“Ruling in favor of California death penalty leaves larger questions unanswered”: Paige St. John and Maura Dolan will have this article in Friday’s edition of The Los Angeles Times.
Howard Mintz of The San Jose Mercury News has an article headlined “California death penalty: legal obstacle to executions removed.”
In Friday’s edition of The New York Times, Erik Eckholm will have an article headlined “Federal Appeals Panel Overturns Anti-Death Penalty Ruling in California.”
Mark Berman of The Washington Post reports that “Federal appeals court reverses ruling that said California’s death penalty system is unconstitutional.”
The Sacramento Bee reports that “Federal appeals court upholds death penalty in California.”
Dan Levine and Eric M. Johnson of Reuters report that “U.S. appeals court rejects challenge to California death penalty.”
And The Associated Press reports that “Appeals court rejects challenge to California death penalty.”
You can access today’s ruling of a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.
“Constitution Check: Is the new immigration policy at risk constitutionally?” Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.
“Pleading for the Fourth: Justice Sonia Sotomayor stood alone again on Monday as the U.S. Supreme Court chipped away at the Fourth Amendment’s constraints on law enforcement.” Matt Ford of The Atlantic has this report.
“Agreeing to disagree: Supreme Court Justice Breyer says rulings are strong but discourse thoughtful.” Harvard Gazette has this report today.
“Is a key to Roe v. Wade open to question?” Lyle Denniston has this post today at “SCOTUSblog.”
“Sixth Circuit Affirms Ricin Cooker’s Sentence”: Courthouse News Service has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued today.
“New opinion — a glorious panel-voting mess”: Matthew Stiegler has this post today at “CA3blog” about a 94-page decision that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued today in which all three judges wrote separately.
“Judging Roberts: The Chief Justice of the United States, ten years in.” Adam J. White has this article in the November 23, 2015 issue of The Weekly Standard.
“Does the American Criminal Justice System Need an Overhaul?” On Monday afternoon in Washington, DC, the Cato Institute will host this event, described as “Featuring Alex Kozinski, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; and J. Harvie Wilkinson III, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit; moderated by Tim Lynch, Director, Project on Criminal Justice, Cato Institute.”
If you can’t attend, you can view a live webcast of the event once underway via this link.
“Judicial Energy and the Supreme Court”: Linda Greenhouse has this essay online today at The New York Times.
“How the world’s biggest bookie was snared at last year’s WSOP — and walked a free man”: This article, featuring a cameo appearance from Tom Goldstein, appears online at ESPN.com.
“An Invitation to End the Death Penalty: The time is now, and this opportunity might not present itself again soon.” Evan Mandery has this jurisprudence essay online today at Slate.