“The Trump Administration Now Thinks the Entire ACA Must Fall”: Nick Bagley has this post at the “Take Care” blog about a filing from the federal government today in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
“Supreme Court Asked to Block Bump Stock Ban From Taking Effect”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.
“Emulex shareholders to SCOTUS: Our right to sue is not at issue in this case.” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.
“Lawyer ‘Rackets’ Spur Judges to Nix More Cozy Class-Action Deals”: Edvard Pettersson of Bloomberg News has this report.
“Can ‘amend’ mean ‘repeal’? Utah Supreme Court weighs the scope of legislative tinkering on medical marijuana initiative.” Benjamin Wood and Bethany Rodgers of The Salt Lake Tribune have this report.
And Ben Winslow of KSTU Fox 13 in Salt Lake City reports that “Utah Supreme Court hears challenge to the medical cannabis replacement bill.”
“A ‘view’ from the courtroom: From the Federal Register to the Stanley Cup.” Mark Walsh has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”
“Candidates each raise more than $1 million since Wisconsin Supreme Court race began”: Molly Beck of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.
“The Two Sides of Donald Trump in The @RealDonaldTrump Litigation”: Kyle Skinner and Leah Litman have this post at the “Take Care” blog about an appeal scheduled for oral argument tomorrow in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
“5th Circuit Panel Explains Earlier Rejection of Stay in Mississippi Redistricting Voting Rights Act Case; Judge Clement in Dissent Troublingly Refers to ‘Majority Minority’ Panel Made Up 2 Democratic Appointed Judges”: Rick Hasen has this post at his “Election Law Blog” about an opinion and dissent that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued on Friday (but posted online today).
“Ninth Circuit Weighs City Liability in SF Pier Shooting”: Back in November 2018, Nicholas Iovino of Courthouse News Service had an article that begins, “A Ninth Circuit judge suggested Thursday that the family of a 32-year-old woman shot dead on a San Francisco pier might get a second chance to hold the city liable for not helping immigration police deport her suspected killer.”
Today, however, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued this decision affirming the dismissal of a general negligence claim against San Francisco brought by the parents of Kathryn Steinle, the victim of the shooting.
“Gerrymandering: Voting rights and redistricting for elections collide at Supreme Court.” Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.
Nina Totenberg of NPR reports that “The Supreme Court Takes Another Look At Partisan Redistricting.”
And Robin A. Smith of Duke Today reports that “Duke Mathematics Has Its Day in Court; Duke test is the principal evidence in NC partisan gerrymandering case before the Supreme Court March 26.”
“Democratic Candidates Urged to Back Supreme Court Overhaul; Proposals could be risky after GOP base was energized by court fights in 2016, 2018 elections”: Joshua Jamerson of The Wall Street Journal has this report.
“Supreme Court Won’t Hear Company’s Appeal in Mueller Subpoena Case”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.
Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court won’t hear appeal from company resisting Mueller subpoena.”
Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court denies appeal in mystery Mueller grand jury case.”
Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. top court rebuffs mystery company in Mueller subpoena fight.”
Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Mystery Company in Mueller Subpoena Fight Loses at Supreme Court.”
Ariane de Vogue of CNN reports that “Supreme Court rejects foreign company’s bid to review Mueller subpoena.”
Lydia Wheeler of The Hill reports that “Supreme Court refuses to hear mystery grand jury fight.”
And Katie Galioto of Politico reports that “Mystery firm fighting Mueller won’t get Supreme Court appeal; The battle has been one of the more enigmatic subplots of Mueller’s just-concluded probe.”
“Four Law School alumni to clerk on Supreme Court next term; Graduates continue 47-year streak; overall clerkship numbers continue record growth”: Becky Beaupre Gillespie of UChicago News has this report.
“Roberts’ Rules: This week will test the chief justice’s commitment to calling balls and strikes.” Law professor Richard L. Hasen — author of the “Election Law Blog” — has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
“In ‘The Chief,’ An Enigmatic, Conservative John Roberts Walks A Political Tightrope”: Nina Totenberg had this audio segment on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”
Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court did not grant review in any new cases.
“At Supreme Court, Racial Justice an Elusive Goal”: Kenneth Jost has this post at his blog, “Jost on Justice.”
“Will the Supreme Court End Gerrymandering? Arguments Begin This Week.” Michael Wines of The New York Times has this report.
Pete Williams of NBC News reports that “Supreme Court to hear gerrymandering cases against Democrats, Republicans; The court hears two challenges to redrawn boundaries for congressional districts in North Carolina and Maryland.”
And Ariane de Vogue of CNN reports that “Supreme Court will hear 2 critical partisan gerrymander cases.”