“Flint water crisis lawsuit allowed to move forward after appeal”: Zahra Ahmad of The Flint (Mich.) Journal has this report on a ruling that a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued Friday.
“The other abortion ban: I wanted to provide abortions for my patients; My med school wouldn’t teach me how.” Stephanie Ho has this essay in the Outlook section of today’s edition of The Washington Post.
“Fighting a Tort Plague: Should a drug company be punished for following FDA rules?” The Wall Street Journal has published this editorial.
“Hetero employees can’t claim reverse discrimination when federal law doesn’t shield gays, lesbians — judge”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight had this post just under one year ago.
Now, according to a new report from Daniel Wiessner of Reuters headlined “5th Circuit to weigh claims that worker was fired for being straight” (subscription required for full access), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit is scheduled to hear oral argument of the former employee’s appeal on Wednesday. The three-judge panel assigned to hear and decide the case consists of Circuit Judges Edith H. Jones, Catharina Haynes, and Andrew S. Oldham.
“House Democrats Hire New Top Lawyer To Defend Affordable Care Act”: Carrie Johnson had this audio segment on Friday evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered.”
“Chief Justice John Roberts, a Rock, and a Hard Place: How will the chief justice reconcile his conservatism with his institutionalism in a divided court?” Slate has posted online this new installment of its “Amicus” podcast featuring Dahlia Lithwick and her guest, Joan Biskupic of CNN.
Biskupic’s new book — “The Chief: The Life and Turbulent Times of Chief Justice John Roberts” — has an official publication date of March 26, 2019.
“Supreme Court to weigh Broadcom bid to end shareholder suit”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.
“SCOTUS to review trademark that suggests F-word in 1st Amendment case against patent office”: Andrew Blake of The Washington Times has this report.
“WVa AG’s help sought in Supreme Court impeachment appeal”: John Raby of The Associated Press has this report.