“Meeting With Merrick Garland, G.O.P. Senators Take Long Time to Say No”: Emmarie Huetteman will have this article in Friday’s edition of The New York Times.
Mike DeBonis of The Washington Post reports that “Democrats hit brick wall in Supreme Court fight.”
Dave Boyer of The Washington Times reports that “Obama not ready to concede loss on Supreme Court nomination, White House says.”
William Douglas of McClatchyDC has an article headlined “Scholars agree: Senate leaders don’t have to consider Supreme Court pick.”
Alexander Mallin of ABC News reports that “Dems Would Be ‘Justified’ in Blocking Supreme Court Nominee of GOP President, White House Says.”
Phillip Ericksen of The Waco Tribune reports that “Baylor’s Starr says Senate should vote on Supreme Court appointment.”
Sabrina Eaton of The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that “Sen. Rob Portman unmoved after meeting with Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland.”
Deirdre Shesgreen of The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that “Portman praises court nominee but says he’s opposed to confirmation.”
And Rebekah L. Sanders of The Arizona Republic reports that “Flake meets with Supreme Court nominee, won’t support a vote.”
“The Contraception Compromise: Religious objectors may finally be backing down from their Obamacare challenge; Here’s why.” Law professors Richard Schragger, Micah Schwartzman, and Nelson Tebbe have this jurisprudence essay online today at Slate.
“McDonnell’s lawyers urge Supreme Court to reject ‘sweeping’ U.S. theory of corruption law”: Andrew Cain of The Richmond Times-Dispatch has this report.
“Supreme Court ruling on immigration may spur more challenges”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.
“Appeals court reverses ruling that struck down teacher tenure”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.
Howard Mintz of The San Jose Mercury News reports that “California teacher tenure challenge rejected.”
Howard Blume, Joy Resmovits, and Sonali Kohli of The Los Angeles Times have an article headlined “In a win for unions, appeals court reverses ruling that threw out teacher tenure in California.”
Alexei Koseff of The Sacramento Bee reports that “California court upholds teacher tenure, dismissal laws.”
Emma Brown of The Washington Post reports that “California appeals court upholds teacher tenure, a major victory for unions.”
The Associated Press has a report headlined “Union victory: appeals court upholds California tenure.”
Reuters reports that “California appeals court upholds teacher job protection laws.”
And Bloomberg News reports that “Teacher Tenure in California Survives Landmark Challenge.”
You can access today’s ruling of the California Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District, Division Two, at this link.
“Key Issue at Supreme Court Immigration Hearing: Drivers License Fees; States’ ability to challenge Obama policy rests on Texas’ claim that plan would require it to subsidize licenses.” Jess Bravin and Miriam Jordan of The Wall Street Journal have this report.
“Three Mothers Are Fighting For Millions Of Undocumented Immigrants At The Supreme Court; They want to remind the justices that constitutional disputes affect real people”: Cristian Farias and Elise Foley of The Huffington Post have this report today.
“Immigration Case Injects Supreme Court Into Election-Year Storm”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.
“Making sense of the supplemental filings in Zubik“: Marty Lederman has this post today at the “Balkinization” blog.
“Ken Starr Thinks Mitch McConnell Should Fill Scalia’s Seat: Reagan appointee and Clinton prober says Merrick Garland deserves hearings and a vote as a matter of ‘good government.'” Michael McAuliff of The Huffington Post has this report today.
“How to Fix the U.S. Supreme Court Impasse: Some progressives say Obama could appoint Merrick Garland without Senate approval; Only voters can change the situation.” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online today at The Atlantic.
“The Real Story Behind HBO’s ‘Confirmation’ From The NPR Reporter Who Broke The Story”: NPR has posted online this podcast featuring Nina Totenberg.
“The Abortion Map Today”: Linda Greenhouse has this essay online today at The New York Times.
“The Obama Administration Is Out Of Patience For The Supreme Court’s Birth Control Tomfoolery”: Ian Millhiser has this post at ThinkProgress.
“Court Says Flying Spaghetti Monster Is Not a ‘Religion'”: Howard Friedman had this post yesterday at his “Religion Clause” blog.
Lori Pilger of The Lincoln Journal Star reports that “Inmate loses lawsuit to worship Flying Spaghetti Monster.”
And today at ThinkProgress, Ian Millhiser has a post titled “What Happens When ‘Religious Liberty’ Meets The Flying Spaghetti Monster?”
You can access Tuesday’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska at this link.
“Cosby lawyers ask judges to seal past case files”: In today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Laura McCrystal has an article that begins, “A federal appeals court on Wednesday questioned the point of Bill Cosby’s request to reseal the decade-old court documents that have helped reignite criminal and civil sexual-assault cases against him.”
You can access the audio of yesterday’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit via this link (25.5 MB mp3 audio file).
“Obama’s power over immigration drives Supreme Court dispute”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.
“AP-GfK Poll: Public wants Senate action on court, but interest is modest.” The Associated Press has this report. You can view the survey results at this link.
