“Inaction on Kavanaugh allegations reignites political rancor”: Seung Min Kim of The Washington Post has this report.
That newspaper has also published an editorial titled “The FBI investigation into Brett Kavanaugh turns out to be more of a sham than it seemed.”
And online at The Boston Globe, columnist Joan Vennochi has an essay titled “With ‘Impeach Kavanaugh,’ Democrats find another way to lose.”
“Appeals court sends ISIS terrorism case back to controversial Houston judge”: Gabrielle Banks of The Houston Chronicle has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued on Friday.
“Firing the judge in Brock Turner sex assault case was a step toward mob rule”: The Los Angeles Times recently published this editorial.
“The New Kavanaugh Reporting Shows How Far Trump’s Control Goes; The FBI, the DOJ, SCOTUS — Trump controls it all”: Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
“The Assault on the Supreme Court: The revival of smears against Kavanaugh is part of a campaign.” The Wall Street Journal has published this editorial.
And Wall Street Journal columnist William McGurn has an essay titled “Pin the Asterisk on Kavanaugh; Christine Blasey Ford was motivated by politics, her lawyer asserted in April.”
“The Ongoing Smear Campaign against Brett Kavanaugh”: National Review has published this editorial.
“Times’ handling of Kavanaugh story draws widespread criticism; Editors won’t explain why an explosive allegation appeared in Sunday Review, lacked a key fact and was promoted with an offensive tweet”: Michael Calderone of Politico has this report.
“Only one Supreme Court justice has ever been impeached; His nickname was Old Bacon Face; In 1805, Congress tried to remove Samuel Chase from the bench”: Gillian Brockell of The Washington Post has this report.
“Arizona Supreme Court Greenlights Discrimination Against Same-Sex Weddings; Denying services to a gay couple is protected free speech, the court ruled”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
“U.S. Supreme Court adds Louisiana abortion case to October conference for review”: Elizabeth Crisp of The Advocate of Baton Rouge, Louisiana has this report.
“Iowa’s chief justice recuses himself from case challenging judicial nominating process”: Stephen Gruber-Miller of The Des Moines Register has this report.
“There’s nothing wrong with good, harmless fun!” Columnist Alexandra Petri has this essay online at The Washington Post.
“Phoenix artists don’t have to make LGBTQ wedding invitations, Arizona Supreme Court rules”: Jessica Boehm of The Arizona Republic has this report.
Howard Fischer of The Arizona Daily Star has an article headlined “Arizona Supreme Court: Business doesn’t have to make invitations for same-sex weddings.”
Owen Daugherty of The Hill reports that “Arizona Supreme Court rules business can refuse to make wedding invites for LGBTQ couple.”
And Brad Poole of Courthouse News Service reports that “Artists Don’t Have to Make Same-Sex Wedding Invitations, Arizona High Court Rules.”
You can access today’s 4-to-3 ruling of the Supreme Court of Arizona at this link.
“British Courts Flex Their All-American Muscles; This week’s Brexit ruling hinges on judicial review, which is a thing in the U.S. but not really in the U.K.” Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.
“Senator told FBI last fall of new information about Kavanaugh”: Seung Min Kim of The Washington Post has this report.
“Democrats are calling for Brett Kavanaugh to be impeached. How would that work?” Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.
“Parents of murdered Democratic staffer Seth Rich can sue Fox News: U.S. court.” Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report.
Josh Gerstein of Politico reports that “Court reinstates suit against Fox News over Seth Rich murder saga.”
And at the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter, Eriq Gardner has a post titled “Fox News Must Face Lawsuit From Seth Rich’s Family, Appeals Court Rules; The 2nd Circuit reverses a federal judge’s ruling with a provocative opinion that concludes Joel and Mary Rich can indeed sue for intentional infliction of emotional distress over how Fox News covered the murder of their son.”
You can access last Friday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.
“A federal appeals court threw out 5-cent ‘Forever Stamp’ price hike. Will prices now drop?” Kelly Tyko of USA Today has this report.
And Andrew M Harris of Bloomberg News reports that “U.S. ‘Forever’ Stamp Price Increase Struck Down by Appeals Court.”
Circuit Judge Neomi Rao wrote last Friday’s ruling on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
“Justice Gorsuch’s call for ‘civility’ is a hypocritical defense of privilege”: Columnist Michael Hiltzik has this essay in today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times.
“New reporting details how FBI limited investigation of Kavanaugh allegations”: Jackie Calmes has this front page article in today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times.
“Supreme Court may hear case on Trump ties to family-owned properties, say court watchers”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.
“Gay Softball League Leads to Major Supreme Court Job-Bias Case”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.
“Trump rages after New York Times updates story to say alleged Kavanaugh victim ‘does not recall’ incident”: Kevin Breuninger of CNBC has this report.
“Woman linked to newly revealed allegation against Kavanaugh: ‘Ask Brett.'” Allison Pecorin, Shannon K. Crawford, and John Santucci of ABC News have this report.
“Supreme Court Says Judges Are Above Politics. It May Hear a Case Testing That View.” Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” essay in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.
“How to remove Brett Kavanaugh without impeaching him; The bar for removing Justice Brett Kavanaugh by impeachment is so high as to be insurmountable; But there may be another way”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.