“Oregon Supreme Court upholds Thurston High School shooter Kip Kinkel’s 112-year prison sentence”: Jack Moran has this front page article in today’s edition of The Register-Guard of Eugene, Oregon.
Aimee Green of The Oregonian reports that “Thurston shooter Kip Kinkel’s 112-year prison term is constitutional, high court rules.”
Tom James of The Associated Press reports that “Oregon school shooter loses life-sentence appeal.”
Nick Mccann of Courthouse News Service reports that “Oregon High Court OKs 112-Year Sentence for School Shooter.”
And Kimberley Freda of Oregon Public Broadcasting reports that “Oregon Supreme Court Upholds Sentence For 1998 Thurston High School Shooter.”
You can access yesterday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Oregon via this link.
“Could a U.S. State Sue Russia for Election-Related Hacking Under the Supreme Court’s Original Jurisdiction?” Ingrid Wuerth has this post at the “Lawfare” blog.
“Opponents of DACA program seek repeat trip from Brownsville, Texas, to Supreme Court”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.
“Supreme Court Notebook: Mystery, a faux pas, wordy Breyer.” Mark Sherman and Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press have this report.
“Trump’s judges, U.S. attorneys overwhelmingly white men; The analysis of the president’s nominees was released by Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee”: Matthew Nussbaum of Politico has this report.
“Growing share of Americans say Supreme Court should base its rulings on what Constitution means today”: Kristen Bialik of the Pew Research Center has this report.
“Sen. Chuck Grassley to Supreme Court justices on retirement: ‘Do it yesterday.'” Sally Persons of The Washington Times has this report.
Ariane de Vogue of CNN reports that “Grassley cites midterms in plea to Supreme Court justices to decide on retirement.”
And Burgess Everett of Politico reports that “Grassley reignites SCOTUS war; His suggestion that Anthony Kennedy or other justices considering retirement do so now triggers an angry response from Democrats.”
“When Jurors Are Silenced”: This editorial will appear in Friday’s edition of The New York Times.
“Replacing Schneiderman: A ‘Brilliant’ Lawyer Who Worked Behind the Scenes.” In today’s edition of The New York Times, Alan Feuer has an article that begins, “Despite a life of firsts — first in her law-school class, the first woman to serve as the nation’s solicitor general and now the first to serve as New York State’s attorney general — Barbara D. Underwood has spent most of her career as a No. 2.”
“11th Circ. Won’t Clear Venezuela In Suit Over Bolívar Artifacts”: Carolina Bolado of Law360.com has this report (subscription required for full access) on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued today. Circuit Judge Robin S. Rosenbaum wrote the opinion on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel. In footnote five, the opinion explains why Venezuela is now formally known as the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
“U.S. court protects Adidas Stan Smith shoe from Skechers look-alike”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.
“CVS wins appeal of opioid prescriber’s $1 million defamation verdict”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post about a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued yesterday.
“Review of Republican Efforts to Pack Federal Courts”: The Democrats on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee issued this report today.
“Trump nominates Melaleuca attorney Ryan Nelson to the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals”: Betsy Z. Russell of The Idaho Press-Tribune has this report.
And the Public Information Office of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has issued a news release titled “Idaho Attorney Ryan D. Nelson Nominated to Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.”
Today, the White House issued a news release titled “President Donald J. Trump Announces Fourteenth Wave of Judicial Nominees, Thirteenth Wave of United States Attorney Nominees, and Eighth Wave of United States Marshal Nominees.”
“Democrats: Prepare to Pack the Supreme Court; If Republicans refuse to let the other party govern, all options should be on the table.” Scott Lemieux has this essay online at The New Republic.
“State of Wisconsin urges U.S. Supreme Court to deny Brendan Dassey’s petition for review”: Andy Thompson of The Post-Crescent of Appleton, Wisconsin has this report.
“Surprising Originalism”: Law professor Lawrence B. Solum has posted this article on SSRN (via “Legal Theory Blog“).
