“Lawyers for Sen. Menendez, government argue to appeals panel in corruption case”: The Record of Hackensack, New Jersey has this report.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that “Appeals judges study intent of Menendez’s actions.”
And The Associated Press reports that “Appeals judges grill lawyer in Sen. Menendez corruption case.”
You can access via this link (32.8 MB mp3 audio file) the audio of today’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
“Tribute: The incomparable Antonin Scalia.” Kristin Linsley Myles has this guest post online at “SCOTUSblog.”
“Gone but Not Forgotten: The remaining Supreme Court justices are dealing with Antonin Scalia’s death in surprising and dramatic ways.” Dahlia Lithwick has this Supreme Court dispatch online at Slate.
“Young Lawyers Ready to Argue a Major Abortion Case Before the Supreme Court”: Erik Eckholm will have this article in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.
Also in tomorrow’s newspaper, Adam Liptak will have an article headlined “Eyes on Kennedy, Women Tell Supreme Court Why Abortion Was Right for Them.”
“With Scalia gone, defendants lose hope for class action reprieve”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report today.
“The Political Ideologies of Law Clerks and their Judges”: Adam Bonica, Adam S. Chilton, Jacob Goldin, Kyle Rozema, and Maya Sen have posted this paper online at SSRN.
“Obama adviser Deese to lead White House’s Supreme Court process”: Reuters has this report.
“Clarence Thomas Breaks 10 Years of Silence at Supreme Court”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.
Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “For first time in 10 years, Justice Clarence Thomas asks questions during an argument.”
Sam Hananel of The Associated Press reports that “Justice Thomas poses questions, stuns Supreme Court crowd.”
Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Thomas Asks Questions From Supreme Court Bench for First Time in 10 Years.”
Ariane de Vogue of CNN.com reports that “Justice Clarence Thomas breaks 10-year streak, asks question in court.”
Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post reports that “Clarence Thomas Speaks From Supreme Court Bench For First Time In A Decade; He stood up for the Second Amendment in an under-the-radar criminal law case.”
Lydia Wheeler of The Hill reports that “Justice Thomas asks question from bench.”
Jeff John Roberts of Fortune.com reports that “A Supreme Court Justice Just Broke 10 Years of Silence.”
And online at Slate, Mark Joseph Stern has a post titled “Clarence Thomas Just Asked His First Question in a Decade on the Supreme Court.”
You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Voisine v. United States, No. 14-10154.
In today’s mail: I received an advance text copy of Adam Cohen’s new book, “Imbeciles: The Supreme Court, American Eugenics, and the Sterilization of Carrie Buck.”
Last week, NPR’s “All Things Considered” had this interview with Cohen about the book.
“Vicious and Idiotic Anti-Scalia Tirade by Former Clerk”: Ed Whelan has this post today at National Review’s “Bench Memos” blog.
“Shorthanded U.S. High Court Grapples With Life After Scalia”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.
Access online today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court did not grant review in any new cases but called for the views of the Solicitor General in four cases.
In Taylor v. Yee, No. 15-169, Justice Samuel A. Alito issued a concurrence, in which Justice Clarence Thomas joined, in the denial of certiorari.
In California Building Indus. Ass’n v. City of San Jose, No.15-330, Justice Thomas issued a concurrence in the denial of certiorari.
And in Ben-Levi v. Brown, No.14-10186, Justice Alito issued a dissent from the denial of certiorari.
Update: In early news coverage, The Associated Press has reports headlined “High court rejects challenge to Chesapeake Bay cleanup plan“; “Justices won’t disturb student’s suspension over rap song“; “High court won’t hear appeal over anti-panhandling ban“; “High court won’t hear appeal over NFL player settlement“; and “Supreme Court rejects NJ employees’ appeal over pension fund.”
“Floor tiles, water fountains, clinic doors weigh on Texas abortion case”: Jon Herskovitz of Reuters has this report.
“Why Courts Shouldn’t Ignore the Facts About Abortion Rights”: Columnist Linda Greenhouse had this essay on the cover of the Sunday Review section of yesterday’s edition of The New York Times.
And online at Bloomberg View, law professor Noah Feldman has an essay titled “Texas Abortion Case Tests Kennedy’s Commitment.”
