“Two Florida Supreme Court justices appointed to federal appeals court; Justices Barbara Lagoa and Robert Luck have been serving on Florida’s highest court since January”: The News Service of Florida has a report that begins, “Just months after joining the Florida Supreme Court, Justice Barbara Lagoa and Justice Robert Luck have been picked by President Donald Trump to serve on a federal appeals court, Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office said Thursday evening.”
And the Office of Florida’s Governor issued a news release titled “Governor Ron DeSantis and Florida Leaders Applaud President Donald Trump on His Nominations of Florida Supreme Court Justices Barbara Lagoa and Robert Luck to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.”
“Does this anti-discrimination law protect LGBTQ workers? 3 cases ask Supreme Court to decide.” Marcia Coyle of PBS NewsHour has this report.
“Anti-Malware Company Must Face Suit For Blocking ‘SpyHunter,’ Court Rules”: Wendy Davis of Digital News Daily has this report on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.
“The Supreme Court’s Devastating Asylum Ruling Follows a Troubling Pattern; The court’s ‘shadow docket’ is growing”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
And online at Vox, Ian Millhiser has an essay titled “Justice Sotomayor warns the Supreme Court is doing ‘extraordinary’ favors for Trump; The Trump administration thinks the court is its personal fixer; The court isn’t doing much to disabuse it of this idea.”
“Federal court’s decision could allow Uber drivers to sue the company”: Juliana Feliciano Reyes of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this article reporting on a decision that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued yesterday.
“Is the Supreme Court too deferential to Trump — or worried some judges are overstepping their power?” Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.
“Justice Ginsburg to Address New Georgetown Law Students”: Georgetown Law has posted on Facebook the video of this afternoon’s appearance at this link.
And in news coverage, Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Ginsburg touts adding an Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution.”
“Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch on the Constitution, law and his fellow Justices”: Julia Musto of Fox News has this report.
And Fox News has posted on YouTube a video titled “Neil Gorsuch: Our courts are one of the wonders of the world.”
“Why did ‘sources familiar with the private Supreme Court deliberations’ talk to CNN about the Census Case? What do we make of the Department of Commerce leak? And did Justice Sotomayor lose the majority opinion in Gundy?” Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”
“Trump Asylum Victory May Only Be Temporary; Understanding the 7-2 vote requires a close look at Supreme Court professional etiquette”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.
“Previewing the Supreme Court’s October Term 2019”: The George Washington University Law School hosted this event today, featuring panelists Sherrilyn Ifill, Kannon K. Shanmugam, and Jonathan Turley. Slate’s Mark Joseph Stern served as moderator. You can view the video at the law school’s Facebook page via this link.
“Ted Cruz will oppose Trump’s judicial nominee; ‘Sul’ Ozerden’s nomination to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals could be in jeopardy”: Burgess Everett, Marianne LeVine, and Eliana Johnson of Politico have this report.
“Exclusive: How John Roberts killed the census citizenship question.” Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.
“Merck Investors’ State Law Fraud Claims Revived by 3d Cir.”: Jennifer Bennett of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access) on an interesting ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued today.
“U.S. court upholds ex-HSBC executive’s conviction for foreign-exchange scheme”: Brendan Pierson of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued today.
“Religious Crusaders at the Supreme Court’s Gates: Conservative justices appear eager to take on a subject at the heart of the country’s culture wars.” Linda Greenhouse has this essay online at The New York Times.
“5th Circ. Judge Willett On Textualism And Giving Up Twitter”: Jimmy Hoover of Law360 has this report (subscription may be required for full access).
