Programming note: My visit to Atlanta to attend my 30th law school reunion will conclude Monday evening after I visit a law school class tomorrow and then speak with the participants in Emory Law’s Supreme Court clinic.
Because I won’t be returning home until late Monday night, additional posts will appear here on Tuesday morning. As always while I’m traveling, more frequent appellate-related retweets are likely to appear on this blog’s Twitter feed.
“His Supreme Court case legalized gay marriage — Now, Jim Obergefell is leaving DC; Nearly four years after the landmark Supreme Court decision, LGBT activist Jim Obergefell is leaving Washington for a new act”: Mike Valerio of Washington, DC’s CBS affiliate WUSA9 has this report.
“‘Law must protect human freedom’: Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy receives award from Duke Law.” Stefanie Pousoulides of The Duke Chronicle has this report.
“University of Chicago professor spoke on whether the Supreme Court was the law of the land”: Megan Mittelhammer of The Red & Black, the student newspaper of the University of Georgia, has this report.
“Chuck Grassley: Supreme Court unlikely to overturn Obamacare, so no need to create replacement.” Tony Leys of The Des Moines Register has this report.
“If Assange Encouraged Leaks, So What? The arrest of the WikiLeaks founder amplifies an important free-speech conversation.” Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.
“After 55 years in prison, Baton Rouge man key to Supreme Court ruling again denied freedom”: Grace Toohey of The Advocate of Baton Rouge, Louisiana has this report.
And Samantha Michaels of Mother Jones reports that “A 72-Year-Old Juvenile Lifer Won a Landmark Supreme Court Ruling, But Louisiana Won’t Let Him Out of Prison.”
“Supreme Court to Hear a Case That Could Put Countless Immigrants at Risk of State Arrest”: Samuel Garcia has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
“State Supreme Court to hear arguments over financial liability in Parkland shooting”: Jim Saunders of the News Service of Florida has this report.
“The Supreme Court Botches Another Death Penalty Decision: If a state has capital punishment, then the court must ensure that it proceeds fairly and deliberately.” Law professor Stephen L. Carter has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.
“Washington VIPs celebrate new book about retired Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O’Connor”: Helena Andrews-Dyer of The Washington Post has this report.
“Death Penalty Dust-Ups at the High Court: The gowns are on but the gloves are off when it comes to capital punishment.” Slate has posted online this new installment of its “Amicus” podcast featuring Dahlia Lithwick.
“This week at Supreme Court: Can clothing firm sell with a trademark resembling the F-word?” Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.
And Paulina Dedaj of Fox News reports that “California man challenges federal law refusing ‘immoral’ trademark for clothing brand.”
“Same-sex birth certificate case stalls at 7th Circuit, putting families in limbo”: Marilyn Odendahl of The Indiana Lawyer recently had this report.
The appeal, which was argued before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on May 22, 2017, remains undecided. You can access the oral argument audio via this link.
“How Tough-on-Crime Prosecutors Contribute to Mass Incarceration”: On the cover of the Sunday Book Review section of today’s edition of The New York Times, David Lat has this review of Emily Bazelon’s new book, “Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration.”