“Judge in Flynn Case Renowned for His Independent Streak; U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan will hear a challenge to the Justice Department’s surprise move to drop charges against President Trump’s former national security adviser Michael T. Flynn”: Michael Crowley of The New York Times has this report.
And in commentary, online at The New York Times, Emily Bazelon and law professor Eric Posner have an essay titled “There Used to Be Justice. Now We Have Bill Barr. The attorney general’s intervention in prosecutions of Mr. Trump’s allies is a new low.”
“Will Trump win or lose at the Supreme Court? With John Roberts, possibly both.” Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.
“The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s conservative majority strikes down state stay-home order; Lame-duck Justice Daniel Kelly, who just lost election in a landslide, cast the deciding vote”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.
“Court asks retired judge to oppose Justice Dept. effort to drop Michael Flynn case, examine if ex-Trump adviser committed perjury”: Spencer S. Hsu, Matt Zapotosky, and Devlin Barrett of The Washington Post have this report.
And Katie Benner of The New York Times reports that “Judge Appoints Outsider to Take On Justice Dept. in Flynn Case; A retired judge will also examine whether the former national security adviser committed perjury.”
“Courtroom access: Where do we go from here?” Amy Howe has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”
And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Josh Blackman has a post titled “Recommendations to Improve Access to the Supreme Court; I hope the Supreme Court takes these recommendations seriously.”
“Wisconsin Supreme Court strikes down Tony Evers’ stay-at-home order that closed businesses, schools to limit spread of coronavirus”: Molly Beck and Patrick Marley of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel have this report.
Riley Vetterkind of The Wisconsin State Journal reports that “Wisconsin Supreme Court strikes down stay at home order.”
Colby Itkowitz of The Washington Post reports that “Wisconsin Supreme Court strikes down governor’s extension of stay-at-home order.”
Todd Richmond of The Associated Press reports that “Wisconsin Supreme Court blocks Evers’ stay-home extension.”
Omar Jimenez of CNN reports that “Wisconsin Supreme Court strikes down state’s stay-at-home order.”
Morgan Phillips of Fox News reports that “Wisconsin’s Supreme Court strikes down governor’s ‘safer at home’ order.”
Rebecca Klar of The Hill reports that “Wisconsin Supreme Court overrides governor’s stay-at-home order.”
And Shawn Johnson of Wisconsin Public Radio reports that “Wisconsin Supreme Court Strikes Down ‘Safer At Home’; Evers’ Administration Would Need Approval Of Legislature’s Rulemaking Committee To Issue New Stay-At-Home Orders.”
You can access today’s 4-to-3 ruling of the Supreme Court of Wisconsin at this link.
“Remanded Again, Intersex Passport More Complicated than XYZ; The 10th Circuit remanded to the State Department Dana Zzyym’s request to be granted an intersex passport, continuing a 4½-year battle”: Amanda Pampuro of Courthouse News Service has this report.
And in earlier coverage, in July 2016, Travis M. Andrews of The Washington Post had an article headlined “Dana Zzyym doesn’t identify as male or female, so can’t get a passport.”
You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit at this link.
“San Antonio must pay $2.2M in hotel tax battle”: Patrick Danner of The San Antonio Express-News has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued Monday.
“LSU Can’t Claim Sovereign Immunity to Avoid Discrimination Suit”: Bernie Pazanowski of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access) on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued yesterday.
“AutoZone Gets Punitives Nixed in Male’s Harassment Suit”: David McAfee and Erin Mulvaney of Bloomberg Law have this report (subscription required for full access) on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued Monday.
“Wisconsin Supreme Court Weighing Second ‘Safer At Home’ Challenge; Case Argues Stay-At-Home Order Violates State Constitutional Rights”: Shawn Johnson of Wisconsin Public Radio has this report.
And in related coverage, Patrick Marley of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that “Hair salon operator sues over Tony Evers’ stay-at-home order; It’s the 3rd legal challenge to coronavirus response.”
“L’Oreal ducks consumers’ defective liquid cosmetic dispenser claims”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report (subscription required for full access) on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued Monday.
“Unnamed Authors May Sue Based on Group Copyrights, 2d Cir. Says”: Blake Brittain of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access) on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued yesterday.
“The Supreme Court Is Not Going to Fix the Electoral College; The Court will decide whether electors must vote for their party’s candidate, but no matter the answer, the system will still be a disaster”: Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at The Atlantic.
“Goats on the Roof at the Supreme Court”: Dennis Crouch has this post at his “Patently-O” blog.
You can access the petition for writ of certiorari at this link.
“GOP Judicial Nominations Race Clock Amid Campaign, Virus Demands”: Madison Alder of Bloomberg Law has this report.
Access the live audio of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments in Chiafalo v. Washington and Colorado Dep’t of State v. Baca: C-SPAN will broadcast the audio of the first case via this link. And C-SPAN will broadcast the audio of the second case via this link.
“Supreme Court to Weigh Whether Electoral College Members Must Stick to State’s Popular Vote; Cases follow uptick in ‘faithless’ electors in 2016 presidential election, present dueling views of what Constitution’s framers had in mind”: Brent Kendall and Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal have this report.
Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “Justices hear election year cases over ‘faithless electors.’”
Andrew Chung and Lawrence Hurley of Reuters report that “U.S. Supreme Court to hear presidential Electoral College dispute.”
Pete Williams of NBC News has a report headlined “‘Faithless elector’: Supreme Court hears cases that could change presidential contestsIf presidential electors are determined to be free agents, a handful — or even one in a close election — could change the outcome.”
Tucker Higgins of CNBC reports that “Supreme Court hears arguments over ‘faithless’ Electoral College voters in dispute with 2020 implications.”
And Ephrat Livni of Quartz reports that “Electoral college voters make case for rogue voting at Supreme Court.”
“Will the Supreme Court rectify its qualified immunity mistake?” Columnist George F. Will has this essay online at The Washington Post.
