“Supreme Court sets low threshold for sentencing repeat violent offenders to stiff prison terms”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.
And Ariane de Vogue of CNN reports that “Supreme Court bolsters law aimed at enhancing sentences for repeat offenders of serious crimes.”
“Lawsuits Challenge Rules Limiting Who Can Perform Abortions; Lawsuits seek to expand access in less-populated areas by allowing nurses and midwives to provide early abortion services”: Jacob Gershman of The Wall Street Journal has this report.
“SCOTUS rules against forced arbitration in port trucker case; Decision is considered a big victory for pro-worker groups”: Jack Katzanek of The Orange County (Cal.) Register has this report.
“Time is short but here’s how Supreme Court could have last word on 2020 census”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.
“Today the National Injunction Batted .500; One judge grants a national injunction, another declines to”: Samuel Bray has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”
“The Census Citizenship Question Endgame–What Will (and Should) the Supreme Court Do?” Rick Hasen has this post at his “Election Law Blog.”
“Jury Selection Is Broken and Here’s How to Fix It”: F.T. Green has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
“Federal Judge Obliterates Trump’s Census Shenanigans and Dares the Supreme Court to Reverse Him”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
“Judge rules Alabama Confederate monument law is void; city of Birmingham didn’t break the law”: Ivana Hrynkiw of Alabama Media Group has this report.
And Brian Lyman of The Montgomery Advertiser reports that “Judge rules Alabama’s monument protection law unconstitutional.”
You can view yesterday’s ruling of the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Alabama at this link.
Unanimous Ninth Circuit panel reverses dismissal of suit alleging that Domino’s Pizza’s website and mobile application were not fully accessible to a blind or visually impaired person in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.
“Family’s fight for liquor license leads to Supreme Court”: Adrian Sainz and Mark Sherman of The Associated Press have this report.
“Apple loses bid to undo $440 million judgment in VirnetX patent case”: Jan Wolfe of Reuters has this report on a per curiam affirmance by judgment order that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued today.
“Supreme Court Concludes That Snatching a Necklace Is a Violent Felony”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.
Richard Wolf of USA Today has an article headlined “Tap, pinch, pull? Supreme Court says minimal force can raise minimum sentence for ‘violent’ criminals.”
And Barbara Leonard of Courthouse News Service reports that “High Court Lowers Force Threshold for Violent Robberies.”
“Court Blocks Trump Administration From Asking About Citizenship in Census”: Michael Wines of The New York Times has this report.
Corinne Ramey of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Federal Judge Rules Trump Administration Can’t Ask About Citizenship on Census; Commerce secretary’s addition of question for 2020 census was unlawful, judge rules.”
Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Judge strikes down Trump administration’s plan to add a citizenship question to 2020 Census.”
Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times reports that “Federal judge blocks citizenship question on 2020 census.”
Larry Neumeister of The Associated Press reports that “Judge bars citizenship question from 2020 census.”
Jonathan Stempel of Reuters reports that “Judge rejects citizenship question for 2020 U.S. census.”
Bob Van Voris and Chris Dolmetsch of Bloomberg News report that “Trump Citizenship Question on 2020 Census Blocked by Court.”
You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York at this link.
Access today’s rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court in argued cases: The Court today issued rulings in two argued cases.
1. Justice Neil M. Gorsuch delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court (Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh not participating) in New Prime Inc. v. Oliveira, No. 17-340. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg issued a concurring opinion. You can access the oral argument via this link.
2. And Justice Clarence Thomas delivered the opinion of the Court in Stokeling v. United States, No. 17-5554. Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a dissenting opinion, in which Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. and Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Elena Kagan joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.
“California Court of Appeal justice faces sexual misconduct charges”: Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times has this report.
Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle reports that “California judge accused of sexually harassing colleague and other women.”
And Brian Melley of NBC 4 Los Angeles reports that “Appeals Court Justice in LA Accused of Repeated Sexual Misconduct; An attorney for Johnson said he denies the allegations, passed a lie detector test about the most serious accusations and plans to present evidence from other colleagues and court employees in his defense.”
“Theories of State Constitutional Interpretation: Thoughts on reading Judge Sutton’s new book.” Orin Kerr has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”