“Controversial Gravity Knife Law Challenged in Federal Court”: In January, The Village Voice published an article that begins, “A New York appeals court heard oral arguments on January 14 in a challenge to a controversial knife law that has landed tens of thousands of suspects in jail over the past ten years.”
Last November, The Voice published a length article headlined “How a ’50s-Era New York Knife Law Has Landed Thousands in Jail.”
Today. a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a decision reversing the dismissal of an as-applied vagueness challenge to a New York law criminalizing the possession of “gravity knives.”
“PETA sues to give monkey the copyright of selfie photos”: The Associated Press has this report on a case that could sooner or later end up in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
“In states with elected high court judges, a harder line on capital punishment”: Dan Levine and Kristina Cooke of Reuters have this report.
“Supreme Court Preview of the 2015 Term”: The Heritage Foundation is hosting this event, scheduled to begin in just 15 minutes from now, and you can view the event live, online via this link once it gets underway.
Attorneys Lisa S. Blatt and Paul D. Clement are scheduled to participate as speakers.
“Shelby blames White House for lack of judges”: Mary Troyan of The Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser has this report.
And in today’s edition of The Washington Post, columnist Catherine Rampell has an op-ed titled “Republicans are clogging the judicial pipeline.”
“This Will Probably Be The Biggest Supreme Court Term For Reproductive Rights Since Roe v. Wade”: Ian Millhiser has this post today at ThinkProgress.
“Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Ditches Her Gavel to Play DJ”: ABC News has this report.
“Rush for gender equality with top judges ‘could have appalling consequences for justice'”: The Evening Standard (UK) has an article that begins, “One of the country’s most senior judges today warned that rushing to achieve equal representation for women at the top of the legal profession could inflict ‘appalling consequences’ on the quality of British justice.”
And in related coverage, The Guardian (UK) has an article headlined “Don’t rush gender equality in UK legal profession, says supreme court judge; Lord Sumption says pro-women bias could put off talented male candidates and suggests female lawyers are less willing to accept long hours.”
“Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice N. Patrick Crooks dies”: Bruce Vielmetti has this front page article in today’s edition of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
“Former state Supreme Court justice appeals conviction”: Torsten Ove has this article in today’s edition of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
“Ascertainability sinks consumers’ antitrust case v. alleged egg cartel”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report today.
“Google Advertisers Win Appeal to Sue as Group Over AdWords”: Bloomberg News has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.
“Ohio Judge Loses Fundraising Challenge”: Courthouse News Service has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued today.
“Landmark Cases: 12 Historic Supreme Court Decisions,” by Tony Mauro. C-SPAN today announced the publication of this book as a companion to that network’s upcoming series.
“U.S. justices unlikely to address death penalty’s constitutionality”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.
“Choosing Between Trial And Appellate Work”: Mark Herrmann has this post today at “Above the Law.”
“Erwin Chemerinsky Supreme Court Preview”: You can listen to episode one of UCI Law Talks podcast at this link.
“The Lonely Road Ahead for John Roberts”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online today at Bloomberg View.
“Justice Alito Reflects on his Tenth Anniversary on #SCOTUS”: Josh Blackman has this post today at his blog.
“Supreme Court suspends Attorney General Kane’s law license”: The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has this report, along with a report headlined “Pa. Attorney General Kathleen Kane disappointed with license suspension, but staying in office.”
Angela Couloumbis and Craig R. McCoy of The Philadelphia Inquirer have a news update headlined “Pa. Supreme Court suspends Kane’s license.”
Brad Bumsted of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports that “Pa. Supreme Court suspends Attorney General Kane’s law license.”
And The Associated Press reports that “Court suspends Pennsylvania attorney general’s law license.”
You can access today’s order of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania at this link.
“On Supreme Court, Republicans Out of the Mainstream”: Kenneth Jost had this post yesterday at his blog, “Jost on Justice.”
“Potshots aside, we need 2016 debate about Supreme Court”: Columnist Stephen Henderson has this essay in today’s edition of The Detroit Free Press.
“Cruz follows Obama in throwing Roberts under the bus”: Michael McGough has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.
“Fired Wal-Mart workers had a right to defend themselves, Utah’s high court says”: Yesterday’s edition of The Salt Lake Tribune contained this front page article.
And The Deseret News reports that “Utah high court sides with fired Wal-Mart employees who claimed self-defense.”
You can access Friday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Utah at this link.
“How to Close Guantanamo”: This editorial appears in today’s edition of The New York Times.
David Margolick reviews Wil Haygood’s new book, “Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America.” At this link, from the Sunday Book Review section of today’s edition of The New York Times.
“How the South’s Public Enemy No. 1 climbed onto the Supreme Court”: Law professor Annette Gordon-Reed has this review of Wil Haygood’s new book, “Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America,” online at The Washington Post.
“Utah Supreme Court sets high bar for grandparent visitation orders; Parents generally have final say on who interacts with their children”: Pamela Manson of The Salt Lake Tribune has this report.
You can access Wednesday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Utah, which Associate Chief Justice Thomas R. Lee wrote on behalf of a unanimous court, at this link.
“America, The Next Hobby Lobby Case Is Heading For The Supreme Court: The justices could again weigh women’s health care against religious liberty.” Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post has this report.
“Court Maintains Laches Defense for Back Damages in Patent Cases”: At his “Patently-O” blog, Dennis Crouch has this post about an en banc ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued yesterday.
“California can’t charge out-of-state fishers higher fees, court rules”: Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times has this report.
And Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle reports that “Ruling against pricier fishing licenses for nonresidents upheld.”
You can access yesterday’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.
“U.S. appeals court strikes down one-gun-a-month law in District”: Ann E. Marimow and Spencer S. Hsu of The Washington Post have this report.
My earlier coverage of yesterday’s D.C. Circuit ruling appears at this link.
“Mark Fuller, Former Federal District Court Judge, Could Be Impeached”: Alan Blinder will have this article in Saturday’s edition of The New York Times.
And The Montgomery Advertiser has a news update headlined “Report: Fuller physically abused woman 8 times, lied under oath.”
“Alabama Supreme Court says state doesn’t have to recognize lesbian adoption from Georgia”: Kent Faulk of The Birmingham News has a report that begins, “The Alabama Supreme Court on Friday refused to recognize an adoption by a lesbian mother of her three children granted by a Georgia court in 2007.”
The Associated Press reports that “Alabama court refuses to recognize lesbian mother’s adoption.”
And Reuters reports that “Alabama court voids lesbian couple’s Georgia adoption agreement.”
You can access today’s per curiam ruling of the Supreme Court of Alabama at this link.
“Justice Stephen Breyer: The Court and the World.” Justice Stephen G. Breyer spoke yesterday at the National Constitution Center with the Center’s president, Jeffrey Rosen. You can view the video of the event at this link.
