“Federal appeals court won’t stop Arthur execution”: Kelsey Davis of The Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser has this report.
Kent Faulk of The Birmingham News has an article headlined “Tommy Arthur: Execution timed so election covers up his ‘murder.’”
And The Associated Press reports that “Appeals court won’t stop execution of Alabama inmate.”
You can access today’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit at this link.
“It’s not just about Donald and Hillary. Raising retirement age for judges is on the ballot, too.” Jan Murphy of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has this report.
“Battle over an acre of farmland may be headed to U.S. Supreme Court”: At “On Brief: Iowa’s Appellate Blog,” Rox Laird has a post that begins, “How do you distinguish a wetland from an ordinary piece of farmland?”
“Arizona doesn’t have to count votes cast at wrong location, court rules”: Howard Fischer of The Arizona Daily Star has this report.
And The Associated Press reports that “US appeals court says Arizona precinct voting rule stands.”
You can access today’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.
“Federal appeals court dismisses most claims challenging Cedar Rapids traffic cameras; Plaintiffs reviewing next steps”: B.A. Morelli of The Gazette of Cedar Rapids, Iowa has this report.
Today, the same three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued rulings in two separate red-light camera challenges, and you can access those rulings here and here.
“Appeals court tosses death-row inmates’ lawsuit over Ohio’s execution-secrecy law”: Eric Heisig of The Cleveland Plain Dealer has this report.
Jim Provance of The Toledo Blade reports that “Appeals court upholds Ohio plan to shield execution-drug makers’ identities.”
And The Associated Press reports that “Court rejects 3 inmates’ 1st Amendment lethal injection case.”
You can access today’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit at this link.
“The Supreme Court’s Gender Balance”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.
“Appeals court to review Arizona ‘ballot harvesting’ law”: Howard Fischer of The Arizona Daily Star has this report.
And The Associated Press reports that “Appeals court to revisit Arizona ballot-collection law.”
You can access today’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granting rehearing en banc — which, in an unusual development, is accompanied by both a concurrence and a dissent — at this link.
My earlier coverage of the recent divided three-judge panel’s ruling in this case can be accessed here.
“Does Arizona have execution drugs on hand?”: Michael Kiefer of The Arizona Republic has this report.
“You Have the Right to Give Someone the Finger”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay — containing a nice shout-out to the “How Appealing” blog — online today at Bloomberg View.
“Clinton’s Supreme Nightmare: GOP Blockade of Court Nominees.” Steven T. Dennis and Sahil Kapur of Bloomberg News have this report.
“Ex-judges urge SCOTUS to solve opt-out muddle in securities class actions”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post today.
“Building Trust in the Rule of Law”: Christina McClintock of the University of Chicago School of Law has an article that begins, “We live in an era of more than 4,000 legal blogs, but Judge Cheryl Ann Krause of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit thinks we could learn something from the circuit riders.”
According to the article, “Judge Krause’s talk, ‘The Role of Public Access and Outreach: How Bench and Bar Build Trust in the Rule of Law,’ focused on three factors that have reduced public access to and transparency of the courts and thus may threaten public trust in the judiciary: a decrease in trials, a decrease in published opinions and oral arguments, and a reluctance by courts to embrace new technologies that can improve transparency.”
“3 Cheers for Gary Johnson’s Supreme Court Short List; The Libertarian candidate picks several libertarian friendly legal minds”: Damon Root has this post today at Reason.com’s “Hit & Run” blog.
You can follow “How Appealing” on Twitter: If you want to be notified of new “How Appealing” posts via Twitter, or if you want to receive the appellate-related retweets that frequently appear on this blog’s Twitter feed while I am away from a computer, you can follow “How Appealing” on Twitter via this link.
“Justices struggle in dispute over Venezuela oil rig seizure”: Sam Hananel of The Associated Press has this report.
You can access the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela v. Helmerich & Payne Int’l Drilling Co., No. 15-423, at this link.
Update: In other coverage, Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. justices drill down on Venezuela oil rig dispute.”