The Eleventh Circuit has certified a question to the Supreme Court of Texas: You can access today’s per curiam ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit at this link.
Under Bonner v. City of Prichard, 661 F.2d 1206, 1209 (11th Cir. 1981) (en banc), the Eleventh Circuit can do this because it was once a part of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.*
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*Emails from readers suggest that the lame attempt at appellate humor found in the second paragraph of this post has fallen flat, at least outside of the Eleventh Circuit.
“Antonin Scalia, Legal Educator”: Adam J. White has this article in the Fall 2017 issue of National Affairs.
“Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Remarks at Georgetown Law: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg spoke to first year law students at Georgetown Law Center on a variety of legal topics.” C-SPAN has posted at this link the video of this event from earlier today.
And at the “Reliable Source” blog of The Washington Post, Emily Heil has an entry titled “Tiffany Trump attends a law school lecture by Ruth Bader Ginsburg.”
“Allison Eid on course to replace Neil Gorsuch on federal appeals court after tussle with Senate panel; Democrats push Colorado Supreme Court justice on civil liberties during confirmation hearing”: Mark K. Matthews of The Denver Post has this report.
And Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Replacement for Gorsuch cruises through Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.”
“In the long run, class actions may not be the best way to redress data breaches”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.
“Montana must rewrite transgender bathroom ballot description”: Amy Beth Hanson of The Associated Press has this report on an order that the Supreme Court of Montana issued yesterday.
“Two Men, Senator Mike Lee’s Brother, And Hopefully A Baby: Here’s hoping we don’t need SCOTUS to get involved.” Ellen Trachman has this post at “Above the Law.”
“The Obvious Irony of Chemerinsky on Barrett and Feinstein”: Paul Horwitz has this post at “PrawfsBlawg.”
“‘Preposterous’ Stonewalling By Judicial Nominees Makes a Mockery of Confirmation Hearings”: Dan Froomkin has this guest post at “ACSBlog.”
“The Constitution Is Passing the Trump Stress Test: Congress and the courts are doing their jobs so far to pull back the president from his worst threats.” Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View.
“Can companies block employees’ class-action lawsuits? The Supreme Court will hear the labour dispute on October 2nd, the first day of the justices’ new term.” Steven Mazie has this post at the “Democracy in America” blog of The Economist.
“Justice Allison Eid — Nominee for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit”: Harsh Voruganti has this post at his blog, “The Vetting Room.”
“Voluntary Integration Decisions Take Center Stage in Debate over Eighth Circuit Judicial Nomination”: Derek Black has this post at the “Education Law Prof Blog.”
“Longtime 6th Circuit appeals court judge from Ohio will take senior status”: Eric Heisig of The Cleveland Plain Dealer has an article that begins, “Longtime 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Alice Batchelder has decided to take senior status, opening up another seat for President Donald Trump to fill on the Cincinnati-based appellate court.”
“Trump judicial nominee said transgender children are part of ‘Satan’s plan,’ defended ‘conversion therapy'”: Chris Massie and Andrew Kaczynski of CNN.com have this report.
“New Filings in the Emoluments Clause Litigation”: Josh Blackman has this blog post today, responding to a post that Jed Shugerman had at the “Take Care” blog late last month titled “Questions about the Emoluments Amicus Brief on Behalf of Trump.”
View today’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing to consider the nomination of Colorado Supreme Court Justice Allison H. Eid to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit: Live now via this link.
And Mark K. Matthews of The Denver Post has an article headlined “A look at Colorado’s Allison Eid, whose record bends to Trump’s conservatism, as her U.S. appeals court nomination goes to Senate; The 12-year justice on the Colorado Supreme Court is expected to face a smooth path to replace Neil Gorsuch.”
