“Judges press Utah about polygamy ban in ‘Sister Wives’ case”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “An effort to decriminalize polygamy by the family from the TV show ‘Sister Wives’ reached its highest level of the legal system so far Thursday as federal appeals judges questioned a lawyer for Utah about whether the state needs to ban plural marriages.”
“The court and the world: American law and the new global realities; A conversation with Justice Stephen Breyer.” Dahlia Lithwick and Benjamin Wittes conducted this interview (audio available) of Justice Stephen G. Breyer earlier this afternoon at the Brookings Institution.
“U.S. Escalates Battle to Keep Guantanamo Force-Feeding Tapes Hidden”: Cora Currier of The Intercept has this report.
“As Obama pushes agenda, Texas leads legal push-back”: Jon Herskovitz of Reuters has this report.
“Robots Could Make the Supreme Court More Transparent; Computer models can determine the authorship of unsigned legal decisions with startling accuracy”: Adrienne LaFrance of The Atlantic has this report.
“Heffernan v. Paterson and an Absurd First Amendment Doctrine”: Gilad Edelman has this post online at The New Yorker.
“An Ideological Scramble on Immigration at the Supreme Court”: Jeffrey Toobin has this post online at The New Yorker.
“Supreme Court hearing on an Alaskan hunter’s hovercraft: It’s complicated.” Robert Barnes has this article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.
In today’s edition of Alaska Dispatch News, Erica Martinson has a front page article headlined “Supreme Court hears case testing boundaries of federal authority over Alaska waters.”
Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. justices target Alaska moose hunter’s hovercraft claim.”
Lydia Wheeler of The Hill reports that “High court weighs federal land rules in hovercraft case.”
Robin Bravender of Greenwire reports that “Fate of hovercraft murky as justices weigh Alaska case.”
Rebecca Wilhelm of Bloomberg BNA reports that “Supreme Court Considers Meaning of Alaska Land-Use Law.”
And Liz Ruskin of Alaska Public Radio Network reports that “Supreme Court hears Alaska hovercraft case.”
You can access at this link the transcript of yesterday’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Sturgeon v. Frost, No. 14-1209.
“Your Freedom Not to Speak Is Protected Too”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online today at Bloomberg View.
“Supreme Court Ruling Bolsters Ability to Build Class Actions”: Adam Liptak has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.
Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Rules Against Telemarketer in Class-Action Case; Suit involving spam texts can proceed despite defendant company’s settlement offer.”
Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court says class action lawsuits can survive compensation offers.”
Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Top U.S. Court Rejects Companies on Stopping Class Actions.”
Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. top court rules against advertising firm in class action case.”
The Associated Press reports that “Supreme Court rules against business in class-action case.”
Lydia Wheeler of The Hill reports that “Supreme Court deals defeat to business on class-action suits.”
Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post reports that “Justice Ginsburg Leads Supreme Court Majority To Deliver Blow To Big Business; Corporations won’t be able to head off class action lawsuits by simply making a money offer to plaintiffs.”
And at ThinkProgress, Ian Millhiser has a post titled “Justice Ginsburg Hands Surprise Victory To Consumers Over Big Business.”
You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in Campbell-Ewald v. Gomez, No. 14-857, at this link.
“You’ve Got a Lot of Chutzpah: Pondering the Prevalence of Chutzpah as a Legal Term, and Revisiting the Very Issue of Chutzpah.” Doron Kenter had this post yesterday at the “Bankruptcy Blog” of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP.
“Appeals court to hear ‘Sister Wives’ polygamy case”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Lawyers for a family made famous by the TV show ‘Sister Wives’ are set to ask a federal appeals court on Thursday to uphold a ruling that decriminalized polygamy in Utah.”
“Supreme Court To Review If Obama Immigration Actions Were ‘Faithfully Executed'”: Nina Totenberg had this audio segment on Tuesday evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered.”
“Scalia’s Putsch at the Supreme Court”: Linda Greenhouse has this essay online today at The New York Times.