“Just how rightward-leaning was the Burger Supreme Court?” In today’s edition of The Washington Post, law professor Justin Driver has this review of “The Burger Court and the Rise of the Judicial Right” by law professor Michael J. Graetz and Linda Greenhouse.
“Divided Supreme Court Lurches to Term’s End; Ideological stalemate leaves major legal disputes undecided, with little change in sight”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report. You can freely access the full text of the article via Google.
Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “All eyes are on these three Supreme Court cases.”
Reuters reports that “Immigration, abortion, race rulings due at Supreme Court.”
And in commentary, online at Bloomberg View, law professor Noah Feldman has an essay titled “A Divided Supreme Court Hears Three Divisive Cases.”
“Justice Department offers settlement on Feres case, halting Supreme Court consideration”: Patricia Kime of Military Times has this report.
“Dispute over New Mexico Hatch chile labeling heats up”: The Associated Press has this report.
My earlier coverage of Friday’s Tenth Circuit ruling can be accessed here.
“Appeals Court’s Ruling on Concealed Gun Carry Exposes Stark Divide”: Pete Williams of NBC News has this report.
And Reuters reports that “Supreme Court may take action on state assault weapon bans.”
“End of conservative Supreme Court: Clarence Thomas may be next to leave.” Paul Bedard of The Washington Examiner has this report today.
Update: Ginni Thomas has this post on Facebook characterizing the report of her husband’s impending retirement as “bogus.”
“Obama immigration win at Supreme Court could benefit Trump”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.