“Court battle looming on maximum age for judges”: Angela Couloumbis has this front page article in today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Posted at 11:58 PM by Howard Bashman
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Tuesday, May 31, 2016
“Court battle looming on maximum age for judges”: Angela Couloumbis has this front page article in today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer. Posted at 11:58 PM by Howard Bashman“Military judge shouts down accused 9/11 mastermind at Guantanamo war court”: Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this report, along with an article headlined “Guantanamo prosecutors want 10 sick, elderly relatives of 9/11 victims to testify while they still can.” Reuters reports that “September 11 suspect asks that U.S. judge step down, cites evidence destruction.” And The Associated Press reports that “Testimony from families of 9/11 victims sought at Guantanamo.” Posted at 11:44 PM by Howard Bashman“U.S. court says no warrant needed for cellphone location data”: Reuters has this report. The Associated Press has a blog post titled “US court: Police don’t need warrant for cell tower records.” And Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has a blog post titled “Split appeals court allows warrantless cell-site tracking.” You can access today’s en banc ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at this link. Posted at 11:24 PM by Howard Bashman“Appeals court refuses to rehear transgender restroom case”: The Associated Press has this report. Reuters reports that “U.S. court denies motion to reconsider transgender bathroom ruling.” Moriah Balingit of The Washington Post reports that “Appeals court will not rehear transgender bathroom case.” And Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News reports that “Appeals Court Won’t Reconsider Ruling In Favor Of Obama Admin’s Policy On Trans Students; Gloucester County School Board’s only move left is to ask the U.S. Supreme Court if it will review the case.” You can access today’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denying rehearing en banc, accompanied by a dissent from the denial of panel rehearing, at this link. Posted at 11:16 PM by Howard Bashman“Supreme Court Won’t Touch This Legal Challenge to Ted Cruz’s ‘Natural Born’ Status; Yes, that controversy is still alive”: Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post has this report today. Posted at 11:06 PM by Howard Bashman“Justice Dept. Says Judge in Immigration Case Is Out of Bounds”: Julia Preston will have this article in Wednesday’s edition of The New York Times. At WSJ.com’s “Law Blog,” Brent Kendall has a post titled “Justice Department Pushes Back on Sweeping Sanction. And Seung Min Kim and Josh Gerstein of Politico.com report that “Feds seek to halt judge’s demand for data on immigrants.” Posted at 11:02 PM by Howard Bashman“Alabama Judge Preaches States’ Rights, Till He Disagrees With His State”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online today at Bloomberg View. Posted at 9:16 PM by Howard Bashman“Constitution Check: Was the Supreme Court only an afterthought for the Founders?” Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center. Posted at 9:14 PM by Howard Bashman“For Gawker, Legal Issues Beyond Hogan”: Katie Rogers and Danielle Ivory have this article in today’s edition of The New York Times. Also in that newspaper today, Stephen Marche has an op-ed titled “Gawker Smeared Me, and Yet I Stand With It.” Posted at 8:54 PM by Howard Bashman“Trump University case shows consequences of court secrecy”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post today. Posted at 8:37 PM by Howard Bashman“In a Secret Meeting, Revelations on the Battle Over Health Care”: Carl Hulse has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times. Posted at 8:24 PM by Howard Bashman“Hatch steadfast in holding up Supreme Court confirmation after meeting with Garland”: Dennis Romboy had this article in last Friday’s edition of The Deseret News. Last Friday’s newspaper also contained an essay by U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) headlined “My meeting with Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland.” An editor’s note that follows the essay explains that “[a] draft of this op-ed was erroneously published on DeseretNews.com prior to final revisions and edits from Sen. Hatch. We apologize to Sen. Hatch and our readers for this error.” Posted at 8:14 PM by Howard Bashman“‘Star Wars’ is about freedom of choice”: Today at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Cass Sunstein has a post that begins, “If you’d told me a year ago that I would end up writing a book about ‘Star Wars,”‘I wouldn’t have believed you.” Posted at 8:07 PM by Howard Bashman“Trump’s sister likes EPA better than he does”: Robin Bravender of Greenwire has this report. Posted at 5:26 PM by Howard Bashman“Chalices, Jack-o’-Lanterns and Other State Court Tiebreakers; Never mind the 4-4 U.S. Supreme Court; Here’s how state high courts deal with potential stalemates”: Justice Don Willett of the Supreme Court of Texas has this essay online at The Wall Street Journal. You can freely access the full text of the essay via Google. Posted at 1:48 PM by Howard Bashman“Native Americans move to frontlines in battle over voting rights”: Mica Rosenberg of Reuters has this report. Posted at 1:30 PM by Howard Bashman“Justice Dept. pushes back against Texas judge’s sanctions”: The Associated Press has this report. And Reuters reports that “Justice Department asks for hold on court sanctions in immigration case.” Posted at 1:14 PM by Howard BashmanAccess today’s ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in an argued case: Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court in Army Corps of Engineers v. Hawkes Co., No. 15-290. Justice Anthony M. Kennedy issued a concurring opinion, in which Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito, Jr. joined. Justice Elena Kagan issued a concurring opinion. And Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg issued an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment. You can access the oral argument via this link. Update: In early news coverage, Sam Hananel of The Associated Press reports that “High court sides with property owners in wetlands case.” Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. top court backs property owners over wetlands permits.” And Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Landowners Win at U.S. Supreme Court in Wetlands-Development Case.” Posted at 10:06 AM by Howard BashmanAccess today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court granted review in one new case and called for the views of the Solicitor General in one case. In Johnson v. Lee, No. 15-789, the Court issued a per curiam decision summarily reversing the judgment of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. In Lynch v. Arizona, No. 15-8366, the Court issued a per curiam decision summarily reversing the judgment of the Supreme Court of Arizona. Justice Clarence Thomas issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. joined. And in Tucker v. Louisiana, No 15-946, Justice Stephen G. Breyer issued a dissent, in which Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg joined, from the denial of certiorari. In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “High court will hear State Farm appeal in Katrina fraud case“; “High court rejects La. inmate’s death penalty challenge“; and “Justices reject union appeal over Trump Taj Mahal bankruptcy.” Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “Supreme Court to hear State Farm case over Hurricane Katrina fraud claim“; “Supreme Court rejects constitutional challenge to death penalty“; and “U.S. Supreme Court rejects patent appeal over Cubicin drug.” And Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “State Farm Gets U.S. High Court Hearing in Katrina Billing Case” and “Trump Taj Mahal Union Appeal Rejected by U.S. Supreme Court.” Posted at 9:32 AM by Howard Bashman |
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