“New court ruling allows Louisiana to begin enforcing controversial abortion law some say will cripple clinics”: Joe Gyan Jr. of The Advocate of Baton Rouge, Louisiana has this report.
Reuters reports that “U.S. court allows Louisiana abortion restrictions to go into effect.”
And The Associated Press reports that “Appellate court rules against abortion clinics in Louisiana.”
You can access today’s stay ruling of a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit at this link.
“Obama’s Scotusblog Post: Reading Between the Lines.” Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.
“Senate Republicans Lose Their Minds on a Supreme Court Seat”: This editorial will appear in Thursday’s edition of The New York Times.
“Democrats Should Hold Hearings for Obama’s Supreme Court Nominee: It doesn’t matter that Republicans won’t go.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
“Obama Makes His Supreme Court Pitch Like Only A Legal Nerd Would: Can’t get any geekier than a post on SCOTUSblog.” Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post has this report.
“Constitution Check: Could the Supreme Court end Senate gridlock on the vacant seat?” Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.
“Justice Scalia spent his last hours with members of this secretive society of elite hunters”: Amy Brittain and Sari Horwitz of The Washington Post have this report.
“Castille erred in reviewing capital case”: Gil Garcetti has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer.
“Obama weighs Republican Nevada governor for Supreme Court”: Reuters has this report.
“Argument preview: New look at abortion after nine years.” Lyle Denniston has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”
“Court rules against Ohio false statement campaign law”: The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued today.
“Argument analysis: Will the new FERC case turn out to be easy?” Lyle Denniston has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”
You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Hughes v. Talen Energy Marketing, LLC, No. 14-614.
“Appeals court upholds limit on sharing of tips among workers”: The Associated Press has this report.
My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Ninth Circuit ruling appears at this link.
“Republican governor of Nevada Brian Sandoval being considered for Supreme Court”: Mike DeBonis and Juliet Eilperin of The Washington Post have this report.
“Tribute: A mentor and a mensch — remembering Justice Scalia.” Danielle Sassoon has this guest post at “SCOTUSblog.”
“Obama Lists What He’s Looking for in a Supreme Court Nominee”: Julie Hirschfeld Davis of The New York Times has this report.
Dave Boyer of The Washington Times reports that “Obama outlines qualities of Supreme Court nominee, urges Senate to act.”
At WSJ.com’s “Law Blog,” Brent Kendall has a post titled “Obama Makes Surprise, ‘Spoiler-Free’ Appearance on SCOTUSblog.”
Reuters reports that “Obama to proceed with court nominee despite Republican defiance.”
Nick Gass of Politico.com reports that “Obama lists qualities of next Supreme Court justice.”
And Kevin Liptak of CNN.com has a report headlined “Obama: ‘It will be difficult’ for McConnell to explain decision to block Supreme Court nominee.”
“A Responsibility I Take Seriously”: President Barack Obama has this guest post today at “SCOTUSblog.”
And at ThinkProgress, Ian Millhiser has a post titled “Four Paths Obama Could Take With His Supreme Court Nominee.”
“Federal appeals court won’t reconsider ruling granting new trial for officers in Danziger Bridge case”: The Advocate of New Orleans has this report.
And The Associated Press reports that “New trial for ex-officers stands in Katrina shootings case.”
You can access today’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denying rehearing en banc by an evenly divided 7-to-7 vote, and the opinion dissenting therefrom, at this link.
“Albert Woodfox and the Case Against Solitary Confinement”: Law professor David Cole has this post online today at The New Yorker.
“Order in the Court! How John Roberts will keep the Supreme Court from descending into chaos.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online today at Slate.
“U.S. top court mulls boosted patent damages in Stryker, Halo cases”: Reuters has this report.
And online at Bloomberg View, law professor Noah Feldman has a related essay titled “The Highest Court in the Land Shouldn’t Always Pull Rank.”
You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Halo Electronics, Inc. v. Pulse Electronics, Inc., No. 14-1513.
“Only Eight Justices? So What; A Supreme Court vacancy doesn’t make the justice system grind to a halt; History shows that it merely delays rulings in a small number of cases.” Law professor Josh Blackman and Ilya Shapiro have this essay online at The Wall Street Journal.
You can freely access the full text of the essay via Google.
“Texas sheriff’s report reveals more details on Supreme Court Justice Scalia’s death”: Amy Brittain and Sari Horwitz of The Washington Post have an article that begins, “A Texas sheriff’s department released an incident report late Tuesday that revealed new details of the discovery of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s body, as well as the name of the friend who accompanied him on the hunting trip and the items found inside the ranch bedroom where the justice was found.”
“Justice Alito Addresses Prospect of an 8-Member Court”: Adam Liptak will have this article in Wednesday’s edition of The New York Times.
Richard Wolf of USA Today has an article headlined “Alito on 8-member court: ‘We will deal with it.’”
At WSJ.com’s “Law Blog,” Brent Kendall has a post titled “Justice Alito: Scalia Death a Great Shock but ‘We Will Deal With It.’”
Ariane de Vogue of CNN.com has a report headlined “Samuel Alito on Supreme Court vacancy: ‘We will deal with it.’”
And Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post has an article headlined “Samuel Alito On An Eight-Justice Supreme Court: ‘We Will Deal With It’; He didn’t comment on what kind of justice should fill the late Antonin Scalia’s seat.”
“Green groups ready lobbying machine for confirmation fight”: Kevin Bogardus of E&E Daily has this report.
“The First Day of the New Supreme Court: Without Antonin Scalia on the bench, the court’s liberals spoke up and won out.” Mark Joseph Stern has this Supreme Court dispatch online today at Slate.
“Alito: Court will find a way to do its work with 8 justices.” Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.
And Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has a blog post titled “Alito demurs, mostly, on successor to Scalia.”
“Supreme Court to hear major grid case without Scalia”: Robin Bravender of Greenwire has this report.
In the March 2016 issue of ABA Journal: Mark Walsh has an article headlined “Supreme Court to consider abortion regulations and the contraception-coverage mandate.”
David L. Hudson Jr. has an article titled “Federal appeals courts split over law on credit card surcharges.”
Jenny B. Davis has an article headlined “10 Questions: This DC lawyer is helping her firm attract US Supreme Court clerks.”
And this month’s installment of Bryan A. Garner’s “On Words” column is titled “A ‘conversation’ with the late, great lexicographer Samuel Johnson.”
“Scalia suffered from many health problems”: The Associated Press has this report.
“Oklahoma Supreme Court upholds state law on limiting abortion drugs”: Reuters has this report on a ruling that the Supreme Court of Oklahoma issued today.
“McConnell will not meet with Obama’s nominee”: Alexander Bolton of The Hill has an article that begins, “Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday said he won’t even meet with President Obama’s nominee to the Supreme Court.”
“Forum Club 2,12,2016 Stephen Breyer”: You can access the video on YouTube at this link.
“How influential was Scalia, really?” Law professor Eric Posner has this blog post.
“Obama Makes Guantanamo Tribunals More Difficult”: Online at Bloomberg View, law professor Noah Feldman has an essay that begins, “Buried in the middle of President Barack Obama’s speech Tuesday on closing the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was a remarkable statement very close to a repudiation of the military commissions trying Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and nine other terrorists.”
