“Justices’ Even Split Dooms PCRA Petition Over Eakin’s Porngate Emails”: Zack Needles of The Legal Intelligencer has this report.
Friday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania consisted of a per curiam order announcing that the judgment was affirmed by an equally divided court, a lengthy opinion in support of reversal, and two opinions in support of affirmance (here and here).
“Inspired by India, Singaporeans Seek to End Gay Sex Ban”: Amy Qin of The New York Times has this report.
“Robert Mueller is the most unknowable man in Washington”: Roxanne Roberts of The Washington Post has this report.
“Texas ObamaCare Blunder: A judge’s ruling will be overturned and could backfire on Republicans.” This editorial appears online at The Wall Street Journal.
Perhaps creating a circuit split, Eleventh Circuit holds that the dismissal provision of Georgia’s anti-SLAPP statute cannot apply in diversity suits because it conflicts with Fed. R. Civ. P. 8, 12, and 56: You can access Thursday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Carbone v. Cable News Network, Inc. at this link. Circuit Judge William H. Pryor Jr. wrote the opinion of the court.
“U.S. appeals court narrows order on Trump birth control rules”: Dan Levine of Reuters has this report.
Samuel Chamberlain and Bill Mears of Fox News report that “Federal court blocks Trump administration birth control coverage rules.”
Jessie Hellmann of The Hill reports that “Appeals court blocks Trump birth control rules in five states.”
And Bay City News Service reports that “Appeals Court Upholds Injunction Requiring Contraceptive Coverage In Insurance.”
You can access Friday’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.
“Katie Couric Wins Appeal Against Gun Rights Group Arguing Documentary Was Defamatory; According to the Fourth Circuit, even if the film was deceptively edited, nine seconds of silence in response to a question about background checks doesn’t mean pro-gun individuals are ignorant”: Eriq Gardner has this post at the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter.
And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Eugene Volokh has a post titled “Fourth Circuit Rejects Libel Claims over Misleading Edits in Katie Couric’s ‘Under the Gun’; The ‘questionable’ ‘editing choices,’ the court said, weren’t sufficiently injurious to reputation to qualify as libelous (whether or not they conveyed a false message).”
You can access Thursday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at this link.
“Obamacare crusade grows more fraught for GOP after court ruling”: David G. Savage and David Willman have this front page article in today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times.
“In Weaponized Courts, Judge Who Halted Affordable Care Act Is a Conservative Favorite”: Manny Fernandez has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.
“‘The Notorious RBG’ draws sold-out audience in New York”: Rebecca Gibian of The Associated Press has this report.
Ariane de Vogue and Madeleine Thompson of CNN report that “Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she’s ‘almost repaired’ after last month’s fall.”
And Matthew Chayes of amNewYork reports that “Ruth Bader Ginsburg discusses her outlook, struggles with gender discrimination; Ginsburg was interviewed Saturday by National Public Radio’s Nina Totenberg, one day after the justice made her first public remarks since fracturing three ribs in November.”