rules.” You can access today’s ruling of a seven-judge en banc panel of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania at this link. Posted at 10:48 AM by Howard Bashman“Has the Supreme Court really moved leftward this term?” Jonathan H. Adler has this post today at “The Volokh Conspiracy.” Posted at 10:24 AM by Howard BashmanAccess online today’s rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court in argued cases: The Court today issued two rulings in argued cases. 1. Justice Anthony M. Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court in Texas Dept. of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc., No. 13-1371. Justice Clarence Thomas issued a dissenting opinion. And Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. issued a dissenting opinion, in which Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. and Justices Antonin Scalia and Thomas joined. You can access the oral argument via this link. 2. And Chief Justice Roberts delivered the opinion of the Court in King v. Burwell, No. 14-114. Justice Scalia issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Thomas and Alito joined. You can access the oral argument via this link. In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Supreme Court upholds nationwide health care law subsidies” and “Supreme Court upholds key tool for fighting housing bias.” And Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court upholds health law subsidies” and “Supreme Court upholds housing discrimination law.” Posted at 10:04 AM by Howard Bashman“Supreme Court Watchers Are Tired of This Redistricting Case; The small community of redistricting aficionados in Arizona and California have been rising with the sun in recent weeks expecting a Court decision that hasn’t yet come”: Jack Fitzpatrick of National Journal has this report. Posted at 9:25 AM by Howard Bashman“Could Obama end up on the Supreme Court after he retires from the White House?” Zev Chafets has this essay at FoxNews.com. Posted at 8:09 AM by Howard Bashman“Obama’s Hardball Option to Save Obamacare: Republicans are hoping that a Supreme Court loss would force the president to make major concessions on his health care law, but that’s not a guarantee.” Dylan Scott of National Journal has this report. Sahil Kapur of Bloomberg News reports that “Conservative Groups Bracing Republicans for Obamacare Ruling; Republicans leaning toward extending health care subsidies if the Supreme Court voids them are facing intense pressure from the Heritage Foundation and others.” And Manu Raju and Jennifer Haberkorn of Politico.com report that “Anti-Obamacare senator braces for court ruling; The Supreme Court may give Wisconsin Republican Ron Johnson more than he bargained for.” Posted at 8:04 AM by Howard Bashman“Measuring the Success of Health Insurance Subsidies”: Robert Pear and Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times have this report. Posted at 8:00 AM by Howard Bashman“The Fifth Circuit Joins the Growing Line of Courts Rejecting RFRA Arguments Against the Affordable Care Act’s Contraceptive Accommodation for Religious Nonprofit Employers”: Law professor Marci A. Hamilton has this essay online today at Justia.com’s Verdict. Posted at 7:58 AM by Howard Bashman“Poll Finds Backing for Gay Marriage and a Split on Health Law; Journal/NBC poll results come out days before the Supreme Court is to rule on those two issues”: Patrick O’Connor of The Wall Street Journal has this report. You can freely access the full text of the article via Google. Posted at 7:55 AM by Howard BashmanWednesday, June 24, 2015
“Supreme Court Doesn’t Need Spider-Man Reboot”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View. Posted at 11:54 PM by Howard Bashman“Obama May Win by Losing in Quirk of Supreme Court EPA Review”: Bloomberg News has this report. Posted at 11:50 PM by Howard Bashman“Anticipating high court’s blessing, same-sex couples plan weddings”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report. Posted at 11:46 PM by Howard Bashman“A Day In The Life Of Waiting For The Supreme Court Decision On Marriage Equality”: Jennifer Bendery of The Huffington Post has this report today. Posted at 11:40 PM by Howard Bashman“Texas Abortion Curbs Go Into Effect Soon, Unless Supreme Court Acts”: This audio segment appeared on this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered.” Posted at 11:38 PM by Howard Bashman“Unsurprisingly, I concur in the foregoing opinion — I am, after all, its author.” So writes Circuit Judge Robert D. Sack, concurring today in his own opinion for a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Posted at 11:30 PM by Howard Bashman“Appeals court overturns harsh 14-year prison sentence in laser strike case; 9th Circuit Court of Appeals: ‘Section 39A is designed for knuckleheads like him.'” Cyrus Farivar of Ars Technica has this report. And Courthouse News Service reports that “Calif. Laser Pointer Is no Bin Laden, Court Finds.” You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link. Posted at 11:18 PM by Howard Bashman“5 weeks after filing, justices’ finances still not public”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report. Posted at 9:04 PM by Howard Bashman“Here Are the Six Major Rulings We’ll Get From the Supreme Court This Week”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report. Posted at 5:44 PM by Howard Bashman“10th Circuit in Rocky Flats case: After 25 years, give plaintiffs justice.” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report today. My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Tenth Circuit ruling appears at this link. Posted at 5:42 PM by Howard BashmanAccess the first entry in this year’s edition of Slate’s “Supreme Court Breakfast Table”: Walter Dellinger has a post titled “Conservative decisions on Obamacare subsidies and gay marriage would cleave the nation in two.” Posted at 3:00 PM by Howard Bashman“Schools Fear Impact of Gay Marriage Ruling on Tax Status”: Laurie Goodstein and Adam Liptak will have this article in Thursday’s edition of The New York Times. Posted at 2:58 PM by Howard Bashman“Victims’ families, survivors speak at Tsarnaev sentencing”: Patricia Wen, Kevin Cullen, Milton J. Valencia, and John R. Ellement of The Boston Globe have a news update that begins, “Sharing profound pain and searing anger, relatives of those killed in the Boston Marathon bombing and survivors of the blast delivered emotional victim impact statements Wednesday at the federal court hearing in Boston in which Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will be formally sentenced to death.” Posted at 11:48 AM by Howard Bashman“The Rabbit-Hole of ‘Relevant'”: In this upcoming Sunday’s edition of The New York Times, Magazine, Mattathias Schwartz will have an essay that begins, “When a law has a name like ‘Patriot’ or ‘Freedom,’ it’s a sign that you should read the fine print.” Posted at 11:46 AM by Howard Bashman“FAN 65 (First Amendment News) Does Justice Thomas believe in a race-hate exception to the First Amendment?” Ronald K.L. Collins has this post today at “Concurring Opinions.” Posted at 11:42 AM by Howard Bashman“Tom Stagg, top area U.S. judge, dies”: The Shreveport Times has this report. Posted at 11:40 AM by Howard Bashman“Reshaping the Supreme Court, our most disruptive branch of government”: Rachel Maddow has this essay online at The Washington Post. Posted at 11:33 AM by Howard Bashman“Gov. Hickenlooper appoints Richard Gabriel to Colorado Supreme Court”: The Denver Post has this report. Posted at 10:38 AM by Howard Bashman“The Anti-Plaintiff Pending Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Pro-Defendant Composition of the Federal Rulemaking Committees”: Law professor Patricia W. Hatamyar Moore has posted this article online at SSRN (via “Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog“). Posted at 10:15 AM by Howard Bashman“Dear Tony,” Senior U.S. District Judge Richard G. Kopf had this post Monday at his “Hercules and the umpire” blog. Posted at 10:10 AM by Howard Bashman |
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