“Ninth Circuit Eases Time for Appeal of Class Certification Rulings”: Amanda Bronstad of The Recorder has an article that begins, “In a case over a purported aphrodisiac dietary supplement that promised ‘animal magnetism,’ the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, splitting with nearly half the country’s federal appellate courts on a matter of first impression, decided that an appeal of class decertification was timely even though a reconsideration motion went beyond a deadline set in the federal rules.”
You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.
“Cake Is His ‘Art.’ So Can He Deny One to a Gay Couple?” Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.
“Was Trump’s Pardon of Joe Arpaio Unconstitutional? A small group of lawyers are fighting to find out.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
“Arrest the American Islamic State Fighter; The U.S. courts are the best place to try someone who took up arms against the country”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View.
“Gerrymandering Goes Back to Court: As is so often the case, all eyes are on Justice Anthony Kennedy.” Slate has posted online this new installment of its “Amicus” podcast featuring Dahlia Lithwick. Lithwick’s guest is law professor Richard L. Hasen, author of the “Election Law Blog.”
“Supreme Court’s coming high-drama disputes could come down to a ‘court of one'”: Ryan Lovelace of the Washington Examiner has this report.