“Associate Justice Elena Kagan says U.S. Supreme Court not partisan, despite current political climate; The justice spoke Tuesday night at CU Boulder”: Saja Hindi of The Denver Post has this report.
The University of Colorado Law School has posted the video of Justice Kagan’s remarks on YouTube at this link.
“An overlooked consequence of the Supreme Court’s gerrymandering rulings: Stricter abortion laws.” Reis Thebault of The Washington Post has this report.
Seventh Circuit judges spar over existence or non-existence of requirement that preliminary injunction be set forth in a separate document: See this interim order that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued last Friday.
Last month, Lorraine Bailey of Courthouse News Service covered the oral argument of the appeal in an article headlined “Panel Sympathetic to Budweiser in Spat Over Corn Syrup Ads.”
“Ninth Circuit Upholds Block on Expanded Exemptions for Birth Control Coverage”: Nicholas Iovino of Courthouse News Service has this report.
Mary Anne Pazanowski of Bloomberg Law has a report headlined “Trump Birth Control Religious Opt-Out Properly Blocked: Ninth Circuit.”
And in commentary, online at The Los Angeles Times, Jon Healey has an essay titled “California’s battle with Trump over contraception isn’t just about contraception.”
You can access today’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.
“Court weighing whether judge can unseal lynching records”: Kate Brumback of The Associated Press has this report.
Mark Strassmann of CBS News reports that “Activists hope answers about 1946 lynchings will bring ‘healing.’”
And Kayla Goggin of Courthouse News Service reports that “En Banc 11th Circuit Hears Bid to Release Lynching Records.”
“Democrats call Trump ‘increasingly brazen’ in emoluments court filing, citing Doral G7 proposal”: Ariane de Vogue and Katelyn Polantz of CNN have this report.
And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Josh Blackman has a post titled “George Washington and the Emoluments Clauses: The Practices of our First President Suggest That President Trump is not violating the Foreign and Domestic Emoluments Clauses.”
“Laura Kelly will soon pick a Supreme Court justice. One finalist could spur backlash.” Jonathan Shorman of The Wichita Eagle has this report.
“People still trust the Supreme Court. Democrats, don’t mess that up.” Columnist Kathleen Parker has this essay online at The Washington Post.
“Thirteen Candidates the Next Democratic President Should Seriously Consider For the Supreme Court”: Harsh Voruganti has this post at his “The Vetting Room” blog, along with a post titled “Initial Thoughts on the Demand Justice Shortlist.”
“When the Government Seizes Your Embryos; In Poland, single women who have frozen embryos are now barred from accessing them”: Anna Louie Sussman has this post online at The New Yorker.
“A new poll finds strong support for the Supreme Court ending LGBTQ discrimination; Neil Gorsuch’s fears of ‘social upheaval’ don’t seem justified”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.
“Supreme Court Justice Kagan encourages, amuses crowd at U lecture; Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan shares insights, anecdotes at U”: Rochelle Olson of The Minneapolis Star Tribune has this report.
Joe Kelly of the Minnesota Daily reports that “Supreme Court Justice Kagan visits UMN, speaks on gender diversity of the court; Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan shared her thoughts on female representation on the court and her love for the job.”
Steve Karnowski of The Associated Press has a report headlined “Justice Kagan: High court must avoid partisan perceptions.”
And Matt Sepic of MPR News has a report headlined “Justice Kagan: U.S. Supreme Court more complicated than the divided public knows.”
“Roger Stone’s Plea for Social Media Comeback Fails at Appeals Court”: Andrew M Harris of Bloomberg News has this report.
Josh Gerstein of Politico reports that “Court rejects Roger Stone challenge to gag order.”
And Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News reports that “Roger Stone Lost His Appeal Of The Gag Order Barring Him From Posting On Twitter, Facebook, And Instagram; Stone’s trial is set to begin next month.”
You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.
“Judge sets retrial date for Katherine Magbanua in Dan Markel killing”: Jeff Burlew of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.
“Ruth Bader Ginsburg visits UC Berkeley, recounts her fights for women’s rights”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.
Casey Tolan of The East Bay Times reports that “Ruth Bader Ginsburg reassures fans she’s doing ‘very well’ at UC Berkeley talk; ‘If you have survived cancer, you have a zest for life that you didn’t before.’”
And Ariane de Vogue and Chandelis Duster of CNN report that “Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she never stopped working out during pancreatic cancer treatment.”
The UC Berkeley School of Law has posted on YouTube a video of the event titled “A Conversation with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.”
“Textualism as pretext in the LGBTQ discrimination cases”: Tonja Jacobi and Matthew Sag have this post at the “SCOTUS OA” blog.
“Justice Story on Originalism and Judicial Independence; An old argument against ‘flexible and changeable interpretation'”: Stephen Sachs has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”