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Tuesday, August 13, 2019

“Fifth Circuit Appears Ready to Ignore Supreme Court Precedent . . . Again; During oral arguments Friday a panel of judges — including two Trump appointees — searched for ways to ignore the law and dismiss a challenge to a web of anti-abortion restrictions”: Jessica Mason Pieklo of RewireNews has this report.

Posted at 11:34 PM by Howard Bashman



“Senate Dems deliver stunning warning to Supreme Court: ‘Heal’ or face restructuring.” Ronn Blitzer of Fox News has this report.

Posted at 11:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“It’s Alan Dershowitz vs. David Boies, again and again”: Tom Jackman, Deanna Paul, and Manuel Roig-Franzia of The Washington Post have this report.

Posted at 10:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“States Sue Trump Administration Over Rollback of Obama-Era Climate Rule”: Lisa Friedman has this report.

Phil Willon of The Los Angeles Times reports that “California sues to stop Trump rollback of Obama-era restrictions on coal-burning power plants.”

Timothy Puko of The Wall Street Journal reports that “States Sue Trump Administration Over Rollback of Power-Plant Regulations; New York and California lead group saying the government isn’t meeting its Clean Air Act role.”

Gabrielle Canon of USA Today reports that “California, other states sue Trump administration over replacement of Obama’s Clean Power Plan.”

Chris Hubbuch of The Wisconsin State Journal reports that “Wisconsin AG sues EPA over climate protection rollback; claims rule violates Clean Air Act.”

And Rebecca Beitsch of The Hill reports that “22 states sue Trump over repeal of Obama-era power plant rules.”

Posted at 10:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“Replacing Chevron with a Sounder Interpretive Regime”: Mike Rappaport has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

Posted at 9:16 PM by Howard Bashman



“US appeals court hands truckers defeat in turnpike toll suit”: Mark Scolforo of The Associated Press has a report that begins, “High tolls on the Pennsylvania Turnpike do not violate the right of truckers and other motorists to travel between states, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday, upholding a lower-court dismissal of a lawsuit against state agencies and officials.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit at this link.

Posted at 9:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“Big Law’s Supreme Court Star Power Competes for Smaller Pie”: Meghan Tribe and Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law have this report.

Posted at 6:18 PM by Howard Bashman



“Court upholds dismissal of lawsuit by ex-USC football player against NCAA, Pac-12”: Nathan Fenno of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

Bay City News Service reports that “Appeals Court Rejects Former USC Linebacker’s Bid To Sue NCAA For Employment Rights.”

And Nicholas Iovino of Courthouse News Service has a report headlined “Ninth Circuit: No Minimum Wage for College Football Players.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

Posted at 12:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“Ron Lafferty could face firing squad within ‘months’ after Utah death row inmate loses latest appeal”: Nate Carlisle has this front page article in today’s edition of The Salt Lake Tribune.

Pat Reavy of The Deseret News has an article headlined “New appeal denied: Is Utah inmate Ron Lafferty months away from a firing squad?

And Ben Winslow of Fox 13 News in Salt Lake City reports that “Court rejects notorious killer Ron Lafferty’s latest appeal, moving him closer to firing squad execution.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit at this link.

Posted at 10:20 AM by Howard Bashman



“Privileging Western culture: Glenn Loury talks with Penn Law professor Amy Wax about the idea of giving preferential treatment to immigrants from Western nations.” Yesterday, BloggingheadsTV posted online at YouTube this new episode of The Glenn Show.

Posted at 10:09 AM by Howard Bashman