“Federal Judge Marks 50 Years on the Bench; Judge Manuel Real is nation’s longest-serving active judge”: The Public Information Office of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued this news release today.
“A new wave of courtesy at the Court?” Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.
Access online today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court granted review in one new case today.
“States grapple with how to pick judges; no universal system”: Michael Tarm of The Associated Press has this report.
“John McCain Isn’t Backing Down From Vow To Block Clinton’s Supreme Court Nominees”: Jonathan Cohn of The Huffington Post has this report.
“Supreme Court ceremony memorializes the late Justice Antonin Scalia”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.
Sam Hananel of The Associated Press has an article headlined “Supreme Court Notebook: Scalia lauded at high-court ceremony.”
And Kimberly Robinson of Bloomberg BNA has a blog post titled “Clerkerati, Justices Celebrate Scalia.”
“Appeals court looks set to revive suit aimed at recovering Clinton emails”: Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has this blog post today.
You can access via this link (38.0 MB mp3 audio file) the audio of today’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
“Appeals court blocks AZ law that makes ‘ballot harvesting’ a felony”: Howard Fischer of The Arizona Daily Star has this report.
The Associated Press reports that “US court blocks Arizona ban on groups collecting ballots.”
And Reuters has a report headlined “Arizona ballot collection law on hold until after election: court.”
You can access today’s 6-to-5 en banc ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.
“Supreme Court votes bridge usual left-right divide”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.
“Supreme Court Bar Memorial for Justice Antonin Scalia”: C-SPAN has posted online at this link the video of this afternoon’s special meeting of the U.S. Supreme Court‘s bar.
“51 Percent Of California Voters Want To Abolish The Death Penalty; California and Nebraska will decide next week whether they will keep the death penalty and both measures would have national implications on the debate over capital punishment; Polls show voters are conflicted”: Chris McDaniel of BuzzFeed News has this report.
“Church-State Fight May Depend on Missouri AG Election”: Patrick Gregory of Bloomberg BNA has this report.
“Supreme Court Points the Way Forward”: Jason P. Steed — who I look forward to seeing at next week’s AJEI Summit in Philadelphia — has this essay online today at The Huffington Post.
“Multiple Chancellors: Reforming the National Injunction.” Law professor Samuel L. Bray has posted this article online at SSRN.
“Review: In ‘Loving,’ They Loved. A Segregated Virginia Did Not Love Them Back.” Manohla Dargis has this movie review in today’s edition of The New York Times.
“In a Fractious Time, ‘Courtesy’ Prevails at U.S. Supreme Court”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.
“2016 Federalist Society Lawyers Convention honors Justice Antonin Scalia”: Jonathan H. Adler has this post today at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”
“Should we shrink the Supreme Court?” Columnist Steve Chapman has this essay online at The Chicago Tribune.
SCOTUSDaily interviews Adam Liptak of The New York Times: You can read the interview at this link.
“U.S. Supreme Court stays Thomas Arthur execution”: Brian Lyman and Kelsey Davis have this front page article in today’s edition of The Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser.
In today’s edition of The Birmingham News, Kent Faulk has a front page article headlined “Tommy Arthur avoids execution 7th time: Supreme Court issues stay in Alabama murder-for-hire.”
The Associated Press reports that “Supreme Court stays execution of Alabama inmate.”
Reuters reports that “Supreme Court puts Alabama execution on hold for seventh time.”
Tasneem Nashrulla, Chris Geidner, and Chris McDaniel of BuzzFeed News report that “Supreme Court Grants Stay Of Scheduled Alabama Execution; Tommy Arthur was scheduled to die Thursday for a 1982 murder-for-hire; The Supreme Court halted the execution just before midnight.”
You can access last night’s stay order of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.
“Justice Antonin Scalia Bar Memorial”: In a development that will someday lead to the live-streaming of its oral arguments, the U.S. Supreme Court today at 1:45 p.m. eastern time will live-stream over its web site a meeting of the Court’s bar to “honor the memory of the late Justice Antonin Scalia.”
As noted in a news release that the Court issued last month, the bar meeting “will feature remarks by the Acting Solicitor General of the United States Ian H. Gershengorn; Time Warner Executive Vice President and General Counsel Paul T. Cappuccio; Gibson Dunn & Crutcher partner Kristin A. Linsley; George Washington University Professor of Law Bradford R. Clark; Kirkland & Ellis partner Paul D. Clement; and U.S. Circuit Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton.” With the exception of Gershengorn, these speakers all clerked for Justice Scalia.
“Juvenile Life Sentences Continue to Divide Justices”: Jessica DaSilva of Bloomberg BNA has this report.
“Are Voting Booth Selfies Fun or Dangerous?” The New York Times has posted this “Room for Debate” discussion online today.