“Protests erupt after chief justice of Supreme Court cleared of sexual harassment”: Blassy Boben and Suchitra Mohanty of Reuters have this report from New Delhi.
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Tuesday, May 7, 2019
“Protests erupt after chief justice of Supreme Court cleared of sexual harassment”: Blassy Boben and Suchitra Mohanty of Reuters have this report from New Delhi. Posted at 1:44 PM by Howard Bashman“President Trump can’t expect the Supreme Court to always back him up”: Law professor Tom Campbell has this essay online at The Orange County Register. Posted at 1:37 PM by Howard Bashman“The NFL Concussion Litigation, Third-Party Litigation Funding, and Appellate Jurisdiction in Post-Judgment Proceedings”: Bryan Lammon has this post at his new blog, “final decisions.” Posted at 1:28 PM by Howard Bashman“Abortion battles heat up with Kavanaugh on Supreme Court”: Reid Wilson of The Hill has this report. Posted at 1:25 PM by Howard Bashman“‘Heartbeat bills’ are wholesome provocations in the abortion debate”: Columnist George F. Will has this essay online at The Washington Post. Posted at 11:11 AM by Howard Bashman“A loophole could keep young terror suspects out of US courts”: Jake Bleiberg and Michael Balsamo of The Associated Press have a report that begins, “The Justice Department’s ability to charge minors for supporting terrorist groups has been hampered by a 2018 Supreme Court decision, forcing prosecutors to hand off at least one such case to local authorities in a state without anti-terrorism laws.” Posted at 11:02 AM by Howard Bashman“Kemp signs anti-abortion ‘heartbeat’ legislation, sets up legal fight”: Maya T. Prabhu of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has this report. And Ben Nadler of The Associated Press reports that “Georgia’s Republican Gov. Kemp signs early abortion ban.” Posted at 10:57 AM by Howard Bashman“The Crisis of Left Jurisprudence”: John O. McGinnis has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog. Posted at 10:18 AM by Howard BashmanMonday, May 6, 2019
“Conservatives Have Less to Fear From the Title VII LGBT Cases Than They Might Think: That’s Good and Bad.” Michael C. Dorf has this post at his blog, “Dorf on Law.” Posted at 11:08 PM by Howard Bashman“Bridgeport woman who mailed poison to Supreme Court pleads guilty to escaping from federal custody”: Zach Murdock of The Hartford Courant has this report. And Ethan Fry of The Connecticut Post has an article headlined “Feds: Bridgeport woman who mailed poisoned baked goods walked away from halfway house.” Posted at 10:18 PM by Howard Bashman“The last 10 Third Circuit judges nominated by GOP presidents have been men; the next one will be, too”: Matthew Stiegler has this post at his “CA3blog.” Posted at 9:58 PM by Howard Bashman“Ban on Toplessness for Women Doesn’t Violate the Equal Protection Clause; The Eighth Circuit sticks with its earlier views on the subject, but earlier this year the Tenth Circuit departed from the majority view on the subject”: Eugene Volokh has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.” Posted at 7:49 PM by Howard Bashman“A Departure Memo, From David Lat: I’m proud of Above the Law, grateful to my readers and colleagues, and excited to begin the next chapter of my career.” David Lat has this post at “Above the Law.” Posted at 7:28 PM by Howard Bashman“Lower Courts Are Lobbying SCOTUS to Rein In Partisan Gerrymandering”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate. Posted at 7:25 PM by Howard Bashman“Competition to Speak During 2018 Supreme Court Oral Arguments”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog. Posted at 5:38 PM by Howard Bashman“SC in-house inquiry panel dismisses sexual harassment complaint against CJI”: The Times of India has an article that begins, “The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the complaint of sexual harassment against Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi.” And Suchitra Mohanty and Zeba Siddiqui of Reuters report that “Judges’ panel clears Supreme Court Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi of sexual harassment.” Posted at 1:38 PM by Howard BashmanUnanimous three-judge Ninth Circuit panel rejects argument that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is unconstitutionally structured: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link. Posted at 1:28 PM by Howard Bashman“Free the nipple — but only if you’re a man in this Missouri city, judge says”: Donald Bradley had this article in The Kansas City Star back in October 2017. Today, a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued this per curiam decision affirming that decision. Posted at 1:22 PM by Howard BashmanSunday, May 5, 2019
“SD Supreme Court takes up case lawyer says could be ‘absolute destruction’ of tribal sovereign immunity”: Sarah Mearhoff has this front page article in today’s edition of The Rapid City (S.D.) Journal. Posted at 7:53 PM by Howard Bashman“After Supreme Court election, mixed fallout for LGBT community, social conservatives”: In today’s edition of The Wisconsin State Journal, Riley Vetterkind has a front page article that begins, “Four years after the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling protecting same-sex marriage, LGBT leaders in Wisconsin say the election in April of a gay rights critic to the state Supreme Court is not a harbinger of changing tides on the issue.” Posted at 7:50 PM by Howard Bashman“Senate Dems’ social media poll finds more users want Supreme Court justices like Kavanaugh than Ginsburg”: Andrew O’Reilly of Fox News has this report. Posted at 7:36 PM by Howard Bashman“Trump on collision course with Supreme Court; justices may avoid interference in 2020 election”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report. Posted at 9:42 AM by Howard BashmanSaturday, May 4, 2019
