“Woman suing Planet Fitness appeals to Michigan Supreme Court”: John Kennett of The Midland (Mich.) Daily News has an article that begins, “A local woman’s lawsuit claiming sexual harassment and retaliation against a Midland gym where she encountered a transgender woman has been appealed to the state’s highest court, the Michigan Supreme Court.”
And Bob Johnson of MLive.com reports that “Planet Fitness transgender locker room case heads to Michigan Supreme Court.”
“Supervisor stole $116,000 from Louisiana Supreme Court with elaborate plan, State Police say”: Earlier this month, Matt Sledge of The New Orleans Advocate had an article that begins, “A payroll supervisor bilked the Louisiana Supreme Court of $116,000 by setting up an elaborate web of fake judicial appointments and far-flung bank accounts, according to the State Police.”
“Don’t Let Our Democracy Collapse”: In the SundayReview section of today’s edition of The New York Times, law professor Richard L. Hasen — author of the “Election Law Blog” — has an essay that begins, “The strength and integrity of the American electoral process are under tremendous strain, but the worst may be yet to come.”
“Mohamed Mohamud’s lawyers petition U.S. Supreme Court to review conviction”: Maxine Bernstein of The Oregonian has an article that begins, “Federal defenders are asking the U.S Supreme Court to review the conviction of Mohamed Osman Mohamud for trying to detonate a bomb during downtown Portland’s holiday tree-lighting ceremony.”