“Texas suit could speed DACA’s path to Supreme Court”: Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press has this report.
And in the Talk of the Town section of the May 14, 2018 issue of The New Yorker, Amy Davidson Sorkin has a Comment headlined “Does Donald Trump Understand What DACA Means? So far, the Administration’s incompetence and the courts’ rectitude have seen the Dreamers through. But those factors may be temporary safeguards.”
“How the Supreme Court Grasps Religion”: Linda Greenhouse has this essay online at The New York Times.
“Constitutional interpretation and Loving v. Virginia“: Andrew Hamm has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”
“The Certiorari Process and State Court Decisions”: Sixth Circuit Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton and Brittany Jones have this essay online at the Harvard Law Review Forum.
If you have heard of Judge Sutton but haven’t heard of Brittany Jones, that just proves that you’ve got to start reading “How Appealing” more carefully.
“Milwaukee lawyer Michael Brennan confirmed for U.S. Court of Appeals, ending long vacancy amid bitter partisan dispute”: Craig Gilbert of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.
And Kevin Freking of The Associated Press reports that “Republicans override Dem objections to confirm federal judge.”
You can access the official U.S. Senate roll call vote tally confirming Michael B. Brennan to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit by a vote of 49-to-46 at this link.
“Trump Nominee’s College Writings Scrutinized, Defended”: Patrick Gregory of Bloomberg Law has this report.
My earlier round-up of coverage of yesterday’s U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing can be accessed here.
“Stalled judicial nominees will be confirmed ‘no matter what tactics’ employed, McConnell says”: Doug McKelway of Fox News has this report.
“Judicial pick for 9th Circuit clears committee despite two GOP senators objecting”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.
And Tim Ryan of Courthouse News Service reports that “Senate Panel Advances Ninth Circuit Nominee.”
“Key senator urges any wavering U.S. high court justice to retire now”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.
“Court says border agents need suspicion to search cellphones”: Denise Lavoie of The Associated Press has this report.
And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Orin Kerr has a post titled “Important Fourth Circuit Ruling on Cell Phone Border Searches; The court requires some level of cause and also adds a nexus requirement.”
You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at this link.
“Arizona Supreme Court to consider use of effluent at Snowbowl”: Howard Fischer of The Arizona Daily Star has this report.
“Federal appeals court hears Portlander’s challenge of no-fly list”: Maxine Bernstein of The Oregonian has this report on a case argued today before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
The Ninth Circuit has posted the video of the oral argument on YouTube at this link.
“Appeals Court Bars U.S. From Transferring American ISIS Suspect”: Charlie Savage of The New York Times has this report.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit today unsealed the opinion whose outcome that court announced on Monday.
“Here’s How The Supreme Court Already Repealed The Second Amendment: The Supreme Court effectively repealed the Second Amendment in District of Columbia v. Heller by restricting the amendment to common arms.” Mark Overstreet has this post online at The Federalist.
“Forget Those Avengers. RBG, the New Doc on Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Is the Best Superhero Movie of the Year”: Glenn McDonald of Indy Week of Durham, North Carolina has this movie review (4 stars).
And online at The New York Jewish Week, high school junior Sara Khodadadian has an essay titled “What Makes Her Supreme: With the new film, RBG, now in theaters, I decided to reflect on why Justice Ginsburg is in fact, notorious.”
“The Republican Senate and rushed judicial confirmations”: Law professor Carl Tobias has this essay online at The Hill.
“Dem Groups Are Ratcheting Up the Judicial Wars — And They’re Targeting Fellow Democrats; The Senate is about to cross a procedural Rubicon; And a trio of organizations believe a price should be paid for it”: Sam Stein of The Daily Beast has this report.
“With 15 circuit judge confirmations and a dozen pending, Trump looks to reshape the courts”: In today’s edition of The Washington Times, Alex Swoyer has an article that begins, “President Trump has won confirmation of 15 circuit court judges, but he still has a long way to go in reshaping the courts because most of those picks have replaced retiring Republicans rather than adding to the party’s overall numbers.”
