“Law governing adoptions of Native American children upheld”: Kevin McGill of The Associated Press has this report.
And Emma Platoff of The Texas Tribune reports that “5th Circuit upholds Indian Child Welfare Act as constitutional, reversing lower court; The appeals court overturned a 2018 decision from a federal district judge who ruled that the law, which gives adoption placement preference to Native American tribes, was unconstitutional; Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton challenged the law in 2017.”
You can access Friday’s ruling of a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (with partial dissenting opinion to issue later) at this link.
“3rd Circ. Revives Pa. Takings Case Following Justices’ Ruling”: Law360 has this report (subscription required for access) on a judgment order that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued Friday in Knick v. Township of Scott.
“U.S. verdict allowing seizure of Iran-linked Manhattan skyscraper is overturned”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued on Friday.
Also on Friday, the Second Circuit issued rulings in three additional related appeals, and you can access those rulings here, here, and here.
“D.C. Circuit Review — Reviewed: ‘Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge Rao.'” Aaron Nielson has this post at the “Notice & Comment” blog of the Yale Journal on Regulation.
“Could federal court ruling push how colleges handle sexual assault to U.S. Supreme Court?” David Jesse of The Detroit Free Press has this report.
And Jeremy Bauer-Wolf of Inside Higher Ed has an article headlined “A Potential Title IX Supreme Court Case? A split in two federal appeals courts opinions could set up a court challenge at the highest level and give clarity on due process in campus sexual violence cases.”
“Jeff Hughes case shows how a judge’s misbehavior can remain hidden forever in Louisiana”: In today’s edition of The Advocate of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Andrea Gallo and John Simerman have a front page article that begins, “Disciplining Louisiana judges is a lot like ‘Fight Club.’ The first rule: You don’t talk about it.”
“The Completely Predictable Death of Jeffrey Epstein: If you are shocked by a jail suicide you aren’t paying attention to the grim conditions of incarceration in America.” Andrew Cohen has this essay online at The New Republic.
“New York eased gun law hopeful Supreme Court would drop Second Amendment case — but that hasn’t happened yet”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.
