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Friday, June 12, 2020

“Gov. Wolf asks Pa. Supreme Court to intervene, nullify Legislature’s COVID-19 reopening resolutions”: Matt Miller of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has this report on a request for extraordinary relief that the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office filed today in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

And in other coverage, Mark Scolforo and Michael Rubinkam of The Associated Press report that “Wolf asks Pennsylvania Supreme Court to uphold shutdown.”

Posted at 11:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Empty Promise of the Supreme Court’s Landmark Affirmative Action Case; Black students like me are tired of taking on the emotional labor to educate white peers”: Hannah Taylor has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

Posted at 11:38 PM by Howard Bashman



“Oregon Supreme Court vacates judge’s ruling that voided Gov. Brown’s coronavirus social gathering restrictions”: Maxine Bernstein of The Oregonian has this report.

Andrew Selsky of The Associated Press reports that “Oregon Supreme Court upholds governor’s shutdown orders.”

And Brendan Pierson of Reuters reports that “Oregon top court upholds governor’s stay-at-home order.”

You can access today’s per curiam ruling of the Supreme Court of Oregon at this link.

Posted at 11:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Utah Supreme Court strikes down law allowing sex abuse lawsuits in case against federal judge; ‘It’s a predator-friendly state as long as this is the way we handle things,’ plaintiff says”: Annie Knox of The Deseret News has this report.

Paighten Harkins of The Salt Lake Tribune reports that “Supreme Court rules it can’t retroactively apply law that extends statute of limitations for child sex abuse cases.”

And Ben Winslow of Fox 13 in Salt Lakw City reports that “Utah Supreme Court won’t retroactively apply law dropping statute of limitations for sex abuse.”

You can access yesterday unanimous ruling of the Supreme Court of Utah, on certified question from the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, at this link.

Posted at 11:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“As a judge, I have to follow the Supreme Court. It should fix this mistake.” Online at The Washington Post, Fourth Circuit Judge James A. Wynn Jr. has an essay that begins, “George Floyd’s unconscionable killing has properly brought renewed attention to the Supreme Court’s doctrine of ‘qualified immunity,’ which shields law enforcement officers from civil lawsuits alleging excessive force.”

Posted at 12:14 PM by Howard Bashman