“What would a new Tsarnaev trial look like, five years later?” Dugan Arnett of The Boston Globe has this report.
And in commentary, online at The Boston Globe, former U.S. District Judge Nancy Gertner (D. Mass.), Martin F. Murphy, and Michael Keating have an essay titled “Prosecutors’ excessive zeal during the Tsarnaev trial: Their overreach during the first trial may now require a second one.”
“Planned Parenthood targets Susan Collins with $1.7 million voter turnout plan”: Ryan Lovelace of The Washington Times has this report.
According to the article, “Planned Parenthood’s primary objection to Ms. Collins focuses on her votes to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh and other judicial nominees appointed by President Trump.”
“Drug users delivering stillbirths could face murder rap if this California case advances”: Alex Wigglesworth has this article in today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times.
“Error of Will — Or Matter of Framing?” Robert R. Gasaway has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.
“Why is diversity so important? Read Orrick’s amicus brief on jurors and #BLM.” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.
“Mississippi Judge Blasts Qualified Immunity in Blistering Order”: Porter Wells of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access).
Today, U.S. District Judge Carlton W. Reeves (S.D. Miss.) issued this must-read decision.
“Avery Rasmussen ’21 To Clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh”: Mike Fox of the University of Virginia School of Law has this report.
“Moot Opposition for Zero Disclaimer”: Dennis Crouch has this post at his “Patently-O” blog about a non-precedential decision that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued yesterday in Royal Crown Co. v. Coca-Cola Co.
“Eleventh Circuit, in Error-Filled Decision, Upholds Florida Presidential Ballot Access”: Richard Winger has this post at his “Ballot Access News” blog about a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued yesterday.
“Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Mourns Passing of Judge Jerome Farris”: The Public Information Office of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently issued this news release.
“Sixth Circuit: Covid-19 Restrictions Don’t Affect Ballot-Access Requirements.” Kevin Koeninger of Courthouse News Service has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued yesterday.
“‘We will not bite’: Federal appeals strikes down plan to allow floating fish farms in Gulf.” Tristan Baurick of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans has this report.
And Janet McConnaughey of The Associated Press has a report headlined “Appeals court: NOAA can’t make rules for offshore fish farms.”
You can access yesterday’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit at this link.
“Appeals court revives challenge to Maryland gun laws”: Matthew Barakat of The Associated Press has this report.
And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Eugene Volokh has a post titled “Gun Stores Have Standing to Raise Their Customers’ Second Amendment Rights, in challenge to Maryland’s handgun license requirement.”
You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at this link.
“All U.S. Appeals Courts Embrace Argument Streaming Due to Covid”: Madison Alder and Allie Reed have an article that begins, “All 13 federal appeals courts now are livestreaming oral arguments compared to four prior to the pandemic, the latest sign of how Covid-19 has made U.S. courts more transparent.”
“Associate Justice Elena Kagan, after decade on bench, emerges as Supreme Court ‘bridge-builder'”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.