Ninth Circuit grants en banc review in case where dissenting judge wrote that “[t]he majority opinion is needless, wrong, and raises serious constitutional concerns with the separation of powers”: Today’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granting en banc review can be accessed here.
My earlier coverage of the original divided three-judge panel’s opinion appears at this link.
“Former Oregon governor’s personal emails ordered withheld from investigators”: Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.
“GM not protected from ignition switch claims: U.S. appeals court.” Reuters has this report.
And The Associated Press reports that “Court ruling opens GM to billions in death, injury claims.”
You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.
“Inferences From Amicus Briefs and How Justice Kennedy Continues to Rule Supreme”: Adam Feldman has this post today at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.
“School board appeals to U.S. Supreme Court to halt order allowing transgender student to use boys’ bathroom”: Moriah Balingit of The Washington Post has this report.
And The Associated Press reports that “School board takes transgender bathroom case to high court.”
“Courts Blur Line Between Violent Speech and Crime”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View.
“Donald Trump Calls On Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg To Resign”: Nina Totenberg had this audio segment on this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered.”
“Lying to Get You Drunk Isn’t the Same as Fraud”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online today at Bloomberg View.
“The public feud of Ginsburg vs. Trump casts harsh spotlight on court’s liberal lion”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.
In today’s edition of The Washington Post, Robert Barnes has an article headlined “Justice Ginsburg doesn’t let up on Trump, who fires back.”
In today’s edition of The New York Times, Michael D. Shear and Maggie Haberman have an article headlined “Donald Trump Calls Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Remarks a ‘Disgrace to the Court.'”
Brent Kendall and Jacob Gershman of The Wall Street Journal have an article headlined “Ginsburg’s Trump Comments Draw Criticism; The Supreme Court justice, in unusual remarks, suggests Trump would be bad for the court, the nation.” You can freely access the full text of the article via Google.
Eliza Collins of USA Today reports that “Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg faces criticism over Trump attacks.”
Lawrence Hurley and John Whitesides of Reuters report that “Trump calls on U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg to resign after criticism.”
Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Trump Calls for Ginsburg to Resign From Supreme Court After ‘Faker’ Jab.”
The Associated Press reports that “Ginsburg’s public Trump critique raises ethical quandaries.”
Ariane de Vogue of CNN.com has an article headlined “Would Ruth Bader Ginsburg have to recuse herself if Donald Trump wins?” And Manu Raju and Theodore Schleifer of CNN.com report that “Top Republicans criticize Ruth Bader Ginsburg but don’t back Trump’s call for her to resign.”
Meanwhile, in commentary, today’s edition of The New York Times contains an editorial titled “Donald Trump Is Right About Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.” The newspaper has also posted online a “Room for Debate” discussion titled “Can a Supreme Court Justice Denounce a Candidate?”
Today’s edition of The Washington Post contains an editorial titled “Justice Ginsburg’s inappropriate comments on Donald Trump.” In addition, columnist Richard Cohen has an essay titled “Justice Ginsburg’s remarks are a symptom of how low Trump has driven our discourse.”
Online at Bloomberg View, law professor Noah Feldman has an essay titled “It’s Fine for Supreme Court Justices to Speak Their Minds.”
Online at Slate, Dahlia Lithwick has a jurisprudence essay titled “Deciphering Justice: The subtext of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s improper attacks on Donald Trump.” In addition, Mark Joseph Stern has a jurisprudence essay titled “RBG Just Risked Her Legacy to Insult Trump: Why she did it.”
Online at Reuters, law professor Richard L. Hasen has an essay titled “Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s slam of Trump does the nation no favors.”
At the Daily Intelligencer blog of New York magazine, Jonathan Chait has a post titled “Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the Disintegration of Political Norms.”
At The Huffington Post, law professor Douglas W. Kmiec has a blog entry titled “Judging Trump — Was Justice Ginsburg Right To Criticize Donald Trump?”
And at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center, Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Constitution Check: Do Supreme Court Justices have a right to comment on politics?”