“Challengers To Trump’s Transgender Military Ban Push Back At The Supreme Court; Trump’s efforts to ban transgender military service have been blocked by lower courts; Challengers asked the Supreme Court on Friday to keep it that way”: Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News has this report.
“Will the Supreme Court Save Obamacare Again? The chief justice would rather leave it to Congress.” This editorial appears online at The New York Times.
In Bashman news from Nigeria: Tireni Adebayo Kemi Filani News reports that “Robbers bash man’s car, kill him for complaining.”
“Judge grants Mumia Abu-Jamal partial appeals request”: Robert Moran of The Philadelphia Inquirer has an article that begins, “A Philadelphia Common Pleas Court judge ruled Thursday that convicted cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal can re-argue an appeal before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court because then-Chief Justice Ronald D. Castille did not recuse himself due to his prior role as Philadelphia district attorney when Abu-Jamal was appealing his case.”
And Bobby Allyn of WHYY has a report headlined “Judge: Mumia Abu-Jamal can reargue appeal in 1981 Philly police slaying.”
You can access yesterday’s ruling of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas at this link.
“Adverse ruling in ‘bump stocks’ lawsuit would render Matt Whitaker a mere figurehead”: Jeff Mordock has this front page article in today’s edition of The Washington Times.
“Disinformation campaign targeting Roy Moore’s Senate bid may have violated law, Alabama attorney general says”: Craig Timberg and Tony Romm have this article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.
“Athletes Don’t Own Their Tattoos. That’s a Problem for Video Game Developers.” Jason M. Bailey has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.
“A Woman’s Rights: More and more laws are treating a fetus as a person, and a woman as less of one, as states charge pregnant women with crimes.” The New York Times has posted this editorial series online.
“Supreme Court Gets Involved In Mysterious Case Involving Mueller Probe”: This audio segment appeared on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”
“Trump hopes to build on political momentum from Kavanaugh confirmation in 2019”: Bill Mears of Fox News has this report.
“A year in the judiciary’s #MeToo chapter”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.