“Death penalty repealed; NH Senate votes to override veto”: Dave Solomon of The Union Leader of Manchester, New Hampshire has this report.
Ethan DeWitt of The Concord (N.H.) Monitor reports that “Senate overrides Sununu to end death penalty in New Hampshire.”
Zoe Greenberg of The Boston Globe reports that “New Hampshire becomes 21st state to abolish the death penalty.”
Mark Berman of The Washington Post reports that “New Hampshire abolishes death penalty after lawmakers override governor.”
Jon Kamp of The Wall Street Journal reports that “New Hampshire Lawmakers Ban Death Penalty With Veto Override; Senate votes 16-8 to overturn Republican Gov. Chris Sununu’s veto, a victory for capital-punishment opponents.”
Holly Ramer of The Associated Press reports that “New Hampshire repeals death penalty as Senate overrides veto.”
Eli Watkins of CNN reports that “New Hampshire repeals death penalty after lawmakers override Republican governor.”
Louis Casiano of Fox News reports that “New Hampshire lawmakers repeal death penalty with override of governor’s veto.”
And in commentary, online at Slate, Mark Joseph Stern has a jurisprudence essay titled “New Hampshire Legislature Overrides Veto, Abolishes Death Penalty.”
“Supreme Court Won’t Stay Alabama Execution After Bitter Clash”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.
You can access today’s order of the U.S. Supreme Court, and the dissent therefrom, at this link.
And Ivana Hrynkiw of Alabama Media Group reports that “Christopher Price executed in Alabama on Thursday; apologizes to victim’s family.”
“Give Michigan Supreme Court justices a 10% pay raise, state panel says”: Paul Egan of The Detroit Free Press has an article that begins, “A state panel , expressing concern Thursday that judges of the Michigan Court of Appeals will soon be paid more than justices of the Michigan Supreme Court, unanimously recommended the justices receive a pay hike of 10% over two years.”
“The Farce Of Griswold v. Connecticut“: Declan Leary has this essay online at National Review.
“Should We Stop Pretending the Supreme Court Cares Much About Precedent? With Possible Abortion Fight Ramping Up, Professor Frederick Schauer Says Stare Decisis May Be Moot.” Eric Williamson of the University of Virginia School of Law has this report about an article titled “Stare Decisis: Rhetoric and Reality in the Supreme Court” that law professor Frederick Schauer posted online earlier this year.
“Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards signs one of nation’s most restrictive abortion bans into law”: Sam Karlin of The Advocate of Baton Rouge, Louisiana has this report.
Melinda Deslatte of The Associated Press reports that “Louisiana’s Democratic governor signs abortion ban into law.”
“Clarence Thomas Just Voted With the Liberals in a Big Consumer Rights Case. Why?” Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
“Supreme Court scholars’ new paper sparks debate over influence of blogs, podcasts”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.
“Ideology, Not Politics, Is What Makes John Roberts Run — Part One”: Simon Lazarus has this guest post at the “Balkinization” blog.
“Clarence Thomas’s Misplaced Anti-Eugenics Concurrence in the Indiana Abortion Case”: Law professor Michael C. Dorf has this post at his blog, “Dorf on Law.”
And at the “Balkinization” blog, Mark Graber has a post titled “More Policy from Justice Thomas.”
“The Three Fault Lines of Contemporary Originalism”: John O. McGinnis has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.
“Fisher & Larsen on ‘Virtual Briefing’: A Recommendation and Some Thoughts.” Paul Horwitz has this post at “PrawfsBlawg.”
“Justice Department Brief Calls for Invalidation of All of Obamacare Without Justification”: Law professor Samuel Estreicher has this essay online at Justia’s Verdict.
“Mitch McConnell’s Grand Plan Was Obvious All Along; The Senate majority leader’s assertion that his election-year blockade of Merrick Garland doesn’t apply to 2020 shouldn’t come as a surprise”: Russell Berman of The Atlantic has this report.
And in today’s edition of The Washington Post, columnist E.J. Dionne Jr. has an op-ed titled “Mitch McConnell just proved he’ll do anything to pack the Supreme Court.”
“The last time the Supreme Court was invited to overturn Roe v. Wade, a surprising majority was unwilling”: Robert Barnes has this front page article in today’s edition of The Washington Post..
