“Register now for Effective Third Circuit Advocacy, featuring Chief Judge Smith and Judge Bibas, 3/6 in Philadelphia”: Matthew Stiegler has this post at his “CA3blog” about a continuing legal education program, which will take place in Philadelphia on Wednesday, March 6, 2019, that I am planning to attend.
“Courts Must Decide How Much ‘Deference’ to Give Trump; The legal term that turned the travel ban case also matters for the border wall and census suits”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.
“Federal Judge Cites RBG, Rules That Men-Only Draft Registration Is Unconstitutional”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
And online at Bloomberg Opinion, law professor Noah Feldman has an essay titled “Drafting Women Into the Military Shouldn’t Be Up to a Judge; There’s a difference between offering combat jobs to female troops and forcing them to serve, and that’s worthy of a real debate in Congress.”
“Supreme Court will look at whether a cross is promotion of religion or war memorial”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.
Jack Fruchtman of The Baltimore Sun reports that “Supreme Court to decide whether a cross can be anything other than religious.”
Ariane de Vogue and Geneva Sands of CNN report that “Supreme Court to decide fate of WWI memorial cross in church and state dispute.”
Shannon Bream and Bill Mears of Fox News report that “‘Peace Cross’ memorial at center of landmark Supreme Court fight over religious displays.”
Lydia Wheeler of The Hill reports that “Cross-shaped memorial pulls Supreme Court into church-state dispute.”
And in commentary, Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal will contain an editorial titled “A Supreme Court Cross-Roads: The Bladensburg cross case tees up the Lemon test for overturning.”
Online at The Washington Post, law professors Nelson Tebbe, Richard C. Schragger, and Micah J. Schwartzman have an essay titled “The Bladensburg Peace Cross sends the message that some citizens are less valued than others; The Supreme Court should embrace the idea that our public institutions belong equally to people of all faiths.”
And online at ABA Journal, law professor Erwin Chemerinsky has an essay titled “Do religious symbols on government property infringe on First Amendment?“
Access today’s ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in an argued case: Justice Sonia Sotomayor delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in Nutraceutical Corp. v. Lambert, No. 17-1094. You can access the oral argument via this link.
In news coverage, Barbara Lambert of Courthouse News Service reports that “High Court Clips Class Wings on Suit Over Sex Pills.”
“Supreme Court Weighs Fate of 40-Foot Cross Built as War Memorial”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.
And Pete Williams of NBC News reports that “Supreme Court to decide if giant cross is religious symbol or secular memorial to war dead; The case raises a question that has vexed the justices for decades: What is the proper place for religion in American public life?“
