“Chattanooga Man Who Declared He Was ‘An Innocent Man’ On Child Pornography Charges Gets Conviction, 24-Year Sentence Overturned”: Chattanoogan.com has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued today.
“Does Lincoln Caplan Know Up from Down on Judicial Ethics?” Ed Whelan has this post today at the Bench Memos blog of National Review.
“Lawrence resident stepping down as chief judge of 10th Circuit Court of Appeals”: The Lawrence (Kan.) Journal-World has this report.
“A Sikh, a Jew, a Muslim and a Catholic: Funniest Moments from the Supreme Court’s 2014 Term.” Kimberly Robinson has this post at U.S. Law Week’s “On the Merits” blog.
“Damon Keith biography sales exceed 10,000 copies”: The Detroit Free Press has this report.
“Does the Supreme Court Need a Code of Conduct?” Lincoln Caplan has this post online at The New Yorker.
“Et Tu, Tribe? Laurence Tribe, the president’s longtime confidant, is fighting the White House climate plan on behalf of Big Coal; His friends are furious at him, which breaks his heart.” Andrew Rice has this article in the current issue of New York magazine.
“Are Voters Ready to Cast a Vote Against the Supreme Court? With an unprecedented four justices turning 78 or older by Election Day, the next president will be in prime position to reshape the court.” Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.
“Gay Rights May Come at the Cost of Religious Freedom; Anti-discrimination statutes are coming into conflict with laws designed to preserve freedom of conscience, especially in the private sector”: Emma Green has this article online at The Atlantic.
“Court rejects state’s attempt to keep monument at Capitol”: This front page article appears in today’s edition of The Oklahoman.
Reuters reports that “Oklahoma top court reaffirms Ten Commandments stone at Capitol must go.”
And The Associated Press has a report headlined “Oklahoma court: Ten Commandments monument at Capitol must go.”
“New Tenth Circuit Chief Judge”: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit will have a new chief judge effective September 30, 2015. Lest you think that’s not newsworthy enough for an announcement issued some two months earlier, that court’s Circuit Executive’s Office yesterday issued this news release proving you wrong.
“Mountain goats and government discretion”: Benjamin Gould has this post at his “Appellate Briefs” blog about a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued yesterday.
“Federal appeals court upholds California’s shark fin ban”: The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued yesterday.
And in other coverage, Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle reports that “U.S. court upholds California ban on shark fins.”
Coming less than a week after the television debut of “Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!,” the decision kicks off the long-awaited shark week in the federal appellate courts.
Access online yesterday’s nude dancing ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit: At this link.
“Appeals Court Declines to Revive Ford, IBM Apartheid Suit”: Bob Van Voris of Bloomberg News has this report.
Jonathan Stempel of Reuters reports that “U.S. court rejects appeal of apartheid lawsuits against Ford, IBM.”
And The Associated Press reports that “US appeals court rejects apartheid cases against Ford, IBM.”
You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.
“The GOP’s judicial logjam”: Juan Williams has this essay online today at The Hill.
“Clock Is Ticking for Decision on Landmark Insider-Trading Ruling”: Bob Van Voris and Patricia Hurtado of Bloomberg News have a report that begins, “Time is running out for the U.S. to ask the Supreme Court to review a ruling that could lay the framework for how insider trading will be prosecuted for years to come.”
“Bulger attorneys appeal for new trial”: The Boston Globe has this news update.
Laurel J. Sweet of The Boston Herald has a news update headlined “Bulger decision to not testify hampers his retrial effort.”
The Associated Press reports that “Lawyers for ‘Whitey’ Bulger ask court to overturn conviction.”
And Reuters has a report headlined “Boston mobster ‘Whitey’ Bulger was denied right to testify: lawyer.”
“Supreme Court unfair to Harper government, new Ontario justice says”: Sean Fine has this front page article in today’s edition of The Toronto Globe and Mail, along with a related front page article headlined “Legal observers urge Ottawa to revamp judicial appointment process.”
“The new look at ‘one person, one vote,’ made simple”: Lyle Denniston of “SCOTUSblog” has this post today.
“The Supreme Court: Too liberal?” Robert Barnes will have this article in Monday’s edition of The Washington Post.
“State Of Georgia Sues Carl Malamud For Copyright Infringement For Publishing The State’s Own Laws”: Mike Masnick has this post at Techdirt.
“Why doesn’t the Supreme Court have cameras?” Gabe Roth has this essay online today at msnbc.
“Stephen Harper’s courts: For a decade, the Prime Minister has been on a quest to take back the judiciary from the Liberals; Sean Fine goes inside the opaque world of judicial appointments to reveal the making of a Conservative legacy.” Sean Fine has this front page article in today’s edition of The Toronto Globe and Mail.
“2nd Circuit’s Facebook IPO opinion is boon for corporate defendants”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report.
“Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor returns to New York for Fordham University’s ‘Dream Big Day'”: The New York Daily News has this report.
“Facebook defeats shareholder litigation over IPO”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued today.
“U.S. court revives investor lawsuit vs Keurig Green Mountain”: Nate Raymond and Jonathan Stempel of Reuters have this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued today.
“U.S. court revives challenge to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau”: Lawrence Hurley and Sarah N. Lynch of Reuters have this report.
And Sam Hananel of The Associated Press reports that “Appeals court revives challenge to consumer agency.”
You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.
Update: In other coverage, Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Appeals Court Revives Lawsuit Challenging CFPB’s Constitutionality; D.C. Circuit judges say challenge of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should be heard.”
“Terrorism conviction of Miami imam upheld”: Jay Weaver of The Miami Herald has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued yesterday.
As readers of this post’s title have no doubt noticed, “Miami imam” is almost a palindrome.
“West Virginia Judicial Commission Clears Top Justice in Ethics Matter”: ABC News has this report.
And The State Journal of West Virginia reports that “West Virginia Judicial Investigation Commission clears Justice Davis, blasts critics.”
You can access the commission’s decision at this link.
“The Government’s Dishonest Defense of Obamacare’s Contraceptive Mandate”: Noel J. Francisco and Paul M. Pohl have this essay online today at National Review.
“Are Cross-Border Shootings Heading to the Supreme Court?” Steve Vladeck has this post today at “Just Security” linking to this petition for writ of certiorari filed yesterday in the U.S. Supreme Court.
“Court sides with state on Plan B sales”: This front page article appears in today’s edition of The News Tribune of Tacoma, Washington.
And Cheryl Wetzstein and Tom Howell Jr. of The Washington Times have an article headlined “Nuns, pharmacists take prescription contraception cases to Supreme Court.”
“A Regrettable Decision: This astonishing, anti-science, states’-rights court decision begs for a ban on abortion.” Dahlia Lithwick has this essay online today at Slate.
And at RH Reality Check, Jessica Mason Pieklo has a post titled “Federal Court Blocks North Dakota Heartbeat Ban, Calls on the Supreme Court to Overturn ‘Roe.’”