“Top Republicans in Pa. House, Senate submit congressional map to Gov. Wolf”: In today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Liz Navratil has a front page article that begins, “Facing a deadline imposed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, the legislature’s two top Republicans late Friday submitted to the governor a new statewide map of congressional districts to replace boundaries the justices ruled were unconstitutional.”
Charles Thompson of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania reports that “Pa. legislative leaders submit proposed Congressional map to Gov. Tom Wolf, Supreme Court.”
In today’s edition of The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania, Steve Esack and Laura Olson have a front page article headlined “GOP lawmakers release proposed new congressional map.”
Scott Calvert and Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal report that “Pennsylvania GOP Lawmakers Submit New Map in Gerrymandering Case; State’s Supreme Court had overturned current congressional districts as unfair to Democrats.”
Mark Scolforo and Marc Levy of The Associated Press reports that “Democrats see partisanship in GOP Pennsylvania district map.”
And Joseph Ax of Reuters reports that “Republican Pennsylvania leaders submit plan for redrawing congressional map.”
“Supreme Court backs CBC against bid to ‘unpublish’ internet story”: Sean Fine of The Toronto Globe and Mail has an article that begins, “The Supreme Court has refused to order the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. to remove a story from its website after the public broadcaster was charged with criminal contempt of court for refusing to do so.”
Jim Bronskill of The Canadian Press reports that “Supreme Court sides with CBC in publication ban case over archived stories on murdered Alberta girl.”
And Kathleen Harris of CBC News reports that “Supreme Court rules in favour of CBC in publication ban case; Case stems from court order to ‘unpublish’ material online after publication ban issued.”
You can access yesterday’s unanimous ruling of the Supreme Court of Canada at this link.
“Tim Burns keeps liberal views prominent in Wisconsin Supreme Court race while both sides blanch at unorthodox style”: Patrick Marley of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.
“Supreme Court on the verge of reversing some of its old decisions”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.
“Developers Seek $6 Million Tax Break for Trump-Managed Hotel”: Steve Eder and Ben Protess have this front page article in today’s edition of The New York Times.
“D.C. Circuit Review — Reviewed: Five Years After the Death of the Clerkship Plan.” Aaron Nielson has this post at the “Notice & Comment” blog of the Yale Journal on Regulation.
“Immigrants can sue federal detention center in Colorado over forced labor, appeals court says; The immigrants seek more than $5 million in damages from the GEO Group”: Kieran Nicholson of The Denver Post has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued today.
“Police can’t be fired for having affairs with other officers, court rules”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today, giving rise to an acknowledged circuit split.
“Court rules in favor of male student in sexual-assault case”: Dan Sewell of The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued today.
“Arab Bank Wins Ruling Tossing Verdict Over Terror Funding”: Chris Dolmetsch and Christie Smythe of Bloomberg News have this report.
Jonathan Stempel of Reuters reports that “Arab Bank terrorism case ends as U.S. court voids jury verdict.”
And Adam Klasfeld of Courthouse News Service reports that “Arab Bank Still on the Hook After Court Chucks Terror Verdict.”
You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.
“Bermuda Outlaws Gay Marriage, Less Than a Year After It Became Legal”: Megan Specia will have this article in Saturday’s edition of The New York Times.
“Court Revives Poet’s Free Speech Claims Against Public TV”: Josh Russell of Courthouse News Service has a report that begins, “The Second Circuit Court of Appeals revived an East Harlem poet’s free speech lawsuit against a public access television corporation that barred him from its studio.”
You can access today’s ruling of a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.
“Third-highest ranking official at the Justice Department stepping down”: Sari Horwitz and Josh Dawsey of The Washington Post have this report.
And Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News reports that “Rachel Brand, The Third-Ranking Justice Department Official, Is Stepping Down.”
Access online the contents of the February 2018 issue of the Harvard Law Review: Via this link. Therein, law professor Benjamin I. Sachs has an article titled “Agency Fees and the First Amendment.”
And online at the Harvard Law Review Forum, First Circuit Judge Juan R. Torruella has a commentary titled “Why Puerto Rico Does Not Need Further Experimentation with Its Future: A Reply to the Notion of ‘Territorial Federalism.’”
“No. 3 Official at the Justice Department Is Stepping Down”: Katie Benner of The New York Times has an article that begins, “Rachel L. Brand, the No. 3 official at the Justice Department, plans to step down after nine months on the job as the country’s top law enforcement agency has been under attack by President Trump, according to two people briefed on her decision.”
