“Gov. Martinez appoints new judge to state Court of Appeals”: Andrew Oxford of The Santa Fe New Mexican has an article that begins, “Gov. Susana Martinez on Friday appointed a Republican lawyer from Los Lunas to a seat on the state Court of Appeals. Emil Kiehne, 45, is the governor’s third appointee to the nine-member appellate court this year after recent retirements.”
In addition to containing a pronunciation guide for his last name, the article also mentions that Kiehne formerly practiced law in Philadelphia. Emil’s kind invitation led to my memorable visit to New Mexico in 2016 to serve as the keynote speaker at the New Mexico Bar Association’s Appellate Practice Institute. Here’s wishing Emil all the best in serving as a judge on the New Mexico Court of Appeals!
“Here are the major questions before the Supreme Court this fall”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.
“Every year, millions try to navigate US courts without a lawyer”: Lauren Sudeall Lucas and Darcy Meals have this post at The Conversation.
“High court rejects petition to force ranked-choice voting in March”: Tripp Stelnicki of The Santa Fe New Mexican has this report.
“7th Circuit affirms Chicago ‘puppy mill’ ordinance”: Dave Stafford has this post at The Indiana Lawyer about a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued yesterday.
“Patent Venue: Cyberspace does not Expand Place of Business.” Dennis Crouch has this post at his “Patently-O” blog about an order that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued yesterday.
“U.S. Supreme Court may take Florida case involving medical records”: Jim Saunders of the News Service of Florida has this report.
“Trump, Though Not on Stage, Looms Large in Alabama G.O.P. Senate Debate”: Jonathan Martin has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.
“Sen. Casey returns a blue slip for Stephanos Bibas”: Orin Kerr has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”
And at his “CA3blog,” Matthew Stiegler has a post titled “Bibas featured in provocative new article on plea bargaining” about Emily Yoffe’s article in the September 2017 issue of The Atlantic headlined “Innocence Is Irrelevant: This is the age of the plea bargain — and millions of Americans are suffering the consequences.”
“The Supreme Court and Military Control of Civil Offices”: Steve Vladeck has this post at the “Lawfare” blog.
“Travel ban revisions may add countries, alter court challenge”: Richard Wolf and Kevin Johnson of USA Today have this report.
And Michael D. Shear and Ron Nixon of The New York Times report that “Trump’s Travel Ban to Be Replaced by Restrictions Tailored to Certain Countries.”
“The Supreme Court Gets Its First Test of Gay Rights Since 2015; A case that began with a chat about a wedding cake has grown into a clash between free speech and equality”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.
“In Trump’s America, is the Supreme Court still seen as legitimate?” Michael Nelson, Eric Plutzer, and Michael Berkman have this post at The Conversation.
“Fourth Amendment Blockbuster Tops Supreme Court Criminal Docket”: Jordan S. Rubin of Bloomberg BNA has this report.
“Trump’s impact felt in Supreme Court labor rights cases”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.
“Labor Leads ‘Momentous’ SCOTUS Term”: Bloomberg BNA has posted online this video featuring Kimberly Robinson and Madison Alder.
“E&E News legal reporters Amanda Reilly and Ellen M. Gilmer preview the Supreme Court’s fall term”: E&E News, which publishes Greenwire, has posted this video on YouTube.
“At Menendez Trial, Legal Wrestling Over Definition of ‘Constituent'”: Nick Corasaniti has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.
“Obergefell Is Already Under Attack: Trump is laying the groundwork to overturn marriage equality.” Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
“Controversy Over Law Profs’ Op-Ed On The Breakdown Of The ‘Bourgeois Culture’ Shifts From Penn To San Diego”: Paul Caron has this post at “TaxProf Blog.”
At “Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports,” Leiter has a post titled “USD Law Dean Stephen Ferruolo should either resign or issue a public apology.”
And law professor Jonah B. Gelbach has a post titled “Facts v. Wax” at the “Heterodox Academy” blog.
“Meaning in the framework of corpus linguistics”: Neal Goldfarb has this post at his blog, “LAWnLinguistics.”
“Newest Supreme Court justice at U of L: ‘Judges should wear robes, not capes.'” Andrew Wolfson of The Courier-Journal of Louisville, Kentucky has this report.
Daniel Desrochers of The Lexington Herald-Leader has an article headlined “McConnell shows off prized accomplishment to Kentucky: Justice Neil Gorsuch.”
And Bruce Schreiner of The Associated Press reports that “Supreme Court’s Gorsuch touts conservative role for judges.”
“‘I Don’t Like Either One’: Alabama Republicans Consider Roy Moore and Luther Strange.” Charles Bethea has this post online at The New Yorker.
And Nathan McDermott and Andrew Kaczynski of CNN.com have a report headlined “Senate candidate Roy Moore in 2005: ‘Homosexual conduct should be illegal.’”
“Justice Sotomayor says cameras intrude on the Supreme Court’s process”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.
Saba Hamedy of CNN.com reports that “Justice Sotomayor says she hasn’t heard from half her family in Puerto Rico.”
And Rich Schapiro of The New York Daily News reports that “Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor can’t reach some of her family in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria.”
“Separating Amicus Wheat from Chaff”: Law professor Aaron-Andrew P. Bruhl and Adam Feldman have posted this paper on SSRN.
“New opinion — student-athletes showing concussion signs have a right to be protected”: At his “CA3blog,” Matthew Stiegler has this thoughtful post about a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued today.
As noted in earlier posts that you can access here and here, I briefed and argued the appeal as appellate counsel for plaintiffs-appellants.
“11th Circ. to Texas Supreme Court: When does clock start for personal injury lawsuits?” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post, in which this “How Appealing” post from last night is mentioned.
“Some misguided defenses of Sen. Feinstein’s questioning of judicial nominee”: Rick Garnett has this post at “PrawfsBlawg.”
“Justice Ginsburg surprise speaker at Jewish new year service”: Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press has this report.
“Masterpiece Cakeshop and the Effort To Rewrite Smith and its Progeny”: Jim Oleske has this post at the “Take Care” blog.
“Memorial Ceremony for Judge John T. Noonan”: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has posted this video on YouTube. Justice Anthony M. Kennedy participated in the memorial ceremony.
“The Textual Argument That the President Does Not Hold an ‘Office Under the United States'”: Asher Steinberg has this post at his blog, “The Narrowest Grounds.”
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.”
