“Washington County native will head Illinois’ high court”: Today’s edition of The Belleville News-Democrat contains a front page article that begins, “Illinois Supreme Court Justice Lloyd A. Karmeier will become the next chief justice.”
And Andrew Maloney of the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin reports that “Karmeier named next chief justice.”
Meanwhile, in related news, Becky Yerak of The Chicago Tribune has an article headlined “State Farm policyholders get class-action status in $1 billion RICO lawsuit” that begins, “A federal racketeering lawsuit involving State Farm and allegations of funneling money into the election of a state judge has been granted class-action status, potentially benefiting more than 4 million policyholders.”
And Jef Feeley of Bloomberg News has a report headlined “Did State Farm Bankroll Judge? Customers’ Claim Is Now Class Action.”
“Iowa Supreme Court visits Keokuk’s Grand Theatre; Southeast Iowa visit was part of ongoing series”: In today’s edition of The Hawk Eye of Burlington, Iowa, Tanner Cole has a front page article that begins, “Iowa Supreme Court justices met the general population of Keokuk Monday night in the city’s Grand Theatre to hear oral arguments on a rezoning case about a famed baseball field and farm in Dyersville.”
“Defying the Supreme Court, judges deal severe blow to separation of church and state”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at ThinkProgress.
“Would Trump nominate Peter Thiel to Supreme Court? The rumor doesn’t appear to be true, but a Thiel-like nomination would bring diversity to the Court.” Law professor Glenn Harlan Reynolds has this essay online at USA Today.
“ACLU Seeks $233,058 For Costs Of Suing Kim Davis Over Marriage Licenses; ‘We hope to . . . send a message to government officials that willful violations of individuals’ rights will be costly,’ an attorney for the organization said”: Dominic Holden of BuzzFeed News has this report.
“What effect will the Court’s abortion ruling have on laws in other states?” Jennifer Prohov has this guest post at “SCOTUSblog.”
“What rights does a disabled child have at school?” Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.
“‘Notorious RBG’ Lawyer Who Died at 25 Posthumously Admitted to Bar”: Jeff Storey of the New York Law Journal has this report.
“IP lawyer learns the hard way: Copying Newegg appellate brief is not fair use.” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight had this post last Thursday.
“New attempt to stop ballot question raising judges’ retirement age”: Angela Couloumbis has this article in today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer.
“Gun rights debate returns to Washington courtroom”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN.com has a report that begins, “The battle over gun rights returns to the nation’s capital Tuesday, when a federal appeals court will consider a gun restriction that requires applicants for a license to carry a concealed firearm to demonstrate a ‘good reason’ to fear injury to his or her person or property.”
And Andrea Noble of The Washington Times reports that “D.C.’s gun laws to be tested in federal appeals court.”
The three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit hearing oral argument in the case today consists of Circuit Judges Karen LeCraft Henderson and Thomas B. Griffith and Senior Circuit Judge Stephen F. Williams. Once the oral argument audio becomes available online, I will link to it.
“Rejecting Voodoo Science in the Courtroom: The U.S. has relied on flawed forensic-evidence techniques for decades, falsely convicting many.” Ninth Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
“A ‘view’ from the Courtroom: Philadelphia in 1794.” Mark Walsh has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”
“Judge J. Clifford Wallace to Receive the 2016 American Inns of Court A. Sherman Christensen Award”: The Public Information Office of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued this news release today.
“Court errs in denying habeas corpus to immigrants”: Law professor Eric M. Freedman has this essay online at The Philadelphia Inquirer.
“World War II Leak Case Is a Win for Edward Snowden”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online today at Bloomberg View.
“Federal judge Smith retires during ongoing investigation”: Tommy Witherspoon of The Waco (Tex.) Tribune has an article that begins, “U.S. District Judge Walter S. Smith Jr., the subject of a renewed investigation into allegations he made unwanted sexual advances toward women in his chambers, ended his 32-year tenure as federal judge on Monday.”
