“Appeals court allows SB 4 ‘sanctuary cities’ ban to stand”: Philip Jankowski of The Austin American-Statesman has this report.
James Barragan of The Dallas Morning News reports that “Federal appeals court says Texas ‘sanctuary cities’ law can stand for now.”
Jason Buch of The San Antonio Express-News reports that “5th Circuit upholds Texas’ sanctuary cities law.”
Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times reports that “Appeals court backs Texas, Trump in sanctuary city fight; Ruling: ICE detainers are legal; state can punish sanctuaries.”
Paul J. Weber of The Associated Press reports that “US appeals court upholds Texas’ ban on ‘sanctuary cities.’”
Jon Herskovitz of Reuters reports that “U.S. court upholds most of Texas law to punish ‘sanctuary cities.’”
Laurel Brubaker Calkins of Bloomberg News reports that “Texas Anti-Sanctuary Law Mostly Survives Appeal Court Fight.”
Josh Gerstein of Politico reports that “Appeals court overturns block on Texas anti-sanctuary law.”
And Julian Aguilar of The Texas Tribune reports that “Federal appeals court’s ruling upholds most of Texas’ ‘sanctuary cities’ law.”
You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit at this link.
“Supreme Court supermajority bill might violate Iowa Constitution”: Online at The Des Moines Register, law professor Todd E. Pettys has an essay that begins, “On March 6, the Iowa Senate approved legislation that would prevent the Iowa Supreme Court from declaring Iowa statutes unconstitutional unless it can muster a supermajority of five out of seven justices.”
“Rumors of possible Supreme Court vacancy could fire up Republican base, experts say”: Doug McKelway of Fox News has this report.
“Dreaming of an Empty Seat: Anthony Kennedy’s possible retirement from the Supreme Court is the only thing keeping Republicans’ hopes alive.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
“Should Like Cases Be Decided Alike? A Formal Analysis of Four Theories of Justice.” Ben Johnson and Richard Jordan have posted this paper on SSRN (via “Legal Theory Blog“).
“Porn kingpin Larry Flynt loses appeal over Missouri execution secrecy”: Tony Rizzo of The Kansas City Star has this report.
And Dan Margolies of KCUR Radio reports that “Court Says Hustler Publisher Larry Flynt Not Entitled To Missouri Execution Records.”
You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit at this link.
“An Undocumented Teen At The Center Of A Suit Against The Trump Administration Said She Doesn’t Want An Abortion After All”: Ema O’Connor and Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News have this report.
“‘Feeling fine’ at 85: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg fends off retirement.” Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.
“Judicial Conference Receives Status Report on Workplace Conduct Review”: The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts issued this news release today.
“Trump appoints lots of white men to be federal judges. Here’s why it matters.” Michael Nelson and Rachael Hinkle have this entry at the “Monkey Cage” blog of The Washington Post.
“Gerrymandering Justice”: Today’s edition of The Legal Intelligencer — Philadelphia’s daily newspaper for lawyers — contains this month’s installment of my “Upon Further Review” column.
“Guest Post by Tobias Barrington Wolff: The Provocateur’s Toolbox.” Law professor Tobias Barrington Wolff has this guest post at “The Faculty Lounge” blog.
And in related coverage, online at Philadelphia magazine, Ernest Owens has a blog post titled “Black Law Students Ask Penn to Censure Professor After ‘Disparaging, False’ Racial Claims.”
“AO Publishes Annual Report and Court Statistics”: The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts issued this news release today. You can access the report here and the statistics via this link.
“Justice Brennan’s Correspondences with Ms. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis”: Josh Blackman has this blog post.
“Alumnus Named Bristow Fellow; Adam Sorensen ’17 To Help With Appeals in Solicitor General’s Office”: Mike Fox of the University of Virginia School of Law has this report.
“Florida governor’s court plan could be hurt by Senate run”: Gary Fineout of The Associated Press has this report.
“South Dakota urges Supreme Court to click ‘buy’ on internet sales tax”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.
