“Federal appeals court upholds conviction of Russian Taliban fighter”: Frank Green of The Richmond Times-Dispatch has an article that begins, “A divided panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld a Richmond federal judge and ruled a Russian national captured on the battlefield and tried as a criminal here was not entitled to status as a prisoner of war.”
You can access today’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, in which each of the three judges on the panel wrote separately, at this link.
“Wilson Sonsini Partner Talks About Other Kozinski Clerks ‘Waiting, Dying’ to Testify in Aborted Investigation”: Ross Todd of The Recorder recently had this report.
And yesterday, the Committee on Judicial Conduct and Disability of the Judicial Conference of the United States issued this related order.
“Man convicted of bombing judge at Mountain Brook home asks Supreme Court to halt execution”: Ivana Hrynkiw of Alabama Media Group has this report.
Earlier, Kent Faulk has a front page article headlined “Jeff Sessions: It’s OK with feds if Alabama executes judge’s killer” in today’s edition of The Birmingham News. Faulk also has related articles headlined “‘Why my dad?’ Judge recalls father’s legacy as bomber’s execution nears” and “Lawyer to Alabama governor: Judge killed by bomb would oppose death penalty.”
Earlier today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued this ruling upholding Alabama’s ability to carry out its death sentence in this case.
And Kim Chandler of The Associated Press has a related article headlined “Aging death row: Is executing old or infirm inmates cruel?“
“Thousands of immigrants could benefit from Supreme Court ruling, lawyers say”: Maria Sacchetti of The Washington Post has this report.
“An Interview with Richard L. Hasen: In his new book, The Justice of Contradictions, the attorney dissects Antonin Scalia’s complex legacy.” Kenneth Jost has this interview online at the Washington Independent Review of Books.
Attorney who’s a part of #AppellateTwitter has her wedding featured on the front page of today’s edition of The Birmingham News: The article written by Greg Garrison is headlined “Former Miss America and new wife ‘felt so blessed,’” and it begins, “When Deidre Downs was crowned Miss America more than a decade ago, the idea of legalized gay marriage and Miss America later marrying her same-sex partner in Alabama would have been an unimaginable future.”
Earlier, Garrison had a related article headlined “Former Miss America Deidre Downs marries girlfriend at Birmingham Museum of Art.”
And People magazine has exclusive coverage in an article headlined “Former Miss America Winner Deidre Downs Gunn Marries Girlfriend in Romantic Southern Wedding.”
“NJ Supreme Court: Unconstitutional for taxpayer money to repair, restore churches.” Peggy Wright of The Daily Record of Morristown, New Jersey has this report.
Samantha Marcus of NJ Advance Media reports that “Taxpayer dollars can’t be used to fix up churches, N.J. Supreme Court rules.”
Melanie Anzidei of The Record of Hackensack, New Jersey reports that “State Supreme Court ruling could have ‘detrimental’ effects, experts say.”
And Nick Rummell of Courthouse News Service reports that “NJ Court Cracks Down on State Grants to Churches.”
You can access today’s unanimous ruling of the Supreme Court of New Jersey at this link.
“A taxing case: The Supreme Court seems divided over sales tax on online purchases; Should online retailers have to collect sales taxes in states where they have no physical presence?” Steven Mazie has this post at the “Democracy in America” blog of The Economist.
And at “SCOTUSblog,” Mark Walsh covered yesterday’s oral argument in a post titled “Argument analysis: Justices are divided on whether to overrule precedents on sales-tax collection by remote sellers.”
“Chief Justice Workman says WV Supreme Court has to restore public trust”: Brad McElhinny of West Virginia’s MetroNews has this report.
“Marquette’s discipline of conservative professor gains national spotlight as it hits high court”: Karen Herzog of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.
Melissa Korn of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Wisconsin Supreme Court to Hear Marquette Professor’s Free-Speech Case; Lawsuit asks to decide if blog post was protected academic debate or internet trolling.”
And Morgan Hughes of Marquette Wire reports that “Wisconsin Supreme Court hears McAdams case Thursday.”
“A Milestone for Ruth Bader Ginsburg: For the first time ever, the justice had the honor of assigning a majority opinion for the Supreme Court.” Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
“Not All Appeals Are Equal”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.
“Federal appeals court declares Ohio’s effort to defund Planned Parenthood unconstitutional”: Eric Heisig of The Cleveland Plain Dealer has this report.
Catherine Candisky of The Columbus Dispatch has an article headlined “Appeals court: State defunding of Planned Parenthood unconstitutional.”
Andrew Welsh-Huggins of The Associated Press reports that “Court blocks law that diverts money from Planned Parenthood.”
And Nate Raymond of Reuters reports that “U.S. appeals court says Ohio cannot block Planned Parenthood funds.”
You can access today’s ruling of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit at this link.
“Will Justice Gorsuch Give us a June Surprise?” Eric Segall has this post at “Dorf on Law.”