And The Associated Press reports that “Federal judge in Texas reprimanded for misconduct retires.”
“Merrick Garland Shouldn’t Get His Hopes Up”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online today at Bloomberg View.
“Shorthanded Supreme Court goes back in time”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has an article that begins, “Three Supreme Court justices came to the nation’s birthplace Monday to re-enact the only reported jury trial in the court’s history, and they added a modern touch: They were a justice short.”
“Fourth Circuit overturns lower court ruling in Rowan prayer case”: Josh Bergeron of The Salisbury (N.C.) Post has this report.
And The Associated Press reports that “Federal court OKs Christian prayers at county board meetings.”
You can access today’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at this link.
Back in January 2016, I had two posts (here and here) about the oral argument of this appeal.
“A Worthwhile, Four-Day Appellate CLE Is Coming to Phila.” This month’s installment of my “Upon Further Review” column appeared in last Tuesday’s edition of The Legal Intelligencer, Philadelphia’s daily newspaper for lawyers.
You can view at this link the program for the 2016 Appellate Judges Education Institute Summit in Philadelphia. Appellate practitioners who haven’t yet signed-up to attend the 2016 AJEI Summit still have time to do so by registering online via this link.
“San Diego Police Dog Case Heads to Full 9th Circuit”: Courthouse News Service has this report today on an order granting rehearing en banc that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued on Friday.
My earlier coverage of a divided three-judge Ninth Circuit panel’s ruling in the case can be accessed here.
“SCOTUS Preferences in Civil Rights Cases”: Adam Feldman has this post today at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.
“Tensions rise over judicial nominees”: Lydia Wheeler of The Hill has this report.
Luke Russert and Mike Brunker of NBC News report that “Judicial Nominee Backlog Still Mired in Partisan Politics.”
And at his “Jost on Justice” blog, Kenneth Jost has a post titled “On Confirming Judges, Senate Just Says No.”
“Making Sense of Modern Pornography: While the Internet has made porn ubiquitous, it has also thrown the industry into severe decline.” Katrina Forrester has this book review essay — which mentions a couple of appellate court rulings — in the September 26, 2016 issue of The New Yorker.
“Redskins, rock band form unusual alliance in trademark fight”: Sam Hananel of The Associated Press has this report.
“Racial Bias Among Jurors at Heart of Supreme Court Case”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.
“Trial judges have discretion to unseal grand jury records — 7th Circuit”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.
“A Conversation with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg”: The University of Notre Dame has posted this video on YouTube.
“Spotlight on Supreme Court as battle over judges’ retirement age”: In today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Angela Couloumbis has a front page article that begins, “By the end of the year, 19 judges statewide could be forced to retire, including the chief justice of Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court.”
The Philadelphia Inquirer today also contains an editorial titled “Pa. high court’s retirement age ruling was self-serving.”
And Pa. State Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman (R.-Centre Cty.) has an essay titled “Ballot question on judicial retirements bipartisan, easy to understand.”
“NC Supreme Court election could change ideological tilt”: Anne Blythe of The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina has an article that begins, “As key pieces of the legislative agenda get scrutiny in the courts, partisan organizations and politicians are focusing on the race for the one seat up for grabs on the North Carolina Supreme Court.”
“Is The Supreme Court Ever Actually Going To Be An Election Issue? Here’s everything you need to know about the Supreme Court and the 2016 election.” Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News has this report today.
“What I Learned From Executing Two Men”: Semon Frank Thompson, former superintendent of the Oregon State Penitentiary, has this essay in the SundayReview section of today’s edition of The New York Times.
“Colin Kaepernick and a Landmark Supreme Court Case”: Jeffrey Toobin has this post online at The New Yorker.
“The ABC News ’20/20′ Segment On The Dan Markel Murder Case”: David Lat has this post today at “Above the Law.”
You can view the video of yesterday’s broadcast of the ABC News show “20/20” via this link.
