“11th Circuit Rules Title VII Does Not Prohibit Anti-Gay Discrimination in Deeply Confused Opinion”: Mark Joseph Stern has this essay online at Slate.
And Patrick Saunders of Georgia Voice reports that “Federal court rules against Georgia lesbian fired for being gay.”
You can access today’s ruling of a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit at this link. U.S. District Judge Jose E. Martinez (S.D. Fla.) issued the opinion of the court. Circuit Judge William H. Pryor, Jr. issued a concurring opinion. And Circuit Judge Robin S. Rosenbaum issued an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.
“At UC Berkeley, Justice Sotomayor discusses obstacles to justice”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.
And Sudhin Thanawala of The Associated Press reports that “Justice Sotomayor laments perception of judges as political.”
“Supreme Court brings gavel down on O’Connor workout class”: Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press has this report.
Things judges can say at oral argument that you can’t: Jimmy Hoover of Law360.com has an article headlined “ComEd Appeal ‘Pain In The Ass,’ Fed. Circ. Judge Says” (subscription required for full access).
You can access via this link (9.9 MB mp3 audio file) the oral argument audio from the case, argued yesterday before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
