“Vote ‘no’ on misleading ballot question raising judges’ retirement age”: This editorial appeared in Wednesday’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer.
And Wednesday’s edition of The Philadelphia Daily News contained an editorial titled “Vote ‘No’ on question to raise judges’ retirement age.”
“Wild Horses Couldn’t Drag the Government to Act”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online today at Bloomberg View.
“Ginsburg: Sorry for criticizing Kaepernick anthem protest.” Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.
“Now a jury must unanimously agree on the death penalty in Florida, Supreme Court rules”: Mary Ellen Klas of The Miami Herald has this report.
Rene Stutzman of The Orlando Sentinel has an article headlined “Florida Supreme Court: Florida’s current death penalty is unconstitutional.”
Arek Sarkissian of The Naples Daily News reports that “Florida court: Jury must unanimously agree on death penalty.”
Mark Berman of The Washington Post reports that “Florida Supreme Court says state’s new death penalty law is unconstitutional.”
The Associated Press has a report headlined “Florida court: Jury must unanimously agree on death penalty.”
Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post reports that “Florida’s Death Penalty Law Is Ruled Unconstitutional — Again; The state’s supreme court ruled that a jury must be unanimous when imposing a death sentence.”
And Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News reports that “Florida’s New Death Sentencing Law Is Unconstitutional, State High Court Rules; Florida Supreme Court rules that the recently passed law is unconstitutional because it allows a non-unanimous decision of the jury — here, 10 of 12 jurors — to impose a death sentence.”
The Supreme Court of Florida issued related rulings today in two separate death penalty appeals, and you can access the rulings here and here.
“Taking down Taney: Process for removing controversial bust clears final hurdle.” Nancy Lavin has this front page article in today’s edition of The Frederick (Md.) News-Post.
And The Associated Press reports that “Maryland city cleared to remove statue linked to slavery.”
“A Streamlined Test to Determine Insider Trading”: Stephen Fishbein has this post today at the “DealBook” blog of The New York Times.
“Why the Supreme Court Matters More to Republicans than Trump: Conservative justices might be the party’s final bulwark against a changing electoral landscape.” Russell Berman of The Atlantic has this report today.
“Race bias in the jury room: what’s the solution?” Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.
“Do Counterterrorism Lawsuits Stand a Chance in Court? A group of non-citizens detained after the 9/11 terrorist attacks claim officials violated their constitutional rights, but the result in the case isn’t likely to be in their favor.” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online today at The Atlantic.
“SCOTUS: The Dangerous Empty Seat; ‘The future of the Supreme Court is at stake on Nov. 8.'” Donald Verrilli has this essay online at Time magazine.
In addition, law professor Laurence Tribe has an essay titled “The SCOTUS Vote: Our decisions could reverberate for decades.”
And Nan Aron has an essay titled “Vote on Federal Courts: ‘The next president will set the character and caliber of scores of appointees.’”
“Breaking Down Arguments in Samsung v. Apple”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.