Ninth Circuit’s affirmance of the imposition of a federal life sentence without parole on a juvenile offender draws a partial dissent from Senior Circuit Judge Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.
And speaking of federal judges whose last names begin with the letter “O,” the manner in which the Federal Judicial Center has chosen to alphabetize those last names is worth a look. The Chicago Manuel of Style disagrees with the FJC’s approach.
“Ninth Circuit Advances Suit Over Anti-Abortion Foes’ Videos”: Helen Christophi of Courthouse News Service has an article that begins, “Planned Parenthood’s federal lawsuit accusing anti-abortion activists of hampering abortion access with doctored videos creating the impression clinics sell aborted fetal tissue will proceed intact, the Ninth Circuit ruled Wednesday.”
You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.
“Planned Parenthood Is Battling the Circuit Court That Wants to Overturn Roe“: Christina Cauterucci of Slate has this report.
“Wisconsin Supreme Court urged to force Legislature’s hand on defense lawyer pay”: Bruce Vielmetti of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has an article that begins, “The nation is watching Wisconsin’s Supreme Court to see how it addresses the state’s problem of underfunded criminal defense, a Washington, D.C., lawyer told the court Wednesday.”
“Supreme Court 2017 Decision Has Cost Investors Over $800 Million, SEC Says; Case will have ‘significant impact on the recovery we achieve for investors,’ enforcement official says”: Dave Michaels of The Wall Street Journal has this report.
“Three finalists for Colorado Supreme Court vacancy have been named; Gov. John Hickenlooper has 15 days from May 16 to appoint a justice”: Danika Worthington of The Denver Post has this report.
“Arkansas judge who blocked TV ads removes himself from Supreme Court justice’s case”: John Moritz and Doug Thompson of The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette have an article that begins, “A Washington County circuit judge who ordered that negative political ads against Supreme Court Justice Courtney Goodson be pulled off the airwaves recused himself from further involvement in the case Wednesday. However, the temporary restraining order by Circuit Judge Doug Martin still stands.”
And earlier today, Moritz had an article headlined “Judge who blocked ads against Arkansas Supreme Court justice reported receiving income from her husband’s law firm.”
“Academic highlight: The Supreme Court, the Rules Committees, and amicus practice.” Law professor Scott Dodson has this guest post at “SCOTUSblog.”
The March 2018 issue of the Virginia Law Review contained Dodson’s article titled “Should the Rules Committees Have an Amicus Role?“
“Iowa abortion suit won’t have easy path to US Supreme Court”: Barbara Rodriguez and David Pitt of The Associated Press have this report.
“Supreme Court Votes 7-2 To Legalize All Worldly Vices”: The Onion has this news brief.
“21 Trump Appellate Nominees Now Confirmed”: Patrick Gregory of Bloomberg Law has this report.
“Justice Department appeals order to disclose Clinton grand jury records”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has a blog post that begins, “The Trump administration is again fighting for greater secrecy in a Clinton-focused investigation: this time, the independent counsel probe that explored President Bill Clinton’s relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky.”
“Justice Ginsburg’s Groundbreaking Opinion in McCoy Revives Criminal Defendants’ Right to Autonomy”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
“Sports betting decision may empower states in other areas, from marijuana laws to sanctuary cities”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.
“The State of the States Before the Supreme Court”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.
In today’s mail: I received an advance copy of Sixth Circuit Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton‘s new book, “51 Imperfect Solutions: States and the Making of American Constitutional Law.” The book’s official on-sale date is June 4, 2018.
