“Appeals court backs ban on snowboarders at Utah ski resort”: The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued today.
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Tuesday, April 19, 2016
“Appeals court backs ban on snowboarders at Utah ski resort”: The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued today. Posted at 11:36 PM by Howard Bashman“State Power-Plant Subsidies Struck Down by U.S. Supreme Court”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report. Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. top court rules against Maryland over power plant subsidies.” The Associated Press reports that “High court strikes down Maryland power plant subsidies.” Robin Bravender of Greenwire reports that “Supreme Court smacks down Md. power incentives.” And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Opinion analysis: U.S. energy regulators’ authority grows.” You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in Hughes v. Talen Energy Marketing, LLC, No. 14-614, at this link. Posted at 11:32 PM by Howard Bashman“Why Republican Resistance to Vote on Supreme Court Nominee Remains Strong”: Siobhan Hughes has this post today at WSJ.com’s “Washington Wire” blog. Posted at 11:18 PM by Howard Bashman“Disgruntled inventor’s $500-million verdict against California tax collectors cut to $50,000”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report. Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “High court deadlocked on war between states.” Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Rules Against Chip Inventor in California Income-Tax Dispute; Justices in stalemate over bigger issue over whether citizens of one state can sue another state from their home state’s court.” Sam Hananel of The Associated Press reports that “High court tie lets states face lawsuits in other states.” Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has a blog post titled “Supreme Court splits 4-4, again, in state sovereignty fight.” And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Opinion analysis: States need to be good neighbors.” You can access today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Franchise Tax Bd. of Cal. v. Hyatt, No. 14-1175, at this link. Posted at 11:12 PM by Howard Bashman“U.S. Supreme Court set to weigh state’s breath test law; The ruling in the case to be heard Wednesday could touch thousands of the state’s motorists each year, attorneys say”: Allison Sherry of The Minneapolis Star Tribune has this report. Posted at 10:48 PM by Howard Bashman“On Immigration, the Supreme Court Sounds More Like Congress”: Jeffrey Toobin has this post online today at The New Yorker. Posted at 10:42 PM by Howard Bashman“In NFL concussion case, 3rd Circuit reopens door for personal injury class actions”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report today. Before concluding, Frankel’s report kindly mentions “the beloved How Appealing blog.” Posted at 9:32 PM by Howard Bashman“Is God a Spaghetti Monster? That’s a Serious Legal Question.” Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View. Posted at 9:02 PM by Howard Bashman“Appeals Court Favors Transgender Student in Virginia Restroom Case”: Richard Fausset of The New York Times has this report. Moriah Balingit of The Washington Post reports that “Federal appeals court sides with transgender teen, says bathroom case can go forward.” Louis Llovio of The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that “Appeals court backing of transgender Virginia teen could resonate nationally.” Dave Ress of The Daily Press of Newport News, Virginia reports that “Appeals court rules in favor of Gloucester teenager in bathroom dispute.” And Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post reports that “Appeals Court Sides With Trans Student Denied Access To High School Boys Bathroom; The court adopted the Obama administration’s position that federal law prohibits discrimination against transgender students.” My earlier coverage of today’s Fourth Circuit ruling can be accessed here. Posted at 8:57 PM by Howard Bashman“Polygamy Is Constitutional. Here’s Why.” Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View. Posted at 8:44 PM by Howard Bashman“Out Of The Horror In Oklahoma City, Merrick Garland Forged The Way Forward”: Nina Totenberg had this audio segment on this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered.” And today at “The Fix” blog of The Washington Post, Chris Cillizza has an entry titled “Democrats are winning the Supreme Court fight over Merrick Garland. Big time.” Posted at 8:00 PM by Howard Bashman“Roberts on legal standing, then and now”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this blog post today. Posted at 7:56 PM by Howard Bashman“Court overturns Virginia school’s transgender bathroom rule”: The Associated Press has this report on the ruling that a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued today. I previously had this post collecting news coverage of the appellate oral argument. Update: In other coverage, Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has a blog post titled “Appeals court win for transgender boy in bathroom case.” Reuters reports that “U.S. court rules for Virginia student on transgender bathroom access.” And Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News reports that “Federal Appeals Court Upholds Protections For Transgender People In Landmark Ruling; The Obama administration has taken the position that sex discrimination bans under federal law include protections against anti-transgender discrimination; On Tuesday, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld that interpretation.” Posted at 2:11 PM by Howard Bashman“Ongoing judicial vacancies slows court system, delays trials” — in Canada: Nicole Riva of Yahoo! News has a report that begins, “There are more than three dozen vacancies for federally appointed judges across Canada, a shortage which legal experts say has significant impact on how the courts function.” Posted at 1:10 PM by Howard Bashman“Challenge to Google Books Is Declined by Supreme Court”: Adam Liptak and Alexandra Alter have this article in today’s edition of The New York Times. And yesterday at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston had a post titled “Google’s book-copying project survives challenge.” Posted at 1:05 PM by Howard Bashman“Making the Case in Moot Court: The Columbia Law School students impressed a roomful of observers — and Justice Samuel Alito.” Ralph Gardner Jr. of The Wall Street Journal has this report. You can freely access the full text of the article via Google. Earlier today, Columbia Law School’s Twitter feed had a since deleted tweet (linking to the article) that referred to Justice Alito as “Scalia Jr.” — thus explaining this Tweet of mine from earlier today. In the nature of Twitter, some understood my particular tweet as a generalized observation. Posted at 12:56 PM by Howard Bashman“The vanishing constitutional issue in United States v. Texas”: Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center. And yesterday at “SCOTUSblog,” Denniston had a post titled “Argument analysis: Search for a fifth vote on immigration.” Posted at 12:45 PM by Howard Bashman“Out Of The Horror In Oklahoma City, Merrick Garland Forged The Way Forward”: Nina Totenberg of NPR has this report today. Posted at 12:40 PM by Howard Bashman |
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