“Trump Promise Kept: Gorsuch Fits Scalia Mold on Criminal Law.” Jordan S. Rubin of Bloomberg BNA has this report.
“DOJ makes last pitch for immediate SCOTUS review of DACA”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.
“Court reinstates negligence charge against hotel in beating”: Judy Greenwald of Business Insurance has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued yesterday.
“State asks U.S. Supreme Court to review ‘Indian Country’ ruling that would require federal jurisdiction; State asks justices to review appellate decision with far-reaching implications”: Curtis Killman of The Tulsa World has an article that begins, “Oklahoma would become a ‘fractured, second-class state’ if an appellate court ruling that greatly expanded what is considered ‘Indian country’ is allowed to stand, a petition filed on behalf of the state with the U.S. Supreme Court argues.”
“Tim Burns hopes to join state Supreme Court but has only had one case in Wisconsin court”: Patrick Marley of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.
“Markel murder suspects facing additional charges”: Karl Etters of The Tallahassee Democrat has an article that begins, “New charges filed Wednesday against the two accused murderers of Florida State law professor Dan Markel reflect what investigators say was their integral role in the plot to have him killed.”
“Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s gerrymandering opinion seen as ‘groundbreaking,’ model for other states”: Tim Darragh of The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania has this report.
“As deadline looms, Republicans consider new strategy for Pa. congressional maps”: Liz Navratil of The Philadelphia Inquirer has an article that begins, “It’s official: The state legislature will not pass a new congressional map before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s Friday deadline.”
And Wallace McKelvey of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania reports that “As clock ticks down to redraw Congressional map, Pa. lawmakers mull limited options.”
“Waiting for Justice: One man’s seven-year wait for a trial reveals the ways mandatory minimums distort our courts.” Online at Slate, law professor Jeffrey Bellin has a jurisprudence essay that begins, “A federal appeals court recently freed a man who had been incarcerated nearly seven years awaiting trial.”
“The United States Supreme Court remains doggedly, and ludicrously, opposed to cameras, although it eventually releases audio recordings of oral arguments.” So writes Jeffrey Toobin in his post titled “How Larry Nassar’s Trial Made the Case for Cameras in the Court” online at The New Yorker.
“Massachusetts’ high court: Do you know this justice?” Alanna Durkin Richer of The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A man’s portrait has hung for years outside the chambers of the chief justice on Massachusetts’ highest court. The problem? No one knows who he is.”
“A Chicken and Egg Problem”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.
“For privacy advocates, Nunes’ criticism of the FBI brings mental whiplash”: In today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times, Evan Halper has a front page article that begins, “After years of toiling against the surveillance state, sounding alarms about privacy and warning of Orwellian law enforcement overreach, civil libertarians now find their talking points have been hijacked. A serious case of intellectual whiplash has ensued.”
“Supreme Court’s conservatives appear set to strike down union fees on free-speech grounds”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.
“Yahoo asks Supreme Court to overturn Mass. court ruling on estate rights to dead’s emails”: Bob McGovern of The Boston Herald has an article that begins, “Yahoo is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to definitively declare what happens to our emails when we die and overturn a Massachusetts high court decision finding that federal law doesn’t bar disclosing the digital communications to representatives of someone’s estate.”
Baby judges: Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press reports that “In this classroom, every student’s name is ‘Judge.’”
“Why Pa.’s gerrymandered map went too far, acccording to state Supreme Court”: Jonathan Lai and Liz Navratil of The Philadelphia Inquirer have this report.
In today’s edition of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Charles Thompson has a front page article headlined “Pa. Supreme Court issues opinions in Congressional redistricting case.”
Sam Levine of HuffPost reports that “Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court Explains Why It Struck Down Congressional Map Favoring GOP.”
And Lindsay Lazarski of WHYY reports that “Pa. Supreme Court details violation of voter rights in full opinion striking down congressional map.”
Yesterday’s opinions of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in this matter consisted of a 136-page majority opinion, an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, and two dissenting opinions (here and here).
“Anti-union challengers are on the verge of victory at Supreme Court”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.
“On Tour With Notorious R.B.G., Judicial Rock Star”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Friday’s edition of The New York Times.
I know that I am looking forward to seeing Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speak on Monday evening at the National Constitution Center.
“Sotomayor Calls for More Diversity on the Bench”: Madison Bober of The Emory Wheel has this report.
And at the Emory News Center, Susan Carini reports that “Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor visits Emory Law.”
