“Court reinstates Libor antitrust lawsuits against banks”: Kevin McCoy of USA Today has this report.
Jonathan Stempel of Reuters reports that “Big banks lose as U.S. appeals court revives Libor lawsuits.”
The Associated Press reports that “Court reinstates lawsuits alleging collusion by big banks.”
Bloomberg News reports that “Banks Must Defend Libor Lawsuits After Judges Warn of Impact.”
And Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has a post titled “2nd Circuit in Libor case v. banks: Rigging rates is price-fixing collusion.”
You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.
“Breyer says Supreme Court not diminished with only 8 members”: Sam Hananel of The Associated Press has this report.
“Advocates eye challenge to judge’s order on Obama immigration relief recipients”: Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has this report.
In the June 2016 issue of ABA Journal magazine: Mark Walsh has an article headlined “Court says criminal defendants should be allowed to pay lawyers with ‘untainted’ funds.”
G.M. Filisko has an article headlined “After Obergefell: How the Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage has affected other areas of law.”
Lorelei Laird has an article headlined “Police routinely read juveniles their Miranda rights, but do kids really understand them?”
And Anna Stolley Persky has an article headlined “Contentious battles between couples over frozen embryos raise legal and ethical dilemmas.”
“Supreme Court Finds Racial Bias in Jury Selection for Death Penalty Case”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.
Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Justices throw out death sentence given to black man by all-white jury.”
David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court rules that prosecutors intentionally kept blacks off jury.”
Bill Rankin of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has a blog post titled “High court finds discrimination in jury selection in Georgia death case.”
Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “Supreme Court rules for black Georgia death row inmate.”
Ariane de Vogue of CNN.com reports that “Supreme Court sides with death row inmate in racial discrimination case.”
Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has a blog post titled “Supreme Court finds jury tainted by race in murder case.”
Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post reports that “Supreme Court Rules Prosecutors Violated The Constitution When Excluding Black Jurors; Selection of an all-white jury in a Georgia capital case was ‘motivated in substantial part’ by race.”
Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News has an article headlined “Supreme Court: Jurors Were Unconstitutionally Kept Off Murder-Trial Jury Based On Race.”
At “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Opinion analysis: Telltale files on race-based jury selection.”
In commentary, Dahlia Lithwick has a jurisprudence essay online at Slate titled “Peremptory Prejudice: Racism still infects jury challenges, even if most aren’t as blatant as these awful Georgia prosecutors.”
And Ian Millhiser of ThinkProgress has a post titled “How Justice Thomas Would Give Prosecutors A Permission Slip For Race Discrimination.”
“Doctors Have the Right to Perform Abortions”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View.
Access online today’s rulings in argued cases of the U.S. Supreme Court: The Court today issued rulings in three argued cases.
1. Justice Sonia Sotomayor delivered the opinion of the Court in Green v. Brennan, No. 14-613. Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. issued an opinion concurring in the judgment. And Justice Clarence Thomas issued a dissenting opinion. You can access the oral argument via this link.
2. Justice Stephen G. Breyer delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in Wittman v. Personhuballah, No. 14-1504. You can access the oral argument via this link.
3. And Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court in Foster v. Chatman, No. 14-8349. Justice Alito issued an opinion concurring in the judgment. And Justice Thomas issued a dissenting opinion. You can access the oral argument via this link.
In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Supreme Court throws out death sentence from all-white jury“; “Supreme court dismisses GOP appeal over Virginia districts“; and “High court ruling helps federal workers file job bias claims.”
And Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court gives black death-row inmate new life.”
“The Legacy of Justice Scalia: Remembering a Conservative Legal Titan’s Impact on the Law.” The Heritage Foundation has posted on YouTube at this link the video of this event the organization hosted last Thursday.
Access online today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court did not grant review in any new cases.
In Adams v. Alabama, No. 15-6289, the Court issued a GVR. In connection therewith, Justice Clarence Thomas issued a concurrence, in which Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. joined. Justice Alito issued a concurrence, in which Justice Thomas joined. And Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a concurrence, in which Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg joined.
Update: In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “High court rejects request to reconsider Blagojevich case.”
“Tom Brady’s legal team says it will appeal Deflategate ruling”: Ben Volin of The Boston Globe has this report.
“Can Citizens Sue the Government Over Climate Change?” The New York Times has posted this “Room for Debate” discussion online today.
“For Trump, High Court List a Sop to Conservatives”: Kenneth Jost has this post at his blog, “Jost on Justice.”
