“Senate Confirms Attorney Daniel Aaron Bress to Seat on Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals”: The Public Information Office of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued this news release today.
Ordinarily, the Ninth Circuit’s news release announcing the confirmation of a new judge will identify whose vacancy the new judge is filling. The three most recent examples can be accessed here, here, and here.
Today’s news release, however, did not do so. The apparent reason why can be accessed here and here.
“6th Circuit: Ohio can’t bar lawyers from advertising to workers’ comp claimants.” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.
My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Sixth Circuit ruling can be accessed here.
“The Courts Still Don’t Understand Trump’s Twitter Feed; An appeals court ruling that says the president can’t block followers is actually bad for free speech”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.
“Gun manufacturers seek Indiana Supreme Court review of Gary gun violence lawsuit”: Dan Carden of The Times of Munster, Indiana has an article that begins, “The Indiana Supreme Court is being asked to overturn a May 23 Court of Appeals ruling that revived a long-running lawsuit seeking to hold numerous gun manufacturers responsible for the costs of 1990s gun violence in the city of Gary.”
“Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to speak in Little Rock”: Lindsey Millar of Arkansas Times has this report.
“Pa. Supreme Court will probe alleged ‘systemic failure’ in Philadelphia bail practices”: Samantha Melamed of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.
You can access today’s order of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania at this link.
“Census paves moment of truth for the Supreme Court and rule of law”: Paul M. Smith has this essay online at The Hill.
“Trump Campaign Consulted Justice Kennedy About Supreme Court Picks, Book Reveals”: Kevin Daley of the Daily Caller has this report, along with an article headlined “New Book On Kavanaugh’s Confirmation Has Incendiary Allegations About Christine Blasey Ford.”
“Senate confirms Trump judicial nominee to California-based 9th Circuit”: Hailey Fuchs of The Washington Post has this report. As the article explains, “Bress was nominated to fill the vacancy left by Alex Kozinski, who resigned from the court in December 2017 amid allegations of sexual misconduct.”
You can access official roll call tally of the U.S. Senate, confirming Daniel Aaron Bress to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit by a vote of 53-to-45, at this link.
“Ideology, Not Republican Politics, Makes John Roberts Run — Again”: Simon Lazarus has this guest post at the “Balkinization” blog.
“Federal Judge Blocks Justice Department’s Effort to Withdraw Lawyers on Census Citizenship Case”: Michael Wines of The New York Times has this report.
And Matt Zapotosky, Seung Min Kim, and Tara Bahrampour of The Washington Post report that “Federal judge rejects Trump administration’s bid to swap out lawyers for Census case on citizenship question.”
“Appeals Court Seems Skeptical About Constitutionality of Obamacare Mandate; A three-judge panel heard 90 minutes of oral arguments in a closely watched case that threatens the health coverage of millions”: Abby Goodnough of The New York Times has this report.
Noam N. Levey of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Federal appeals court appears skeptical of Obamacare, putting future of law in doubt.”
And Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Appeals Court Questions Whether Health Law Should Remain in Place; Three-judge panel hears arguments on whether all of the ACA could be scrapped without coverage penalty.”
“Appeals court seems unsure if Obamacare can survive”: Paul Demko of Politico has this report.
“What’s the big deal about adding a citizenship question to U.S. Census?” Andrew Chung of Reuters has this report.
“Republican-appointed judges appear to side with Texas challenge to Obamacare”: Tami Luhby, Dan Berman, and Joan Biskupic of CNN have this report.
“A Republican federal appeals court appears determined to strike down Obamacare; The was no law in New Orleans today”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at ThinkProgress.
Access the audio of today’s Fifth Circuit oral argument on the fate of the Affordable Care Act: Via this link.
“Tweed New Haven Airport wins lawsuit on runway expansion”: Mark Zaretsky of The New Haven Register has this report.
Dave Collins of The Associated Press reports that “Ruling backs airport in dispute over runway length.”
And Thomas Breen of the New Haven Independent reports that “Court Overturns Tweed Runway Limit.”
You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.
“Jeffrey Epstein prosecution could rise or fall on a single word”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this blog post.
David Smiley of The Miami Herald reports that “Acosta says ‘new evidence’ should help to ‘more fully’ bring Epstein to justice.”
And at his “Simple Justice” blog, Scott H. Greenfield has a post titled “Tuesday Talk*: The Epstein Caveat.”
“Trump Can’t Block Critics From His Twitter Account, Appeals Court Rules; The decision may have broader implications for how the First Amendment applies to officials’ accounts in the social-media era”: Charlie Savage of The New York Times has this report.
Nicholas Wu of USA Today reports that “Federal appeals court rules Trump can’t block people on Twitter.”
Ronn Blitzer of Fox News reports that “Appeals court rules Trump violated First Amendment by blocking Twitter users.”
Kate Cox of Ars Technica reports that “Trump’s Twitter blocks violate First Amendment rights, appeals court affirms; The best response to criticism is ‘more speech, not less,’ court rules.”
And at the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter, Eriq Gardner has a post titled “Appeals Court: Trump’s Blocking of Twitter Users Is Unconstitutional; According to the 2nd Circuit, the First Amendment doesn’t allow public officials when using social media accounts for official purposes to exclude others in viewpoint discrimination.”
“President Trump cannot block his critics on Twitter, federal appeals court rules”: Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has this report.
Corinne Ramey of The Wall Street Journal reports that “President Trump Can’t Block Twitter Users, Federal Appeals Court Rules; Court says the practice of blocking users violates free-speech protections.”
Larry Neumeister of The Associated Press has a report headlined “Federal court: Trump can’t ban critics from Twitter account.”
Jessica Schneider and Katelyn Polantz of CNN report that “Appeals court rules Trump can’t block users on Twitter.”
Jacqueline Thomsen of The Hill reports that “Appeals court rules Trump can’t block people on Twitter.”
And Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News reports that “Trump Can’t Block People On Twitter He Disagrees With, A Federal Appeals Court Ruled; Because Trump uses his Twitter account for official purposes and creates a ‘public forum,’ he can’t exclude people based on their views, the 2nd Circuit ruled.”
You can access today’s ruling of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.
“Two Reasons Why Title VII Bans Discrimination Based on Transgender Status”: Joshua Matz has this post at the “Take Care” blog.
“Plaintiffs seek to block Justice Department from changing lawyers in census citizenship case”: Felicia Sonmez and Matt Zapotosky of The Washington Post have this report.
“Obamacare in Jeopardy as Appeals Court Hears Case Backed by Trump; Millions could lose health coverage if a lower-court ruling striking down the law is upheld”: Abby Goodnough of The New York Times has this report.
“Good Luck to Trump’s New Census Lawyers. They’re Going to Need It. To continue the fight, the Justice Department will have to stand up in court and say it was previously wrong about some aspect of the citizenship question.” Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.
“The Plain Meaning of Title VII”: Joshua Matz has this post at the “Take Care” blog.
