In the April 2018 issue of ABA Journal magazine: Mark Walsh has articles headlined “The high court weighs whether internet retailers must collect state sales taxes” and “Data scientists help courts grapple with increasingly divisive maps.”
Terry Carter has an article headlined “The executive branch pushes the boundaries of the separation of powers.”
And David L. Hudson Jr. has an article headlined “Can anti-profanity laws and the fighting words doctrine be squared with the First Amendment?“
“Citing Homophobia, Malloy Says Republicans Will Block McDonald Court Nomination”: Christopher Keating of The Hartford Courant has an article that begins, “Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced Monday that Senate Republicans intend to block the highly controversial nomination of Andrew McDonald as the next chief justice of the state Supreme Court and suggested some of the opposition is because McDonald is gay.”
“Trump lawyer seeks to defend Texas political maps at Supreme Court”: Chuck Lindell of The Austin American-Statesman has this report.
“Wisconsin Supreme Court: Contentious debates, big money, attack ads mark week before race.” Bill Glauber and Patrick Marley of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel have this report.
“Kennedy to sit out Wash. tribal fishing rights case”: Amanda Reilly of Greenwire has this report.
“Trump’s New Judicial Litmus Test: Shrinking ‘the Administrative State.'” Jeremy W. Peters of The New York Times has this report.
“GOP senators fuel Justice Kennedy retirement talk”: Alexander Bolton of The Hill has this report.
“The Supreme Court Case That Could Transform Politics: The late Antonin Scalia believed the court was powerless to do anything about gerrymandering; Will today’s justices agree?” Law professor Richard L. Hasen — author of the “Election Law Blog” — has this essay online at Politico Magazine.
“Supreme Court takes on Democrats and Republicans over one-sided maps”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.
Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “Another key redistricting case goes in front of high court.”
David A. Lieb of The Associated Press reports that “Numerous redistricting challenges pending in courts.”
And The Baltimore Sun has published an editorial titled “A Maryland case could be the key to a Supreme Court ruling against gerrymandering. It still wouldn’t be enough.”
“Prisoners’ right to vote entrenched in electoral act, lawyer says”: Melissa Nightingale of The New Zealand Herald has an article that begins, “The second part of an appeal to allow prisoners the right to vote is being heard in Wellington today.”
And Radio New Zealand reports that “Legal battle over prisoner voting ban heard at Supreme Court; The career criminal, Arthur Taylor, has taken his legal battle challenging a ban on prisoner voting to this country’s highest court.”
“As Sandy Hook Families Await Supreme Court Ruling, Remington Files for Bankruptcy”: Dave Altimari of The Hartford Courant has an article that begins, “The bankruptcy filing by Remington Outdoor Inc., the company that makes the rifle used in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, will force some of the victims families to seek approval of a bankruptcy judge to let their legal fight against the nation’s oldest gun maker go forward.”
“OT2017 #19: ‘This Classroom Is Not Full.'” You can access today’s new installment of the “First Mondays” podcast, featuring Ian Samuel, Dan Epps, and special guest Linda Greenhouse, via this link.
“An Ohio Bill Would Ban All Abortions. It’s Part of a Bigger Plan.” This editorial appears in today’s edition of The New York Times.
“Impeach state Supreme Court? Not happening. But watch for GOP payback.” Columnist John Baer has this essay online at The Philadelphia Inquirer.
“Pursing a law career later in life, Supreme Court candidate Screnock proudly wears ‘legal nerd’ label”: Patrick Marley of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.
“Judge Amy St. Eve — Nominee for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit”: Harsh Voruganti has this post at his blog, “The Vetting Room.”
“Restoring Judicial Impeachment”: Greg Weiner has this post at the Law and Liberty blog.
Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court did not grant review in any new cases.
