“High stakes in Kansas Supreme Court retention vote”: Bryan Lowry of The Wichita Eagle has an article that begins, “Gov. Sam Brownback could appoint a majority on the Kansas Supreme Court if efforts to oust four of seven justices succeed in November.”
“Presidential winner could reshape U.S. Supreme Court with appointments”: Jack Torry has this front page article in today’s edition of The Columbus Dispatch.
“Without conservative Supreme Court majority, voter-law challengers make gains”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.
“Jessie J beats copyright appeal over smash hit ‘Domino'”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report.
And at the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter, Ashley Cullins has a post titled “Jessie J Knocks Down ‘Domino’ Lawsuit on Appeal.”
You can access Friday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.
“Tucson’s hybrid city elections upheld by full 9th Circuit”: Adam DeRose of Cronkite News has this report on the ruling that a unanimous 11-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued on Friday.
“Latam banana workers’ claims over pesticide are revived in U.S.” Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the unanimous en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued on Friday.
“Argued: February 19, 2013; Decided: September 2, 2016.” That information appears at the start of an opinion that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued on Friday.
I reviewed the Second Circuit’s electronic docket entries for the case, and the docket entries contain no explanation for why the appeal took longer than three and a half years to decide.
“Justice Sonia Sotomayor talks humility at CU Boulder appearance”: Alex Burness of The Boulder Daily Camera has this report.
“The Interview: PA prisons boss John Wetzel confronts the complexities of juvie lifers’ new sentences.” John Baer, political columnist of The Philadelphia Daily News, has this report.
“AP Interview: Teen at center transgender bathroom fight.” The Associated Press has this report.
“With the internet’s help, Scalia’s burial spot is public”: Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press has this report.
“The Supreme Court is never going to look like America. Get used to it.” Robert Barnes has this article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.
“Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan Muse Over a Cookie-Cutter Supreme Court”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.