“Pa. high court agrees to hear challenge on ballot-question wording”: Kathy Boccella of The Philadelphia Inquirer has an article that begins, “The lawsuit by two retired Supreme Court justice and a prominent Philadelphia attorney challenging the wording of this fall’s referendum on the state’s judicial retirement age took a major step forward Wednesday when the Supreme Court agreed to hear their case on an emergency basis.”
You can view at this link today’s order of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania accepting jurisdiction over the case.
“Law Review Article Puts Respected Appeals Court Judge on Trial”: Jacob Gershman has this post — which links to one of my blog’s “20 questions for the appellate judge” interviews — at WSJ.com’s “Law Blog.”
“Verdict over Led Zeppelin’s ‘Stairway to Heaven’ is appealed”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report.
“Pa. Supreme Court rejects Philly D.A.’s appeal in church sex-abuse case”: Joseph A. Slobodzian of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.
“Roy Moore says he did not order probate judges to ignore U.S. Supreme Court”: Kent Faulk of The Birmingham News has this report.
And Kelsey Davis of The Montgomery Advertiser has an article headlined “Moore: Same-sex marriage order result of Justices’ inaction.”
You can access at this link yesterday’s filing of the Chief Justice of Alabama in that state’s Court of the Judiciary.
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“Supreme Court Repeaters”: Jason Iuliano and Ya Sheng Lin have posted this paper on SSRN.
“Va. transgender student’s lawyers tell high court it need not take on bathroom case”: Robert Barnes and Moriah Balingit have this article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.
And David Ingram of Reuters reports that “Transgender student asks U.S. high court to keep out of bathroom case.”
You can access yesterday’s U.S. Supreme Court filing at this link.
“Professor Richard Schneider, law students join Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on July 27 in special ‘Merchant of Venice’ experience in Italy”: Wake Forest University School of Law has posted online this news release.
“2016 Annual Supreme Court Round Up”: The Federalist Society has posted this video featuring Miguel A. Estrada online at YouTube.
“Constitution Check: Will the Citizens United decision be overturned?” Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.
“GOP: Challenge to ballot question on judges’ retirement age ‘flawed.'” Kathy Boccella of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.
And this past Sunday’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer contained an editorial titled “The misleading Pa. ballot question that shouldn’t be asked” that begins, “The underhanded lengths taken to extend the tenure of Pennsylvania judges nearing mandatory retirement are yet another example of why distrust in government looms large in American politics today.”
“FIU loses appeal in trademark lawsuit against Florida National University”: The Miami Herald has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued today.
“State outlines evidence, witnesses in Markel case”: Sean Rossman has this front page article in today’s edition of The Tallahassee Democrat.
“New York State Makes It Legal to Cry in Your Funeral Pie”: Sarah Maslin Nir will have this article in Wednesday’s edition of The New York Times.
“‘Rosetta Stone’ Needed to Decode California’s Supreme Court”: Online today at Bloomberg View, law professor Noah Feldman has an essay that begins, “It isn’t often that Stephen Reinhardt, arguably the most liberal member of the federal bench, agrees with Jay Bybee, the judge who was head of former President George W. Bush’s Office of Legal Counsel when the torture memos were produced.”
“The Ghosts of Shelby County: Despite some recent wins, voting rights are still under siege.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online today at Slate.
“How to Libel a Porn Star”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online today at Bloomberg View.
“What Law Firms Can Learn From SCOTUSblog”: Andrew Longstreth has this article online at Bloomberg Law.
Programming note: Additional posts will appear here tonight.
“Chevron Deference and the Proposed ‘Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2016’: A Sign of the Times.” Law professor Vikram David Amar has this essay today at Justia.com’s “Verdict.”
“Scott Walker Just Put An Insane Person On His State’s Supreme Court”: Ian Millhiser has this post online at ThinkProgress.
“Court says Obamacare birth control option may violate Catholics’ rights, even if they don’t use it”: Columnist Michael Hiltzik has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.
“Federal judge from Palmer Township has died”: Rudy Miller of The Express-Times of Easton, Pennsylvania has this report.
“Government’s Privacy Rights Don’t Exceed the Public’s”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View.
“Alameda County defends restrictions on gun-shop locations”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.
“If a seventh grader starts trading fake burps for laughs in gym class, what’s a teacher to do?” So beings a dissenting opinion that Tenth Circuit Judge Neil M. Gorsuch issued today.
“State intends to fight new trial ruling for Adnan Syed of ‘Serial'”: Justin Fenton of The Baltimore Sun has this report.
“Ancient Treasures Shouldn’t Be Compensation for Terror Victims”: Law professor Noah Feldman has an essay online today at Bloomberg View that begins, “A federal appeals court has ruled that terrorism victims can’t seize priceless Iranian artifacts held by the University of Chicago in fulfillment of a judgment against the Islamic Republic of Iran.”
“Two judges, best friends, bonded by gift of life”: Bill Glauber of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this heartwarming report.
“‘Activist judge’ compares surrogacy to human trafficking”: Daniel Bice has this front page article in today’s edition of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
“George Ryan lawyer blasts Easterbrook”: Patricia Manson of the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin has this report today.
Law professor emeritus Albert W. Alschuler‘s article, described as a “Memoir,” appears in the current issue of the Valparaiso University Law Review under the title “How Frank Easterbrook Kept George Ryan in Prison.”
“The Top 5 Law Blogs All Lawyers Should Be Reading”: Bryan Koenig of Law360.com has an article (subscription required for full access) today that begins, “Attorneys everywhere are reading blogs for meaningful discussion on major events in their profession, and while exact interests vary by practice area, a number of blogs top the list of favorites for those looking to follow major happenings in the legal community.”
I am honored to see that “How Appealing” appears in second place on this list of the top-five must-read law blogs.
In the August 2016 issue of ABA Journal magazine: Mark Walsh has an article headlined “Juror strikes in capital murder case were based on race, SCOTUS rules.”
And Victor Li has an article headlined “50-year story of the Miranda warning has the twists of a cop show.”
Thanks to the excess of link-worthy material that accompanied the end of the U.S. Supreme Court‘s most recent Term, I previously neglected to link to the contents of the July 2016 issue of the ABA Journal magazine.
“Longtime federal judge Franklin Van Antwerpen has died”: Dan Sheehan of The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania has an article that begins, “Franklin Van Antwerpen of Palmer Township, a senior judge with the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, died Monday.”
