“Kansas Supreme Court signs off on new school funding equity law; Justices will soon turn toward determining funding adequacy”: Jonathan Shorman of The Topeka Capital-Journal has this report.
The Associated Press reports that “Kansas Supreme Court accepts latest school funding changes.”
And Reuters reports that “Kansas court says funding plan averts need to close public schools.”
You can access today’s order of the Supreme Court of Kansas at this link.
“On the great Lyle Denniston’s departure from SCOTUSblog”: Tom Goldstein has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”
“Supreme Court to Hear Case on ATM Fees; Visa, MasterCard and several banks are challenging lawsuits alleging they conspired to set anticompetitive ATM fees”: Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal has this report.
“The Right-Wing Supreme Court That Wasn’t”: Adam Liptak will have this article in Wednesday’s edition of The New York Times.
And Ariane de Vogue and Tal Kopan of CNN.com have an article headlined “Kennedy’s swings, Scalia’s death define volatile Supreme Court term.”
“Opinion Transforms Texas’ Abortion Landscape”: Manny Fernandez and Abby Goodnough have this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.
And The New York Times Magazine has posted online a “Notebook” discussion titled “Why the Supreme Court’s Texas Abortion Decision Is So Momentous” among Emily Bazelon and law professors Eric Posner and William Baude.
“The Ideal Allies: Abortion was saved with a dry, wonky, emotionless opinion from a man; Which is kind of perfect.” Dahlia Lithwick has this Supreme Court dispatch online at Slate.
“Sallie Updyke Mundy appointed to Pennsylvania Supreme Court; The Superior Court judge fills vacancy left by Justice Eakin”: Anthony Mendicino of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has this report.
And in today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Tommy Rowan has an article headlined “Porngate justice’s replacement approved.”
“How Supreme Court’s Texas decision may affect Pa.’s abortion law”: Marie McCullough has this front page article in today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer.
“How goes the legislative attack on abortion rights?” Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.
“Liberal Rulings End ‘Strange and Ill-Fated’ Term”: Kenneth Jost has this post at his blog, “Jost on Justice.”
“Anthony Kennedy restores a liberal Supreme Court”: Columnist Dana Milbank has this essay in today’s edition of The Washington Post.
Also in today’s edition of The Washington Post, law professor David Cole has an op-ed titled “Justice Kennedy’s surprisingly open mind.”
“Supreme Court Complicates Corruption Cases From New York to Illinois”: Eric Lipton and Benjamin Weiser have this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.
And in today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Jeremy Roebuck has a front page article headlined “Could Monday’s Supreme Court decision on ex-Virginia governor help Fattah?”
“Washington must fix culverts that block salmon from habitat, court rules”: Lynda V. Mapes of The Seattle Times has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued yesterday.
“Supreme Court ruling imperils abortion laws in many states”: David Crary of The Associated Press has this report.
“Symposium: The constitutional law of abortion after Whole Woman’s Health — What comes next?” Law professor Kevin C. Walsh has this post today at “SCOTUSblog.”
“Court to hear major new controversies — next Term”: Lyle Denniston has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”
Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court granted review in eight new cases.
In Stormans, Inc. v. Wiesman, No. 15-862, Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. issued a dissent, in which Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. and Justice Clarence Thomas joined, from the denial of certiorari.
And in Delaware Strong Families v. Denn, No. 15-1234, Justice Thomas issued a dissent from the denial of certiorari, and Justice Alito notes that he voted to grant certiorari.
In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Justices reject request to rehear union case that tied 4-4“; “High court will hear appeal over high ATM fees“; “Supreme Court will review unusual citizenship law“; “Justices to hear dispute over deaf driver education in Texas“; “High court will hear dispute over service dog at school“; “High court to hear Miami loan discrimination case“; “Supreme Court rejects pharmacists’ religious rights appeal“; and “Justices reject challenge to Delaware campaign finance law.”
“Quick Note: 5-4 Decisions and Equally Divided Votes Since 1946.” Adam Feldman has this post today at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.
In case you missed it, the Sixth Circuit’s redesigned web site made its debut today: You can access it at this link. And the opinions page will challenge your knowledge of judges’ initials.
“Appeals Court Revives Lawsuit Claiming Viacom Violates Kids’ Privacy on Nick.com; The 3rd Circuit lets Viacom off the hook on most claims, but not one that alleges the company failed to live up to a promise not to collect personal information”: Eriq Gardner has this post at the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter. My earlier coverage of today’s Third Circuit ruling can be accessed here.
“Abortion providers aim to reopen some closed Texas clinics”: Reuters has this report.
“This Lawyer’s First Supreme Court Case Just Decided The Fate Of Abortion Rights; Relatively inexperienced women have now won the three most important abortion rights cases in American history”: Laura Bassett of The Huffington Post has this report.
“McDonnell ruling a big blow to corruption law; The Supreme Court’s decision shocks good-government activists, who say it revives ‘pay for play'”: Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has this report.
“Abortion Ruling Could Create Waves of Legal Challenges”: Erik Eckholm of The New York Times has this report.
Ford Fessenden of The New York Times has an interactive report headlined “How the Supreme Court’s Decision Will Affect Access to Abortion.”
And online at The New York Times, Linda Greenhouse has an essay titled “The Facts Win Out on Abortion.”
“For Obama, setbacks from a divided Supreme Court”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.
“A ‘view’ from the Courtroom: A final bite at the apple.” Mark Walsh has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”
“The Supreme Court’s Just Application of the Undue-Burden Standard for Abortion”: Margaret Talbot has this post online at The New Yorker.
“The Supreme Court’s Bribery-Blessing McDonnell Decision”: Amy Davidson has this post online at The New Yorker.
“The Rules for Abortion Are Still Rules — Not Loopholes: Texas’s H.B.2 statute imposed regulations that yielded no health benefit but made abortion a lot harder to get; The Supreme Court wasn’t fooled”: Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at The Atlantic.
“Diversity Is Not Equity: The Supreme Court’s Fisher decision is a victory for affirmative action; But has the war on resegregation already been lost?” Jeff Chang has this jurisprudence essay online today at Slate.
“Influence Peddling Gets First Amendment Protection”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View.
“The Senate Republicans’ Assault on the Supreme Court”: Law professor Geoffrey R. Stone has this essay online at Time magazine.
“Opinion analysis: Abortion rights reemerge strongly.” Lyle Denniston has this post at “SCOTUSblog,” together with a post titled “Opinion analysis: New barrier to public corruption cases.”
“A Cost-Benefit Test Defeats Texas Abortion Restrictions”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View.
“Supreme Court: Domestic abusers can be banned from owning firearms.” Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has this report.