“Lawyer in Led Zeppelin-Spirit trial suspended for ‘serious misconduct’ in earlier case”: Randy Lewis of The Los Angeles Times has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued earlier this week.
And at the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter, Ashley Cullins has a post titled “Lawyer Who Sued Led Zeppelin Suspended From Practicing Law; Francis Malofiy’s suspension might mean he can’t appeal the band’s ‘Stairway to Heaven’ win.”
“Voting Ban for Ex-Cons Is a Lifetime Sentence”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online today at Bloomberg View.
“Trump’s Errors Stymie Efforts to Use Supreme Court to Rally Conservatives”: Sahil Kapur of Bloomberg News has this report.
“Oral Argument Winners 2015/2016”: Adam Feldman has this post today at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.
“Child-Porn Case Turns Judge Into Sentencing Rebel”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View.
“Two left feats: Anthony Kennedy drifts left to save abortion rights and affirmative action.” This article will appear in the July 2, 2016 print edition of The Economist magazine.
“Case against Mass. woman in teen’s suicide to go forward”: John R. Ellement and Kathy McCabe of The Boston Globe have this report.
Bob McGovern of The Boston Herald reports that “SJC rules texting suicide case will move forward.”
And The Associated Press reports that “Court OKs trial for girl who texted boyfriend urging suicide.”
You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts at this link.
“Judge blocks Mississippi’s ‘religious objections’ law”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A federal judge blocked a Mississippi law on religious objections to same-sex marriage moments before it was set to take effect Friday, ruling it unconstitutionally establishes preferred beliefs and creates unequal treatment for gay people.”
And Royce Swayze and Sarah Fowler of The Clarion-Ledger of Jackson, Mississippi report that “House Bill 1523 struck down.”
You can access last night’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi at this link.
“The Court Slams the Door on Domestic Abusers Owning Guns”: Online at The New Yorker, Rachel Louise Snyder has a post that begins, “In 2009, a logger named Stephen Voisine shot and killed an American bald eagle.”
“Major cases set for the next Supreme Court term”: Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.
“Clarence Thomas Has His Own Constitution”: Jeffrey Toobin has this post online at The New Yorker.