“After Supreme Court ruling, Texas bills would bring in $850 million in online sales tax; Lawmakers moved to apply the state’s sales tax to goods sold by remote vendors who don’t have physical operations in Texas”: Edgar Walters of The Texas Tribune has this report. Posted at 10:24 PM by Howard Bashman“Justice Clarence Thomas’ moment may finally have arrived”: Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press has this report. Posted at 10:18 PM by Howard Bashman“Investiture of Judge Ryan D. Nelson”: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently posted this video on YouTube. Posted at 10:08 PM by Howard Bashman“Military Judge in Trial of Sept. 11 Suspects Will Step Aside”: Carol Rosenberg of The New York Times has this report. Posted at 9:22 PM by Howard Bashman“White House lawyers aim to scrap the entire Affordable Care Act; One critic says that’s ‘legal nuttery'”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report. Posted at 9:20 PM by Howard Bashman“Harvey Weinstein trial is causing a legal drama at Harvard”: Stephanie Ebbert of The Boston Globe has this report. Posted at 9:12 PM by Howard Bashman“Reaction swift, strong to death penalty repeal veto”: Kevin Landrigan of The Union Leader of Manchester, New Hampshire has this report. In today’s edition of The Concord (N.H.) Monitor, Leah Willingham has a front page article headlined “Religious leaders, death penalty opponents keep hope in override of Sununu veto.” And Holly Ramer of The Associated Press reports that “Governor vetoes death penalty abolishment; override likely.” Posted at 9:08 PM by Howard Bashman“D.C. Circuit Review — Reviewed: The Perfect Opinion.” Aaron Nielson has this interesting post at the “Notice & Comment” blog of the Yale Journal on Regulation. Posted at 1:44 PM by Howard Bashman“Appeals court rules Miami suit against banks over effect of predatory lending on tax base can continue”: John Breslin of the Florida Record has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued yesterday. Posted at 1:15 PM by Howard Bashman“Attorney for Dan Markel murder suspect asking for delay”: Karl Etters of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report. Posted at 1:08 PM by Howard Bashman“Virginia Death Row Inmates Prevail in Fourth Circuit”: Brad Kutner of Courthouse News Service has a report that begins, “A federal appeals court Friday upheld a lower court’s ruling in favor of Virginia death row inmates, finding that their living conditions amounted to cruel and unusual punishment.” You can access yesterday’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at this link. Posted at 1:02 PM by Howard BashmanFriday, May 3, 2019
“Ohio Gerrymander Struck Down as Supreme Court Weighs Issue; Decision overturning GOP congressional map presents arguments against partisan redistricting ahead of pending nationwide ruling”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report. Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Federal judges declare Ohio congressional map unconstitutional.” Trip Gabriel and Michael Wines of The New York Times report that “Ohio Congressional Map Is Illegal Gerrymander, Federal Court Rules.” Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Court tosses Ohio’s legislative district map over partisan gerrymandering, orders new one.” Randy Ludlow of The Columbus Dispatch reports that “Court rules Ohio’s congressional map is unconstitutional.” Rich Exner of The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that “Federal judges toss out Ohio’s congressional map as illegal gerrymander.” Jack Torry and Jessica Wehrman of The Dayton Daily News report that “Court rules Ohio’s congressional map unconstitutional.” Liz Skalka of The Toledo Blade reports that “Judges rule Ohio’s congressional map unconstitutional, orders new one.” Jessie Balmert of The Cincinnati Enquirer has an article headlined “Court to Ohio: Congressional map is gerrymandered. Draw a new one.” Dan Sewell of The Associated Press reports that “Judges declare Ohio’s congressional map unconstitutional.” Brendan O’Brien of Reuters reports that “U.S. judges order Ohio to revamp Republican-drawn gerrymandered districts.” Pete Williams of NBC News reports that “Court declares Ohio congressional map an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander; The state must come up with a new plan for the 2020 election, the unanimous three-judge panel said.” Ariane de Vogue and Eric Bradner of CNN report that “Federal court strikes down Ohio congressional map as unconstitutional.” Adam Shaw and Bill Mears of Fox News report that “Federal court rules Ohio’s congressional map is unconstitutional.” Sam Levine of HuffPost reports that “Court Strikes Down Ohio Congressional Map, Says It’s Gerrymandered To Benefit GOP; The court blocked the state from using its current map in any future elections; It gave lawmakers until June 14 to come up with a new one.” Steven Shepard of Politico reports that “Ohio congressional map tossed out for partisan gerrymandering; It’s the second state in a week, after Michigan, in which judges said a GOP-drawn map violated voters’ constitutional rights.” Reid Wilson of The Hill reports that “Federal court strikes down Ohio congressional maps.” Simone Pathé of Roll Call reports that “Federal court strikes down Ohio congressional map as partisan gerrymander; Republicans last year got 52 percent of the vote, won 12 of 16 districts.” And at the “Election Law Blog,” Nicholas Stephanopoulos has a post titled “The Ohio Gerrymandering Decision.” You can access today’s ruling of a three-judge court of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio at this link. Posted at 8:52 PM by Howard Bashman“Trump Nominates Six for Federal Court Seats”: Tim Ryan of Courthouse News Service has a report that begins, “President Donald Trump on Friday announced six new judicial nominees, including one to a seat on the Third Circuit.” The White House today issued a news release titled “President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Nominees, United States Attorney Nominee, and United States Marshal Nominees.” Posted at 8:02 PM by Howard Bashman |
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