“Neil Gorsuch swears in youngest person to ever serve on Nebraska Supreme Court”: Joe Duggan of The Omaha World-Herald has this report.
And Lori Pilger of The Lincoln Journal Star has an article headlined “Papik: ‘I will do my absolute best to apply the law faithfully and impartially.’“
Prohibiting a registered sex offender whose offense involved a child victim from voting in a high school does not violate the right to vote when other readily available ways to vote exist, Seventh Circuit rules: You can access today’s ruling of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit at this link.
“Hustler Hollywood sues city after losing zoning appeal”: Mark Alesia of The Indianapolis Star had this article back in January 2017.
Today, a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued this decision affirming a district court’s denial of Hustler Hollywood’s request for a preliminary injunction.
“AT&T will ask Supreme Court to cripple the FTC’s authority over broadband; AT&T victory would undermine FCC’s justification for net neutrality repeal”: Jon Brodkin of Ars Technica has this report.
“9th Circuit Court says Maricopa County is liable for Arpaio’s actions”: Michael Kiefer of The Arizona Republic has this report.
And Anita Snow of The Associated Press has a report headlined “Appeals court: County also liable for sheriff’s policies.”
You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.
“Freddie Gray case: Federal appeals court blocks suit against Baltimore State’s Attorney Mosby.” Sarah Meehan and Jessica Anderson of The Baltimore Sun have an article that begins, “The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has blocked a lawsuit against Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby brought by five city police officers who claimed she maliciously prosecuted them after the death in 2015 of Freddie Gray.”
You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at this link.
“51 Imperfect Solutions by Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton”: The Federalist Society has posted online at this link a podcast of this recent teleforum featuring Sixth Circuit Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton, Eleventh Circuit Judge William H. Pryor Jr., and law professor Randy E. Barnett.
“Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Granddaughter: ‘You Know Her as the Notorious RBG, but She’s Bubbie to Me.'” Clara Spera has this post online at Glamour magazine (via “Above the Law“).
“Dallas says it has a plan to resolve Southwest-Delta fight for Love Field gates”: Conor Shine of The Dallas Morning News has this report (via Gary Leff’s “View from the Wing“). This matter does have an appellate connection.
“The D.C. Circuit Affirms in Doe v. Mattis: No Transfer of a U.S. Citizen Detainee to Saudi Custody.” Robert Chesney has this post at the “Lawfare” blog.
And Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. court blocks transfer of American detainee held in Iraq.”
Today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit is currently under seal. If past practice is any indication, a redacted version of the opinion will be made public within the next few days.
“Mass. high court rules colleges have legal duty to prevent students from committing suicide”: John R. Ellement of The Boston Globe has this report.
Nate Raymond of Reuters reports that “Top Massachusetts court clears MIT in student suicide lawsuit.”
And Alanna Durkin Richer of The Associated Press reports that “Court rules MIT can’t be held liable for student’s suicide.”
You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts at this link.
“Federal judges back park service in dispute over protected land along Niobrara River”: Joe Duggan of The Omaha World-Herald has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued last Monday.
“Supreme Court president attacks ‘bad and dangerous’ override bill; Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked responded angrily to the comments”: Lahav Harkov, Yonah Jeremy Bob, and Greer Fay Cashman of The Jerusalem Post have this report.
“Quorums and conflicts of interest on the Supreme Court”: Dan Epps has this guest post at “SCOTUSblog.”
“Supreme Court rumor mill in overdrive on Anthony Kennedy retirement”: Melissa Quinn of the Washington Examiner has this report.
“Sex by Impersonation = Rape, Says Iowa Supreme Court; An interesting question, which some other courts have answered otherwise”: Eugene Volokh has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”
“U.S. Supreme Court to hear case involving class-action abuse”: The Las Vegas Review-Journal has published this editorial.
“Tea Leaves II: FantasySCOTUS renders a verdict.” Sam Wang has this post at the “Princeton Election Consortium” blog.
