Upcoming speaking appearances: On the evening of Wednesday, April 11, 2018, I will be in Washington, DC as a panelist at a Coke Appellate Inn of Court meeting focusing on appellate blogging and #AppellateTwitter. Kannon Shanmugan, Sean Marotta, and Jaime Santos will also be panelists. Did you know that the Coke Appellate Inn of Court appears to have once been the subject of a blog?
And on Thursday, May 3, 2018 in Wilmington, Delaware, I will be one of three panelists at the District of Delaware’s Bench & Bar Conference for a one-hour session tited “Legal Blog Roundtable.” David Lat and Anne Urda will also be panelists.
I realize that few this blog’s readers are likely going to be able to attend either of these events, and it has certainly been too long since I have had a speaking event in Washington, DC that was open to the general public. Although this probably goes without saying, the way that organizations get me to participate as a speaker or panelist at an event is simple — they ask.
“Gov. Scott appeals judge’s ruling on voting rights for felons; He had an April 26 deadline to come up with a new way to restore voting rights for felons”: Lawrence Mower of The Tampa Bay Times has this report.
Arian Campo-Flores of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Florida Officials Appeal Court Order on Felon Voting Rights; The state has nearly 1.7 million people who have lost their voting rights because of felony convictions.”
Gary Fineout of The Associated Press reports that “Florida challenges order to make voting rights changes.”
Jim Saunders of News Service of Florida reports that “Florida appeals U.S. judge’s ruling on restoring felons’ voting rights.”
And Sam Levine of HuffPost reports that “Florida Gov. Rick Scott To Fight Court Order To Have New System For Restoring Voting Rights; A federal judge ruled in January that Scott has until April 26 to announce a new state plan for restoring voting rights to former felons.”
“Class action objectors defend 9th Circuit’s infamous Hyundai ruling”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.
“Court rules in favor of Pinky the dog, says Des Moines ordinance too vague”: Stephen Gruber-Miller of The Des Moines Register has this report.
And David Pitt of The Associated Press has a report headlined “Court: Part of Des Moines vicious dog law unconstitutional.”
You can access today’s 3-to-2 ruling of the Court of Appeals of Iowa at this link.
“Neil Gorsuch’s Legacy Is Already Devastating: His nomination fight paved the way for a flood of hyperpartisan lower court judges.” Yuvraj Joshi has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
“R.I. Supreme Court holds session at Lincoln High School, hears common-law marriage case”: Katie Mulvaney of The Providence (R.I.) Journal has this report.
“Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox and Supreme Court Justice Thomas Lee say they broke no ethics rules by using Utah Jazz owner’s front-row seats”: Lee Davidson of The Salt Lake Tribune has this report.
“On the Passing of a Noble Jurist: Judge Stephen Reinhardt, 1931–2018.” Online at City Journal, Heather Mac Donald has a post that begins, “I was the ‘clerk who had gone bad,’ U.S. Ninth Circuit Judge Stephen Reinhardt used to say to me (and probably say about me as well).”
“The Exile: In Memory of Judge Stephen Reinhardt.” Ben Wizner has this post at the ACLU’s “Speak Freely” blog.
“Delaying ruling on partisan gerrymanders? Pros and Cons.” Lyle Denniston has this post at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.
“The Scalia Problem: It Wasn’t Originalism or Textualism — It Was Trumpism; A review of Richard L. Hasen’s The Justice of Contradictions: Antonin Scalia and the Politics of Disruption.” Simon Lazarus has this book review online at The American Prospect.
“John Thompson vs. American Justice”: The New Yorker has posted this podcast online.
“This solution to gerrymandering is worse than the problem”: Charles Lane has this essay online at The Washington Post.
“Liberal Judge Wins Wisconsin Supreme Court Seat, Buoying Democrats”: Monica Davey has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.
Harry Enten of CNN has a news analysis headlined “Big win by liberals in Wisconsin is bad news for GOP and Scott Walker.”
Amy Lieu of Fox News reports that “Wisconsin’s GOP governor warns of ‘Blue Wave’ as liberal wins court seat.”
Amanda Terkel of HuffPost reports that “Democrats Score Big Win In Wisconsin Supreme Court Race.”
And from BuzzFeed News, Katherine Miller and Salvador Hernandez report that “A Liberal Judge Has Defeated Her Conservative Opponent In A Closely Watched Wisconsin Supreme Court Election.” And Molly Hensley-Clancy and Darren Sands have an article headlined “A Liberal Judge Won In Wisconsin — And That’s A Bad Sign For Republicans This Year.”
“‘Trailblazing’ Utah Supreme Court justice to address Westminster College’s graduating class”: Marjorie Cortez of The Deseret News has this report.
“Don’t let politicians choose their voters: The Supreme Court should end the anti-democratic practice of political gerrymandering.” USA Today has published this editorial.
“Candid conversation with Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor inspires students”: Vanderbilt University has issued this news release.
“A year in, Trump’s pick makes waves at high court”: Lydia Wheeler of The Hill has this report.
