“Watched Case on Taxpayer Access to Courts Won’t Be Reheard”: Aysha Bagchi of Bloomberg Tax has this report on an order denying rehearing en banc, and the opinions concurring therein and dissenting therefrom, that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued yesterday.
“Air Force veteran convicted in terror case to be resentenced”: Larry Neumeister of The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued today.
“Federal appeals court overturns Everett man’s conviction on conspiring to support ISIS”: In today’s edition of The Boston Globe, John R. Ellement has this article reporting on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued yesterday.
“S.D. legislators urge state Supreme Court to allow concealed handguns in chambers”: Lisa Kaczke of The Argus Leader of Sioux Falls, South Dakota has this report.
“UA trustee John Goodson and Supreme Court Justice Courtney Hudson settle divorce case in advance of hearing”: Max Brantley of the Arkansas Times has this report.
“Md.’s top court upholds child pornography charge against teen who texted friends a video of herself”: Ann E. Marimow has this front page article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.
And Tasneem Nashrulla of BuzzFeed News reports that “A Teen Is A Child Pornographer For Sexting A Video Of Herself To Her Friends, A Court Ruled; For the first time, the Maryland Court of Appeals said it had to grapple with applying the state’s child pornography law to minors who consensually engage in sexting.”
You can access yesterday’s ruling of the Court of Appeals of Maryland — that state’s highest court — at this link.
“Mississippi Supreme Court throws out Curtis Flowers’ conviction, orders new trial”: Jimmie E. Gates of The Clarion Ledger of Jackson, Mississippi has this report.
“Senate Republicans tell Supreme Court not to be ‘cowed’ by Democratic senators”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.
Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “GOP senators say they’ll block Dem efforts to expand the Supreme Court.”
Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “McConnell Tells Supreme Court Not to Be ‘Cowed’ by Democrats on Guns.”
Ronn Blitzer of Fox News reports that “Senate Republicans in Supreme Court letter accuse Dems of ‘assault’ on judiciary.”
Tucker Higgins of CNBC reports that “McConnell tells Supreme Court justices that he will protect them from Democrats’ court-packing ‘threat.’”
And Burgess Everett of Politico has an article headlined “McConnell to Supreme Court: We won’t let Dems ‘pack the court’; Republicans hit back after Democratic senators sent a brief warning voters may eventually demand the high court be restructured.”
You can view the letter at this link.
“22 Women Say They Were Exploited by Porn Producers; Their lawsuit, a rare look into an opaque industry, seeks $22 million in damages”: Katie Van Syckle of The New York Times has this report.
“Judicial Nominees Remain A Touchy Subject After Rejection Of Sununu’s Supreme Court Pick”: Josh Rogers of New Hampshire Public Radio has this report.
“Another Missed Opportunity: Kisor v. Wilkie and the Failure to Overturn Auer Deference.” Mike Rappaport has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.
“U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor to Visit Tufts University”: TuftsNow has this report.
“Arizona’s Governor Is Leading Republicans’ Quiet, Radical Takeover of State Supreme Courts; He may now be angling to appoint Bill Montgomery, Maricopa County’s reactionary prosecutor”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
“Civil Rights Turned Topsy-Turvy; The Trump administration is moving on two fronts to undo civil rights protections”: Linda Greenhouse has this essay online at The New York Times.
And online at The Washington Post, columnist Harry Litman has an essay titled “The Trump administration jumps into a high-stakes court case in support of intolerance.”