Programming note: On Thursday morning, I will be arguing an appeal on behalf of the plaintiffs-appellants before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. As a result, additional posts will not appear here until Thursday afternoon.
As always while I am away from the computer, more frequent appellate-related retweets will appear on this blog’s Twitter feed.
“Justices hear dispute over lower-cost biotech drugs sales”: Sam Hananel of The Associated Press has this report.
And Andrew Chung of Reuters reports that “U.S. top court grapples over making copycat biologics available sooner.”
You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Sandoz Inc. v. Amgen Inc., No. 15-1039.
“Justices Alarmed by Government’s Hard-Line Stance in Citizenship Case”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.
Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court fears giving government too much power to revoke naturalization.”
Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Justices Challenge Government Position on Stripping Citizenship for Immigrants Over Small Lies; Justice Department lawyer argued that any false statement on naturalization form, even about one’s weight, could cost an individual his citizenship.”
Richard Wolf of USA Today has an article headlined “Lose citizenship for fibbing? Supreme Court justices fume.”
Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “Justices seem to favor limits on revoking US citizenship.”
And Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. chief justice alarmed at Trump administration immigration case stance.”
You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Maslenjak v. United States, No. 16-309.
“Democrats recycle Gorsuch questions for Thapar; Appeals court nominee refuses to take Democrats’ bait on Trump’s earlier bashing judges”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.
And Jennifer Bendery of HuffPost reports that “Donald Trump’s First Lower Court Nominee Is Fine With The President Trashing Judges; ‘It doesn’t matter to us,’ Judge Amul Thapar tells senators.”
“Between Trump and his Justice Department lawyers, a vast disconnect”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post today.
And online at Bloomberg View, law professor Noah Feldman has an essay titled “Trump’s Eagerness for a Win Hurts Him in Court.”
“Defiant Trump Vows to Take Immigration Case to Supreme Court”: Peter Baker of The New York Times has an article that begins, “President Trump vowed on Wednesday to challenge California jurisdictions all the way to the Supreme Court after a federal judge there stopped him from withholding funds to penalize them for shielding illegal immigrants.”
“First Trump lower-court nominee coasts through Senate hearing; Kentucky federal judge Amul Thapar is up for promotion to the 6th Circuit”: Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has this report.
Via the web site of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, you can access the video of today’s confirmation hearing.
Sixth Circuit Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton and Ohio Supreme Court Justice Judith L. French discuss “Interpreting State Constitutions”: On Friday, March 31, 2017, the Inaugural Ohio Chapters Conference of The Federalist Society took place in Columbus, Ohio,
You can view the video of the session described in the title of this post on YouTube via this link.
“How Trump Alienated the Judiciary: A ruling against his executive order on sanctuary cities is the latest rebuke dealt to the president by a federal judge.” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at The Atlantic.
“Texas Moves Toward Abolishing Wrongful Birth Suits”: Law professor Sherry F. Colb has this essay online at Justia’s Verdict.
“US Supreme Court takes narrow view on tribal immunity”: Agence France-Presse has this report.
Barbara Leonard of Courthouse News Service reports that “High Court Kills Tribal Immunity for Casino Employees.”
And at Forbes.com, Daniel Fisher has a post titled “Supreme Court Refuses To Extend Tribal Immunity To Casino Limo Driver.”
You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in Lewis v. Clarke, No. 15-1500, at this link.
“Justices May Take Another Look at Forced Union Fees”: Chris Opfer of Bloomberg BNA has this report.