“Fiduciary-Rule Fight Drags on for Financial Firms; Opposing court rulings on whether the Labor Department overreached may lead to Supreme Court deciding fate of requirement”: Lisa Beilfuss of The Wall Street Journal has this report.
And Tara Siegel Bernard of The New York Times reports that “Court Overturns Obama-Era Rule on Retirement Planners.”
“The Court Case Making Gun Makers Anxious: Families of victims killed at Sandy Hook allege Remington was negligent in supplying AR-15 to distribution channel that led to killer’s mother buying the gun.” Jacob Gershman of The Wall Street Journal has this report.
“Conservatives Mobilize Grass-Roots Activists To Promote Trump Judges”: Carrie Johnson had this audio segment on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”
“Atty Bloggers Find Niche Tracking Federal Appeals Courts”: Dan Packel of Law360.com has this report (subscription required for full access).
“The Justice Department Just Lost A Legal Battle Over Public Access To The Secret Surveillance Court”: Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News has this report on a per curiam ruling that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review issued today.
Today’s opinion reveals that the Court of Review either doesn’t have or hasn’t installed the italics font pack for Century Schoolbook on the word processing system from which today’s PDF opinion was created. On the other hand, a Google search seems to suggest that this blog may be the only place on the internet with any interest in this issue.
“Daughter of Supreme Court chief withdraws support of candidate Rebecca Dallet following criticism”: Daniel Bice and Patrick Marley of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel have this report.
“Is California protecting women or forcing clinics to promote abortion? Supreme Court to decide.” Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.
And Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “Abortion, free speech collide in Supreme Court dispute.”
Majority on divided Eleventh Circuit panel upholds warrantless border search of cell phones: One Judge Pryor wrote the opinion of the court, while the other Judge Pryor dissented. A senior judge sitting by designation from the Federal Circuit provided the decisive vote. You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit at this link.