“Judge Temporarily Blocks Arkansas Laws Banning Abortion; Laws latest in a wave across states found to run afoul of U.S. Supreme Court precedent”: Jennifer Calfas of The Wall Street Journal has this report.
Andrew DeMillo of The Associated Press reports that “Federal judge continues blocking 3 Arkansas abortion laws.”
Caroline Kelly of CNN reports that “Federal judge blocks 18-week Arkansas abortion ban.”
And Vandana Rambaran of Fox News reports that “Federal judge continues blocking Arkansas abortion laws.”
“The gun industry’s clear and present danger: liability to shooting victims.” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.
“Mass Shooting Victims Have Struggled To Take Gunmakers, Hate Groups, And Social Media Platforms To Court; While victims of international terrorism can hold terrorist groups accountable in court, the legal path is less clear in cases of domestic terrorism”: Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News has this report.
“Sarah Palin’s Suit Against New York Times Revived by Appeals Court; Appellate panel decides lower court was too hasty in dismissing the defamation lawsuit”: Jacob Gershman of The Wall Street Journal has this report.
Dave Goldiner and Stephen Rex Brown of The New York Daily News report that “Sarah Palin defamation suit against New York Times revived by appeals court on technicality.”
Emily Saul of The New York Post reports that “Court revives Sarah Palin’s defamation suit against New York Times.”
Larry Neumeister of The Associated Press reports that “Court reinstates Sarah Palin suit against New York Times.”
Chris Dolmetsch of Bloomberg News reports that “New York Times Must Face Sarah Palin’s Defamation Lawsuit, Court Says.”
Ronn Blitzer of Fox News reports that “Appeals court gives new life to Sarah Palin’s defamation lawsuit against New York Times.”
Oliver Darcy of CNN Business reports that “Appeals court revives Sarah Palin’s defamation lawsuit against New York Times.”
Josh Gerstein of Politico reports that “Appeals court revives Palin libel suit against New York Times.”
And Antonia Blumberg of HuffPost reports that “Sarah Palin’s Lawsuit Against The New York Times Can Move Forward, Court Rules; A federal appeals court has revived the suit after a lower court dismissed it in 2017.”
My earlier coverage of today’s Second Circuit ruling can be accessed here.
“‘This Is Big’: House Democrats Praised for Requesting Kavanaugh’s Concealed Bush Admin Records.” Jessica Corbett of Common Dreams has this report.
“Letting Brett Kavanaugh Off the Hook Sets a Dangerous Precedent; Ethics rules don’t apply to Supreme Court nominees as long as they get confirmed, a panel of judges concluded”: Paul Horvitz has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
“10th Circuit Sides With Denver in Case of Courtroom Head Slam”: Amanda Pampuro of Courthouse News Service has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued yesterday.
“Mitch McConnell looks like a hypocrite on Supreme Court nominees, but he didn’t have to”: James Wallner has this essay online at the Washington Examiner.
“Arizona’s Long-Shot Original Jurisdiction Opioid Case in the SCOTUS”: Michael C. Dorf has this post at his blog, “Dorf on Law.”
“End Times, Legal Citations Edition: The ‘cleaned up’ parenthetical and its rascally scourge.” Adam T. Johnson has this article in the August 2019 issue of Bench & Bar of Minnesota.
Jack Metzler, the inventor of this parenthetical, responds here and here.
“The Supreme Court’s illiberal legacy: Why liberals shouldn’t put too much faith in the nation’s highest court.” Shahrukh Khan has this essay online at The Washington Post.
“A Class of Their Own: The Supreme Court’s Recent Take on Class Actions.” Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.
“Supreme Court Weighs Second Amendment Showdown After Mass Shootings”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.
“Sarah Palin can pursue defamation case against NY Times: U.S. court ruling.” Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report.
Jacqueline Thomsen of The Hill reports that “Appeals court resurrects Palin’s defamation lawsuit against NY Times.”
And at the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter, Eriq Gardner has a post titled “Sarah Palin Defamation Lawsuit Against N.Y. Times Revived by Appeals Court; The 2nd Circuit knocks the trial judge’s expeditious manner in cutting short a claim over an anti-gun op/ed, ruling that Palin should have had opportunity to explore her actual malice theories.”
You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.
“The Supreme Court Will Decide Whether You Can Be Fired For Not Being Girly Enough; Aimee Stephens was fired because her employer felt trans women weren’t feminine enough; If she loses her Supreme Court case, all women could have their rights rolled way back”: Diana Tourjée of Vice has this report.
“Second Amendment Looms Over Supreme Court After Back-To-Back Massacres”: Kevin Daley of the Daily Caller has this report.
And at Politico Magazine, Renato Mariotti has an essay titled “The Next Big Vote on Gun Control May Be in the Supreme Court; Congress gave gunmakers immunity from lawsuits; Now the issue is before the Roberts court.”
