“The Trick That Could Bring Down Roe v. Wade: Conservative lawmakers filed a brief claiming abortion law is unworkable; That’s a lie.” Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
“Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Back Louisiana Abortion Curbs”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.
You can access the federal government’s amicus brief at this link.
“Democratic-led states ask Supreme Court to quickly review Affordable Care Act’s legality”: Amy Goldstein and Robert Barnes have this article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.
Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal reports that “States, U.S. House Ask High Court to Decide Fate of Affordable Care Act; Filings challenge recent decision by federal appeals court that ruled key feature of ACA was unconstitutional.”
At “TheUpshot” blog of The New York Times, Margot Sanger-Katz has a post titled “Democrats Ask Supreme Court for Quick Decision on Obamacare; The case could end the Affordable Care Act, but keeping the issue in the public eye could help them politically.”
And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Josh Blackman has a post titled “Obamacare Update: House and Blue States File Petitions for Certiorari, and Seek Expedited Review This Term; Under the proposed schedules, the Supreme Court would hear the case at the end of April or in special May sitting.”
You can access here and here the petitions for writ of certiorari filed yesterday in the U.S. Supreme Court.
“Will the Supreme Court protect democracy or Trump in 2020? It can’t do both.” Law professor Erwin Chemerinsky has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.
“Appeals court grapples with wading into political fight over grand jury materials, McGahn testimony”: Ann E. Marimow and Robert Barnes have this article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.
Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Trump Administration Subpoena Case Gets Mixed Reaction from Court Panel; Judges question White House immunity claims but hint at reluctance to resolve dispute.”
Bart Jansen and Kevin Johnson of USA Today have an article headlined “‘Food fight’ or congressional oversight? Appeals court weighs whether to enforce subpoenas issued in impeachment inquiry.”
Jeff Mordock of The Washington Times reports that “DOJ, Dems clash over impeachment-related lawsuits.”
Jan Wolfe and Lawrence Hurley of Reuters report that “Judges struggle over Trump bid to block McGahn congressional testimony.”
Bill Mears of Fox News reports that “House Dems, Trump DOJ clash in court over McGahn subpoena push.”
And Megan Mineiro of Courthouse News Service reports that “House Pushed at DC Circuit on Plans to Impeach Trump Again.”
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has posted online the audio of yesterday’s two related oral arguments here and here.
“Supreme Court’s liberals prepare for a spring of dissent”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN has this report.
“Delaware’s first black Supreme Court justice takes oath of office: ‘I do not feel the least bit entitled.'” Sarah Gamard has this front page article in today’s edition of The News Journal of Wilmington, Delaware.
Nick Ciolino and Sophia Schmidt of Delaware Public Media report that “Delaware’s first African-American Supreme Court Justice sworn in.”
And the Supreme Court of Delaware yesterday issued a news release titled “The Honorable Tamika R. Montgomery-Reeves takes the Oath of Office for Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court.”
