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Monday, December 2, 2019

Access online Facebook’s petition for writ of certiorari filed today in the U.S. Supreme Court challenging a class action lawsuit claiming that the company illegally collected and stored biometric data for millions of users without their consent: At this link.

Posted at 9:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“Can Indian Tribes Sue for Libel? American government agencies (federal, state, and local) can’t sue for libel, the Supreme Court has held; but what about foreign countries, or Indian tribes?” Eugene Volokh has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

Posted at 7:55 PM by Howard Bashman



“Appeals court rejects Justice Department request to let federal executions proceed”: Mark Berman of The Washington Post has this report.

Sarah N. Lynch of Reuters reports that “Court denies Trump administration bid to resume federal executions.”

Bradford Betz of Fox News reports that “Appeals court denies DOJ bid to resume federal executions.”

Harper Neidig of The Hill reports that “Appeals court rejects Trump DOJ request to resume executions.”

And Tim Ryan of Courthouse News Service reports that “DC Circuit Refuses to Lift Block on Federal Executions.”

You can access today’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.

Posted at 7:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Second Amendment Case May Fizzle Out at the Supreme Court; Arguments in the court’s first case on the scope of the amendment in nearly a decade focused on whether the repeal of a New York law made the case moot”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Appears Unlikely to Expand Gun Rights in New York Case; Arguments focused on procedure more than Second Amendment.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court focuses on repeal of New York City gun restrictions that could moot Second Amendment case.”

Ronn Blitzer and Guerin Hays of Fox News report that “Supreme Court hears gun control case that inspired court-packing threat from Dems.”

And this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered” contained an audio segment titled “Supreme Court Hears Arguments On What Could Be Landmark 2nd Amendment Case.”

Posted at 7:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court’s Second Amendment Revolution May Have to Wait; But they’re poised to strike when the right case comes along”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

Posted at 4:37 PM by Howard Bashman



“The fight to expand gun rights may have hit a snag in the Supreme Court; Second Amendment activists are likely to get bad news from the Supreme Court, but it won’t last long”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

Posted at 1:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court debates whether gun restrictions case is still worth considering”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court may punt rather than rule on key gun-rights case.”

Alex Swoyer and David Sherfinski of The Washington Times report that “Supreme Court hears challenge to New York City’s ban on transporting firearms.”

Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “Justices weigh dismissal of case over New York City gun law.”

Andrew Chung and Lawrence Hurley of Reuters report that “U.S. Supreme Court justices wrestle over dismissing major gun case.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Supreme Court Justices Debate Tossing Out Gun-Rights Case.”

Pete Williams of NBC News reports that “Supreme Court appears unlikely to hand victory to gun rights backers in 2nd Amendment case.”

Ariane de Vogue of CNN reports that “Supreme Court hears biggest Second Amendment case in a decade.”

And John Kruzel of The Hill reports that “Justices appear cautious of expanding gun rights in NY case.”

Posted at 1:15 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Guns Case Is About Much More Than Guns: By hearing this case about the Second Amendment, the Supreme Court is declaring itself the only appropriate forum for remedying constitutional violations.” Law professor Leah Litman has this essay online at The Atlantic.

Posted at 10:44 AM by Howard Bashman



“Judge Andrew Brasher — Nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit”: Harsh Voruganti has this post at his blog, “The Vetting Room.”

Posted at 10:42 AM by Howard Bashman



“After Long Gap, Supreme Court Poised to Break Silence on Gun Rights; Following a change in personnel, the court could expand the scope of Second Amendment rights and chastise lower courts that have upheld gun control laws”: Adam Liptak has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “Case signals new interest in 2nd Amendment by Supreme Court.”

Ariane de Vogue of CNN reports that “Supreme Court hears biggest Second Amendment case in a decade.”

And on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition,” Nina Totenberg had an audio segment titled “1st Supreme Court Gun-Rights Battle In 10 Years May Transform Legal Landscape.”

Posted at 8:20 AM by Howard Bashman