“If Citizens United Falls, Will Progressives Notice? The remaining presidential candidates have each said they’d fix big money in political races; But if the Supreme Court overturned its latest campaign-finance rulings, would anything really change?” Bradley A. Smith has this essay online today at The Atlantic.
“Supreme Court rules for CRST in legal fee case; Company seeking $4.7 million after lawsuit thrown out”: George C. Ford of The Gazette of Cedar Rapids, Iowa has this report.
“Knife owners worry about getting stuck with weapon charge after Nebraska Supreme Court opinion”: Joe Duggan has this front page article in today’s edition of The Omaha World-Herald.
Duggan’s earlier coverage of the decision can be accessed here.
“Supreme Court Scorecard: Not the Class Action Rout Defendants Had Hoped For.” Perry Cooper of Bloomberg BNA has this report.
“Who Knew Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Son Is Revolutionizing World Music?” Ronald Litke of The Forward has this report.
Yesterday, Justice Don R. Willett delivered the commencement address at the Texas Tech University School of Law: You can view the video on YouTube at this link.
“The End of the Open Market for Lethal-Injection Drugs”: Lincoln Caplan has this post online at The New Yorker.
“Gov. Doug Ducey signs legislation to expand Arizona Supreme Court; The Arizona Supreme Court will expand to seven justices from five, a move the governor says is necessary to ensure ‘swift justice'”: Yvonne Wingett Sanchez of The Arizona Republic has this report.
“11 apply for state Supreme Court vacancy”: Patrick Marley of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report. For those who enjoy mysteries, the article reports that one applicant’s name will be kept secret unless he or she becomes a finalist for the judicial appointment.
“Trump: Clinton should reveal Supreme Court plan.” Joseph Gerth had this article in yesterday’s edition of The Louisville Courier-Journal.
“How to make the Senate consider Merrick Garland for the Supreme Court”: U.S. Representatives Elizabeth Esty (D-CT) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) have this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.
“How Former Justice Scalia’s Empty Supreme Court Seat Is Impacting Major Decisions”: Meghan Keneally of ABC News has this report.
“The danger of Trump, Sanders and Clinton’s Supreme Court lists and litmus tests”: The Washington Post recently published this editorial.
“How Donald Trump Gained Power Over Senate Republicans With His Supreme Court List: He picked their friends, mentors and even family members for the job; Now let’s see them oppose his agenda.” Jennifer Bendery and Sam Stein of The Huffington Post have this report.
“Why Donald Trump’s Supreme Court Shortlist Is Especially Terrifying for Women”: Dahlia Lithwick has this essay online at Slate.
“Trump, Clinton gird for epic battle over guns: The 2 likely general election candidates are already tearing into each other over the Second Amendment.” Sarah Wheaton of Politico.com has this report.
“Should Women Be Able to Abort a Fetus Just Because It’s Female? A new wave of state legislation prohibits the termination of a pregnancy based on sex, race, and genetic abnormality.” Emma Green has this article online at The Atlantic.
“In 1978 custody case, Hillary Clinton took the side of a father”: Annie Linskey has this front page article in today’s edition of The Boston Globe.
“Sotomayor to URI graduates: Dreams take hard work.” Jacqueline Tempera of The Providence Journal has an article that begins, “Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor spoke of taking ‘aha’ and ‘uh oh’ moments with grace in her speech to the class of 2016 at the University of Rhode Island on Sunday.”
And The Associated Press has a report headlined “Sotomayor to graduates: Learn from your mistakes.”
“Slaying my last 5 excuses to back the death penalty”: Columnist EJ Montini of The Arizona Republic has an essay that begins, “After years of reading and writing about the horrors of violent crime, I decided there are monsters among us who deserve to die, period. And the state should kill them. But there’s a whole criminal justice system that goes along with implementing the death penalty, and in order to hold onto your belief in capital punishment you must believe in that system. And now I don’t. I can’t.”
“Fewer seek to be judges in ‘know-a-guy’ R.I.” Columnist Edward Fitzpatrick has this essay online at The Providence Journal.
“Justice Don Willett, the boy from Talty, takes Twitter by storm, and maybe SCOTUS, too”: Brandi Grissom has this blog post online at The Dallas Morning News.
“Here’s the Problem With the Feds Profiting From Court Filings”: April Glaser of Wired.com has an article that begins, “According to the Constitution, the law is by, of, and for the people. Congress makes laws, the president enforces them, the courts interpret them. Yet if you want to read federal court documents — to challenge those laws, or analyze them, or simply see them in the making — you must pay. By the page.”
