“Kane’s claim about porn emails ‘outrageous,’ former chief justice says”: Brad Bumsted of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has this news update.
Charles Thompson of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has updates headlined “Pa. Supreme Court hires law firm to review justice’s personal emails” and “Pa. Supreme Court Justice J. Michael Eakin promises cooperation with renewed review of personal emails.”
And The Associated Press reports that “Pennsylvania’s top prosecutor says justice violated ethics.”
“9th Circuit finds DOJ lawyer didn’t deliberately attempt to mislead court at oral argument”: Mike Scarcella has this tweet about an order that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.
My earlier coverage of this matter can be accessed here.
“Obergefell to Kim Davis: Enough ‘indignities.'” The Cincinnati Enquirer has this report.
“In US, murder masterminds are put to death while killers live; Three recent death penalty cases have exposed concerns about executing those convicted of planning a murder — especially when the actual killers receive a lighter punishment”: Jessica Lussenhop of BBC News has this report.
“New York Times Reporter Discovers Judicial Engagement, Fears for Big Government”: Evan Bernick has this blog entry today at The Huffington Post.
“The Fatal Conceit of Chief Justice Roberts’s ‘Long Game'”: Josh Blackman has this blog post today.
“U.S. Supreme Court’s business docket targets class actions”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.
“Republican Senate accused of ‘slow walking’ Obama’s judicial nominees”: Timothy M. Phelps of The Los Angeles Times has this report.
“State officials debated drug debacle as Glossip’s final hour nearly came; How close did Oklahoma come to using wrong execution drug?” Cary Aspinwall and Ziva Branstetter of The Frontier have this report today.
The Oklahoman has articles headlined “Oklahoma attorney general asks court to put executions on hold” and “Oklahoma governor says doctor spotted execution drug error; Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin said a doctor who oversees lethal injections noticed a drug discrepancy that led to the 37-day stay of execution for inmate Richard Glossip.”
And The Tulsa World reports that “Attorney general asks for indefinite stay of upcoming executions; He says the state needs to investigate how it got the wrong drugs for a planned execution.”
“Kane says Justice Eakin exchanged porn emails on state servers”: Craig R. McCoy, Angela Couloumbis, and Laura McCrystal have this front page article in today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Charles Thompson of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania reports that “Attorney General Kathleen Kane has turned emails over to judicial conduct, ethics boards for review.”
In today’s edition of The Philadelphia Daily News, William Bender has an article headlined “New emails surface in Kathleen Kane saga” that begins, “Pennsylvania’s political Cold War crept even closer yesterday toward a doomsday scenario — one with the potential to spread nuclear fallout across the criminal-justice landscape, from police departments to the Supreme Court.”
And Brad Bumsted of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports that “Kane charged with new perjury count, other crimes; releases porn emails.”