“U.S. appeals court rebuffs Leander firefighter who was fired after refusing vaccine”: Chuck Lindell of The Austin American-Statesman has this report (subscription may be required for full access).
And Patrick Dorrian of Bloomberg Law reports that “Firefighter’s Religious Objection to Vaccine Fairly Accommodated” (subscription required for full access).
You can access Thursday’s ruling of a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit at this link. Circuit Judge James C. Ho‘s opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part is his latest provocative separate writing.
“Stakes high as US Supreme Court weighs ‘Bridgegate’ case”: David Porter of The Associated Press has this report.
“Lady Hale slams high heels sexism and unfair pay in last week as UK’s top judge”: Martin Bentham of the Evening Standard of London has this report.
And Katie O’Neill of The Telegraph (UK) has an article headlined “‘Let female lawyers wear flat shoes,’ Lady Hale says during final week as Supreme Court justice.”
“The Courts Can Move Quickly. They’re Slow-Walking Trump Cases on Purpose. Don’t be fooled into thinking this isn’t a decision.” Law professor Barry Friedman and Dahlia Lithwick have this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
“Big Cases, Divisive Decisions, and . . . What if There’s a Vacancy? How the Supreme Court could affect the 2020 election.” Sarah Isgur has this article online at The Dispatch.
“Crosstown traffic: SCOTUS considers ‘Bridgegate’ prosecutions.” Mark Walsh has this article online at ABA Journal.
“Supreme Court to discuss same-sex wedding, contraceptives, electoral college, 2nd Amendment and Iran cases”: Devan Cole, Caroline Kelly, Donna Borak, and Ariane de Vogue of CNN have this report.
“At Harvard Law, reluctance to apply for clerkships with Trump-appointed judges”: Deirdre Fernandes has this front page article in today’s edition of The Boston Globe.