“Sorry, Apple, Your ‘Code Is Speech’ Claim May Not Hold Up”: Jeff John Roberts of Fortune.com has this report.
“Who Believes the GOP Is Serious About Blocking Obama’s Supreme Court Nominee?” Steven Strauss has this blog entry today at The Huffington Post.
“Trump: Judge’s ethnicity matters in Trump University suit.” The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is trying to deflect attention from a class-action civil lawsuit involving the former Trump University by pointing to the ethnic background of the judge in the case.”
“The war of words behind the Supreme Court nomination battle”: Michael Kinsley has this essay online at The Washington Post.
“That Time Ted Cruz Submitted a Supreme Court Brief Citing . . . Ted Cruz; How his ‘extremely conservative’ law school article about ritual sacrifice made it to the highest court”: Michael Linhorst has this article online at Politico Magazine.
“1780s clause at center of Menendez corruption case battle”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “When three federal appellate judges settle into their seats Monday to hear arguments in the corruption case against New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez, they will be asked to delve deeply into an idea that, though little known outside legal circles, is as deeply embedded in the American DNA as the right to free speech.”
The oral argument will occur tomorrow afternoon before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit consisting of Circuit Judges Thomas L. Ambro and Kent A. Jordan and Senior Circuit Judge Anthony J. Scirica.
When the oral argument audio becomes available online, I will link to it.
“GOP senators aim to confirm judges — just not for SCOTUS; Democrats are accusing Republicans of rank hypocrisy”: Burgess Everett of Politico.com has this report.
“Justices weigh if DA-turned-judge had murder case conflict”: Maryclaire Dale and Mark Sherman of The Associated Press have this report.
“Sandra Day O’Connor and the fate of abortion rights”: Linda Hirshman has this op-ed online at The Los Angeles Times.
“The Roberts Court Source-Code: Pinpointing the Justices’ Opinion Construction Toolkits.” Adam Feldman has posted this paper online at SSRN.
“Wanted: Supreme Court Nominee. Must Not Bruise Easily.” Gardiner Harris will have this White House Letter in Monday’s edition of The New York Times.
“Obama’s Tangled History With Supreme Court Sets Stage for Nominee Fight”: Peter Baker will have this article in Monday’s edition of The New York Times.
“That Coke Can Is Back”: Columnist Maureen Dowd has this op-ed in the Sunday Review section of today’s edition of The New York Times.
“Arguments in Supreme Court abortion case pitched to audience of one”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.
“U.S. court test on abortion reflects success of strategy shift”: Joan Biskupic of Reuters has this report.
“Republicans: ‘Do Your Job,’ Then Let People Decide.” Kenneth Jost has this post today at his blog, “Jost on Justice.”
“I thought I could reason with Antonin Scalia: A more naive young fool never drew breath; I clerked for Scalia, certain he prized reason; From our leather chairs, we never saw the lives his rulings gutted.” Law professor Bruce Hay has this essay at Salon.com. Presumably this is not the sort of law clerk “tribute” to Justice Scalia that “SCOTUSblog” intends on publishing.
“The Scalia Myth”: Law professor Laurence H. Tribe has this post online today at The New York Review of Books.
“Louisiana abortion clinics ask Supreme Court for reprieve”: Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has this blog post.
Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News reports that “Louisiana Abortion Clinics Ask Supreme Court To Put State Doctor Restrictions On Hold.”
At “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “New plea to protect Louisiana abortion clinics.”
And Jenny Jarvie and Molly Hennessy-Fiske of The Los Angeles Times have an article headlined “One of the last abortion clinics in Louisiana: How long will it hold on?”
You can access at this link the stay request filed yesterday in the U.S. Supreme Court.
“Abortion returns to Supreme Court altered by Scalia’s death”: Mark Sherman and Kim Chandler of The Associated Press have this report.
Irin Carmon of MSNBC.com has an article headlined “Which Justice Kennedy will rule on abortion?”
And Sunday’s edition of The New York Times will contain an editorial titled “Showdown on Abortion at the Supreme Court.”
“Wife of Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore endorses Ted Cruz for president”: Erin Edgemon of AL.com has this report.