“Senate Courts panel nominates Ken Cuccinelli for state Supreme Court”: Jim Nolan and Graham Moomaw of The Richmond Times-Dispatch have a news update that begins, “Republicans on the Senate Courts of Justice Committee on Tuesday used their majority to nominate former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli to succeed Justice Jane Marum Roush on the Virginia Supreme Court.”
And The Washington Post reports that “Virginia Senate panel proposes Cuccinelli for state Supreme Court.”
“Liberals should thank Scalia for right to blast GOP on Supreme Court; Conservative justice would smile at ads targeting Republican senators sponsored by groups that would ban their own ads”: Eric Wang has this essay online at USA Today.
“Will Christie-Sweeney fight over N.J. Supreme Court spark ‘chaos’?” Brent Johnson of NJ.com has this report.
“The U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Adopt an Alabama Ruling; In a unanimous decision, the justices struck down a state-level ruling on a same-sex adoption case”: Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at The Atlantic.
“President Obama Meets With Supreme Court Candidates”: Nina Totenberg of NPR has this report.
“Supreme Court [of California] to begin live streaming its oral arguments”: David Ettinger has this post today at the “At the Lectern” blog.
And The Associated Press reports that “California Supreme Court will stream arguments online.”
“In college column, Bradley likened abortion to Holocaust, slavery”: Jason Stein, Annysa Johnson, and Mary Spicuzza of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel have this report. The newspaper posted the column at this link.
In addition, The Journal Sentinel has an editorial titled “What does Rebecca Bradley think now about gays?” Columnist Jim Stingl has an essay titled “My college writings compared to Bradley’s? Goofy, not hateful.”
The Associated Press reports that “Anti-gay, abortion college writings haunt Wisconsin justice.”
And at the “Taking Note” blog of The New York Times, Jesse Wegman has a post titled “Ladies and Gentlemen, Your Wisconsin Supreme Court!”
“Judge enters guilty plea in gun case, not in open court; Judge Henry Saad is accused of carrying a loaded handgun in his carry-on bag at Metro Airport”: Eric D. Lawrence of The Detroit Free Press has this report.
Francis X. Donnelly and James David Dickson of The Detroit News report that “Appeals judge pleads to bringing handgun to airport.”
And The Associated Press reports that “Michigan judge pleads guilty to having gun at airport.”
“AG Lynch says she’s not interested in Supreme Court vacancy”: The Associated Press has this report.
Eric Lichtblau of The New York Times reports that “Lynch Says She’s Unable to Consider Scalia’s Seat.”
And in related coverage, The AP reports that “Democrats denounce GOP ‘pinata’ comment on Supreme Court.”
“Potential nominee: Raymond Lohier, former federal prosecutor.” Thomas Hopson has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”
“Pa. Supreme Court Justice Eakin asks to present deal in email case”: Wallace McKelvey of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has this report.
Paula Reed Ward of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that “Eakin asks permission to present proposed resolution; Justice Michael Eakin is scheduled for trial before the state Court of Judicial Discipline for allegations of improper emails on March 29.”
And The Associated Press reports that “Justice in ethics case over salacious emails wants hearing.”
“SCOTUS short-lister gets Osama bin Laden porn lawsuit”: Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has this blog post today.
“Antonin Scalia’s death halts lawsuit to fight Cuomo’s gun control law”: Kenneth Lovett of The New York Daily News has this report.
“The Conservative Era Is Over: Antonin Scalia’s death has already changed the way the Supreme Court — and conservative litigants — do business.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
“Mitch McConnell’s Sensible Supreme Court Strategy”: Jeff Shesol has this post online today at The New Yorker.
“Possible Supreme Court pick would make history in many ways”: Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press has a report that begins, “If Ketanji Brown Jackson were nominated and confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court, she would make history several times over.”
“The Supreme Court Ruling That Led To 70,000 Forced Sterilizations”: This audio segment featuring Adam Cohen appeared on yesterday’s broadcast of NPR’s “Fresh Air.”
“Two Justices Pick Up Where Scalia Left Off” Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View.
“Meet Donald Trump’s sister, the tough, respected federal judge Ted Cruz called a ‘radical pro-abortion extremist'”: Fred Barbash of The Washington Post has this report.
And today at his “CA3blog,” Matthew Stiegler has a post titled “Judge Barry the centrist, in 3 opinions.”
“Exemplary Writing from 2015 & Rules for 2016”: Access Green Bagatelle #2 at this link.
“Constitution Check: Does Apple have a right to resist the FBI’s phone search demand?” Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.
“Justices Thomas, Alito form conservative partnership”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.
And at WSJ.com’s “Law Blog,” Jess Bravin has a post titled “The Dissenters: Thomas-Alito Alignment Deepens in Scalia’s Absence.”
“2nd Circuit to issuers: Don’t worry about Omnicare.” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report.
“Loyola professor who called slavery ‘not so bad’ loses lawsuit against New York Times”: Jed Lipinski of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans had this article back in May 2015.
Yesterday, a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued this decision reinstating the suit.
“Sonia Sotomayor knows how to lead and when to follow”: Abigale Svoboda of The Daily Illini, the student newspaper of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has this report.
Tim Mitchell of The News-Gazette of Champaign, Illinois has an article headlined “Sotomayor on Scalia: ‘There is a loss, and you can feel it.’”
Peoria Public Radio reports that “Supreme Court Justice Speaks At U Of I Campus.”
And The Associated Press has a report headlined “Sotomayor: Scalia like an annoying brother she misses.”
“A new Supreme Court decision could affect State v. Syed”: Steve Klepper has this post today at the “Maryland Appellate Blog.”
“Potential nominee: Judge Jane Kelly, former public defender.” Thomas Hopson has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”
“Little Sisters and Big Burdens: Does Obamacare substantially burden the free exercise of religion?” Jeffrey Shulman has this post at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.
“Justices’ junkets: Scalia’s death at a Texas lodge spotlights a Supreme Court ethics question.” USA Today has this editorial.
“1st vs. 2nd Amendment Showdown Looming”: Josh King has this post at his “Socially Awkward” blog.
“Rise & Shine: Supreme Court Arguments are Early Business.” Kimberly Robinson of Bloomberg BNA has this blog post, which this video accompanies.
