“Gov. Brown’s parole measure can go on November ballot, state Supreme Court rules”: In today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times, Maura Dolan and Paige St. John have a front page article that begins, “Californians likely will be asked to decide in November whether to expand parole to thousands more inmates in what would be the state’s biggest change in sentencing law in decades.”
You can access yesterday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of California at this link.
“Judge Delays Sanctions Against Justice Department in Immigration Case; Federal judge in Texas had concluded government lawyers misled him in an immigration case”: Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal has this report.
“Grand jurors could take up Markel suspect’s case”: Karl Etters of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.
Alex Harris of The Miami Herald has an article headlined “Divorce, gang ties, murder: Professor’s death case fit for a movie plot.”
And today at “Above the Law,” David Lat has a post titled “The Murder Of Dan Markel: Wendi Adelson Speaks (Part 1).”
“Why Trump’s Assault on the Judiciary Is the Most Dangerous Thing He’s Done: The GOP presumptive nominee has already made a long step toward authoritarian rule.” Stuart Taylor, Jr. has this essay online today at Politico Magazine.
“Free Speech on College Campuses: Attorney Howard Bashman spoke about the threats to free speech on college campuses and the consequences restriction on free speech could have for the future.” C-SPAN has posted online at this link the video from my talk in January 2016 at the Emory University School of Law. The video features me and law professor Sasha Volokh.
“Actions speak louder than Trump: His own lawyer said ‘the judge is doing his job’ in Trump U. case.” Michael Isikoff of Yahoo! News has this report, along with an article headlined “Trump’s own lawyer in Trump U case is a Clinton donor.”
And yesterday, Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight had a post titled “Why Trump lawyers won’t ask Trump University judge to step aside.”
“Court tosses Michigan Blue Cross Blue Shield price-fixing settlement”: Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued today.
“Divergent Paths: A Discussion of Richard Posner’s New Book Included Debate, Candor — and a Show Tune Parody.” Becky Beaupre Gillespie of The University of Chicago Law School has this report.
Not a euphemism — “U.S. prison inmate can sue over removal of marbles from penis”: Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued today.
“Judge delays handover of immigrants’ personal info”: Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has a blog post that begins, “A judge has delayed a controversial order that the federal government provide the court with personal information on 50,000 immigrants who received quasi-legal status and work permits under an executive action program authorized by President Barack Obama.”
“Virginia School Board To Seek Supreme Court Review In Trans Student’s Case; The Gloucester County School Board is defending its policy restricting students to restrooms reflecting their ‘biological gender'”: Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News has this report.
Moriah Balingit of The Washington Post reports that “School board plans to ask U.S. Supreme Court to hear transgender bathroom case.”
And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “School board heads to Court on transgender rights.”
“Is a Life in Solitary ‘Cruel and Unusual’? In Pennsylvania, the heart of solitary confinement reform, an intellectually disabled inmate says he’s been held in wretched isolation for 36 years.” Andrew Cohen has this essay online at The Marshall Project.
“Roy Moore gets additional time to reply to charges”: Brian Lyman of The Montgomery Advertiser has an article that begins, “Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore will get a little extra time to defend himself against charges that could lead to his second removal as head of the state’s judicial system.”
And Kent Faulk of The Birmingham News reports that “Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore gets 2 extra weeks to respond to judicial ethics charges.”
“For third time in 5 weeks, Supreme Court tells Alabama to reconsider death row case”: Kent Faulk of The Birmingham News has this report.
“Fine legal point a hurdle as media seek Bridgegate plotters’ names”: In today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Andrew Seidman has an article that begins, “A federal appeals panel on Monday weighed First Amendment rights against the privacy interests of individuals who have not been charged with a crime, as it considered whether the names of unindicted accomplices in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing scandal should be provided to the news media.”
You can access via this link (48.0 MB mp3 audio file) the audio of yesterday afternoon’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
“Police investigate Florida State law professor’s death as murder-for-hire plot with ties to divorce”: T. Rees Shapiro has this entry today at the “Grade Point” blog of The Washington Post.
“FAN 111.1 (First Amendment News) Court Denies Review in Defamation Case — Larry Tribe Counsel for Petitioner”: Ronald K.L. Collins has this post at “Concurring Opinions.” You can access the petition for writ of certiorari at this link.
“Hey, Trump, Justice Frankfurter Was ‘Ethnic,’ Too”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online today at Bloomberg View.
“Trump’s Attack on Judge Curiel Is Not Only Racist; It threatens an independent judiciary, which aligns perfectly with what the GOP has done for years”: Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
And at “Concurring Opinions,” Sherrilyn Ifill has a post titled “The Long-Discredited Challenge to the Impartiality of Minority Judges.”
