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Friday, April 20, 2018

“The Seventh Circuit splits on the national injunction; National injunction upheld 2-1 in Chicago sanctuary city case”: Samuel Bray has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

Posted at 10:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“Hollywood’s newest action star: The Constitution’s takings clause.” Columnist George F. Will has this essay online at The Washington Post.

Posted at 3:16 PM by Howard Bashman



“Emanuel wins court ruling in sanctuary city lawsuit against Trump administration”: John Byrne of The Chicago Tribune has this report.

Jon Seidel and Fran Spielman of The Chicago Sun-Times report that “Court upholds ruling, blocks Trump administration in sanctuary cities case.”

Shibani Mahtani of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Court Upholds Ruling Barring U.S. From Punishing Sanctuary Cities; Federal funding for policing programs can’t be withheld for lack of cooperation with immigration enforcement, judges rule.”

Aamer Madhani of USA Today reports that “Appeals court deals another blow to Trump effort to withhold funds from sanctuary cities.”

Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times reports that “Judges warn of Trump ‘tyranny’ in defending sanctuary cities.”

Herbert G. McCann of The Associated Press reports that “Court sides with sanctuary cities in fight over grants.”

Dan Levine of Reuters reports that “Appeals court rules against U.S. on funds for sanctuary cities.”

Tal Kopan of CNN reports that “Trump and Sessions lose another sanctuary cities case.”

Josh Gerstein of Politico reports that “Appeals court rules against Trump policy punishing sanctuary cities.”

And Dominic Holden of BuzzFeed News reports that “The Justice Department Just Lost A Major Sanctuary City Case; The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court ruling, thereby preventing the Trump administration from denying grant funds to sanctuary cities nationwide.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of a partially divided three-judge ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit at this link.

Posted at 1:36 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump’s War on ‘Deep State’ Judges; The administration wants the Supreme Court to make it easier for politically appointed agency heads to fire in-house jurists”: Margaret Newkirk and Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News have this report.

Posted at 1:05 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Skillful Foreshadowing of Neil Gorsuch: The newest Supreme Court justice issued two high-profile opinions that are different in tone but say a great deal about his worldview.” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at The Atlantic.

Posted at 11:08 AM by Howard Bashman



“McConnell aims to reshape courts in case Senate flips; The Kentucky Republican is prioritizing confirmation of conservative judges in what may be his final months as majority leader”: Burgess Everett of Politico has this report.

Posted at 11:04 AM by Howard Bashman



“The Third Circuit honors its newest judge, Stephanos Bibas”: Matthew Stiegler has this post at his “CA3blog.”

Posted at 9:09 AM by Howard Bashman



“Appeal planned after court voids Texas ‘revenge porn’ law”: Chuck Lindell of The Austin American-Statesman has this report.

Andrea Zelinski of The Houston Chronicle reports that “Texas’ ‘revenge porn’ law struck down by state appeals court.”

And Emma Platoff of The Texas Tribune reports that “State appeals court rules Texas’ ‘revenge porn’ law violates the First Amendment; The Tyler-based 12th Court of Appeals also said the law is overly broad; The case is now likely headed to the state’s highest criminal court.”

You can access Wednesday’s ruling of the Twelfth Court of Appeals of Texas at this link.

Posted at 9:03 AM by Howard Bashman



“Court reinstates lawsuit against online gun seller from Azana Spa mass shooting”: Bruce Vielmetti of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.

Todd Richmond of The Associated Press reports that “Wisconsin appeals court reinstates spa shooting lawsuit.”

Tina Bellon of Reuters reports that “Wisconsin court allows lawsuit against gun sale website to proceed.”

And Erik Larson of Bloomberg News reports that “U.S. Online Gun Market Takes a Hit From Wisconsin Court Ruling.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the Court of Appeals of Wisconsin at this link.

Posted at 8:53 AM by Howard Bashman