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Tuesday, May 31, 2016

“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



“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



“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



“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



Access 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 Bashman



Access 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