“Appeals court rules against Indiana Gov. Mike Pence in Syrian refugee case”: Stephanie Wang of The Indianapolis Star has this report.
Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times reports that “Court rebukes Mike Pence, rules states must accept Syrian refugees.”
The Associated Press reports that “Appeals court upholds order against Pence on Syrian refugees.”
Reuters reports that “U.S. appeals court sides against Pence in Syrian refugee case.”
Ariane de Vogue of CNN.com reports that “Federal court blasts Pence on Syrian refugees.”
Josh Gerstein of Politico.com reports that “Court rejects Pence’s rebuff of Syrian refugees; The 7th Circuit says the GOP veep nominee’s stance is based on ‘nightmare speculation.’”
Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News reports that “Federal Appeals Court Slams Mike Pence For Syrian Refugee Opposition.”
And Elise Foley and Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post report that “Mike Pence Can’t Bar Syrian Refugees Based On ‘Nightmare Speculation,’ Court Rules; The ruling was joined by Diane Sykes, one of the judges on Donald Trump’s short list for the Supreme Court.”
Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner wrote today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel.
“U.S. Supreme Court to weigh unclaimed property dispute; Nation’s top court opens 2016 term Monday by agreeing to hear a case that could take a bite out of Delaware’s budget”: Jessica Masulli Reyes of The News Journal of Wilmington, Delaware has this report.
And The Associated Press reports that “Justices to referee states’ dispute over uncashed checks.”
Lawrence Hurley of Reuters is reporting: Today, Hurley has articles headlined “U.S. Supreme Court begins new term, still shorthanded“; “U.S. top court denies Obama request to rehear major immigration case“; “U.S. justices refuse to hear college athlete compensation cases“; “U.S. top court refuses to hear Redskins trademark appeal“; “U.S. top court rejects bid to revive Wisconsin governor probe“; and “Supreme Court rejects Taser excessive force case.”
In addition, Hurley appeared on this morning’s broadcast of C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” in a segment titled “Opening Day of New Supreme Court Term.”
“Judge Posner vs. Professor Dorf on Legal Writing”: David Ziff has this post today at his “Ziff Blog.”
“Justice Breyer talks trust, rule of law”: The Yale Daily News has this report.
“Supreme Court Begins Term With Crime and Punishment”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online today at Bloomberg View.
“Reframing the Confirmation Debate”: Adam Feldman has this essay online at the University of Pennsylvania Law Review.
“High Court Rebuffs Obama, Won’t Revisit Stalled Immigration Plan”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report, along with an article headlined “NCAA Athlete Pay Dispute Sidestepped by U.S. Supreme Court.”
“Court won’t rehear immigration case, Redskins case denied”: Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.
“Starting Lineups: SCOTUS Attorneys and Firms of Record at the Beginning of OT 2016.” Adam Feldman has this post today at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.
“Merrick Garland’s Lonely Road to Purgatory: The outrage over the obstruction of the Supreme Court nominee has cooled, leaving him to wander largely unnoticed in the Capitol in hopes that a lame-duck session will bring him deliverance.” Matt Laslo of The Daily Beast has this report.
“Op-Doc: Supreme Court v. the American Voter; This year’s election will be the first in over 50 years without the full protection of the Voting Rights Act.” The New York Times has posted this video online.
“OT2016 #1: ‘The Satisfaction of Giving a Gift.'” You can access the inaugural episode of the “First Mondays” podcast, featuring Ian Samuel and Dan Epps, via this link.
“Scalia’s absence haunts Supreme Court’s new term”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.
“Supreme Court Rejects Plea to Reconsider Obama’s Immigration Plan”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report, along with articles headlined “Supreme Court Declines to Consider N.C.A.A. Rules on Paying Athletes” and “Supreme Court Won’t Rule on Wisconsin Campaign Finance Case.”
Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court declines to hear immigration and Redskins cases.”
Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court refuses to rehear immigration case.”
And Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal reports that “U.S. Supreme Court Won’t Review Appeals on Pay for College Athletes; High court turns away appeals by NCAA and group of basketball and football players.”
“2016 Term Preview: Reflections on the thin gruel of a docket crafted in large part to avoid 4-4 ties; Plus, a conversation with the latest judge to be personally insulted by Donald Trump.” Slate has posted online this new installment of its “Amicus” podcast featuring Dahlia Lithwick.
“Ruth Bader Ginsburg, in her ‘Own Words'”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this book review.
“Judges Who Are Elected Like Politicians Tend to Act Like Them”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.
“What 2,000 cases show about Tennessee’s death penalty”: Stacey Barchenger of The Tennessean has this report.
“McKee’s early end to Third Circuit chief judgeship: collegiality over partisanship?” Matthew Stiegler has this post today at his “CA3blog.”
“High Court Opens New Term With Low Profile”: Kenneth Jost has this post at his blog, “Jost on Justice.”
“Fighting Words: Why Ruth Bader Ginsburg is speaking out — and what it means for the battles ahead.” Elaine Showalter has this article online at The New Republic.
“A Crippled Supreme Court’s New Term”: This editorial appears in today’s edition of The New York Times.
“Police: Magbanua was ‘conduit’ in Markel slaying.” Sean Rossman has this front page article in today’s edition of The Tallahassee Democrat.
“Smith takes on new role; City man has been a federal judge since 1988”: Kay Stephens of The Altoona Mirror recently had an article that begins, “An Altoona man who has sat on the 3rd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals since 2002 will take on the role of chief judge starting Oct. 1. Judge D. Brooks Smith will succeed Chief Judge Theodore A. McKee of Philadelphia, who is stepping down from the post but remaining on the court as an appeals judge.”
And Penn State News recently reported that “Adjunct professor, alumnus appointed chief judge of 3rd U.S. Circuit Court.”
“Powerful appeals court gets its first black chief judge”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “For Roger Gregory, serving as the first African-American chief judge of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond takes on even greater meaning when he thinks of who else has walked the halls of the building he now oversees.”
“Tim Kaine’s Long, Conflicted History With The Death Penalty”: Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News has this report.
“Supreme Court of Canada heads into challenging fall session”: Sean Fine of The Toronto Globe and Mail has this report, along with an article headlined “Canada’s bench strength: Meet the judges, new and old, of the Supreme Court.”
“No, Ruth Bader Ginsburg Does Not Intend To Retire Anytime Soon”: This audio segment featuring Nina Totenberg appeared on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”
“Justice Ginsburg rides celebrity wave, releases anthology”: Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press has this report.
Access online today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court did not grant review in any new cases, but the Court did call for the views of the Solicitor General’s office in six cases.