“Prosecutorial Fraud Arrives at the Supreme Court: In Sierra Pacific v U.S., the court can undo an injustice committed by the DoJ.” Adam J. White has this post online at The Weekly Standard.
“Trump push for conservative judges intensifies, to Democrats’ dismay”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.
#TeamNoGuac: Justice Stephen G. Breyer may be interested to learn that the Goings on About Town section of the May 14, 2018 issue of The New Yorker contains a Tables for Two item by Hannah Goldfield headlined “Elevated Mole and Mezcal at Claro: T.J. Steele, who splits his time between New York and Oaxaca, is challenging the idea that Mexican food should be inexpensive and informal.” No word on whether the mole is prepared tableside.
“UVA Law Second in Lawyers Arguing at Supreme Court This Term; Clinic Argued Two Cases, While Bamzai Made Debut as Amicus”: Mike Fox of the University of Virginia School of Law has a post that begins, “The University of Virginia School of Law is tied for second in the number of lawyers from an organization arguing before the U.S. Supreme Court this term, excluding the U.S. Office of the Solicitor General, and first among law schools.”
“OT2017 #24: ‘Kudos To Whoever Did This.'” You can access today’s new installment of the “First Mondays” podcast, featuring Ian Samuel and Dan Epps, via this link.
“Trump is transforming the judiciary, but he has yet to take aim at the court that annoys him the most”: Seung Min Kim of The Washington Post has this report.
“Arkansas Supreme Court candidates see ‘politics’ differently”: John Moritz has this front page article in today’s edition of The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
“As predicted by the Chief Justice in his Dimaya dissent, convictions under 924(c) starting to fall”: So notes a reader of this blog via email, citing this opinion that a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued on Friday.
“DACA and the danger of conflicting injunctions; Will the federal courts issue directly clashing national injunctions about DACA?” Samuel Bray has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”
Anna Salvatore examines Elena Kagan’s writings for The Daily Princetonian: In this post at the “High School SCOTUS” blog.
“In Bennett’s Battle to Destroy the Supreme Court, Kahlon Won’t Play His Assigned Role; When Kahlon announced that he would force his party members to vote against the bill attacking the Supreme Court, he found himself — once again — the gatekeeper for democracy”: Yossi Verter has this essay online at Haaretz.
“Thomas Balmer’s term up as chief justice of Oregon Supreme Court”: Brad Schmidt of The Oregonian has this report.
“Trump’s judges are flexing their muscles, from civil rights to campaign spending”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.
“Hurdles In Retrial Of Michael Skakel In Martha Moxley Murder Include Drug Addiction, Suspected Brother”: Edmund H. Mahony has this front page article in today’s edition of The Hartford Courant.
“Ministers approve Supreme Court override bill; Coalition still does not have a majority to approve the bill in a Knesset vote”: Lahav Harkov of The Jerusalem Post has this report.
Chaim Levinson and Jonathan Lis of Haaretz report that “Israeli Ministers Back Legislation to Curtail Top Court’s Powers; Netanyahu declined to use veto and postpone discussion after threats by coalition partners; Bill now heads to Knesset for vote.”
Raoul Wootliff of The Times of Israel reports that “Opposition skewers bill to rein in High Court; Kahlon vows to block it; Finance minister says he won’t let ‘extreme factions’ dictate agenda; Gabbay says ministers will be remembered for turning Israel into ‘Erdogan’s Turkey.’”
And Jeffrey Heller of Reuters reports that “Israeli legislation reining in Supreme Court wins preliminary approval.”
“Assistant Attorney General Beth Williams Delivers Remarks on Judicial Nominations to American Academy of Appellate Lawyers’ 2018 Spring Meeting”: In case you missed it (as I did until now), the U.S. Department of Justice has posted online the text of this speech delivered three weeks ago in New Orleans.
“Waterloo judge announces retirement from Iowa Supreme Court”: Amie Steffen of The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier has this report.