“Trump’s Legal Team Sets a Precedent for Lowering the Bar; President Trump and his lawyers are engaged in a spectacle that would be funny if it weren’t so dangerous, and if the stakes weren’t so high”: Mark Leibovich has this Washington Memo in today’s edition of The New York Times.
“Justice Dept. meets Trump, Giuliani vote-fraud claims with silent skepticism”: Devlin Barrett and Matt Zapotosky of The Washington Post have this report.
“Supreme Court continues capital punishment trend with Barrett on the bench”: Robert Barnes has this article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.
“Alito to far-right litigants: The buffet is open.” Elliot Mincberg has this essay online at The Hill.
“Judge dismisses Trump’s last Pennsylvania lawsuit capable of significantly disrupting election results”: Jeremy Roebuck of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.
Alan Feuer of The New York Times reports that “Judge Dismisses Trump Lawsuit Seeking to Delay Certification in Pennsylvania; In a scathing order, a federal judge rejected the Trump campaign’s claim of widespread improprieties with mail-in ballots, removing a major legal hurdle to certifying Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s victory there.”
Jon Swaine of The Washington Post reports that “In scathing opinion, federal judge dismisses Trump campaign lawsuit in Pennsylvania.”
Corinne Ramey of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Federal Judge Dismisses Trump Campaign Lawsuit in Pennsylvania; The suit was one of the last remaining legal avenues for the campaign in the state; judge says accusations were ‘unsupported by evidence.’”
Kevin McCoy of USA Today reports that “In scathing ruling, judge dismisses Trump campaign’s effort to overturn election results in Pennsylvania.”
Mark Scolforo of The Associated Press reports that “Judge throws out Trump bid to stop PA vote certification.”
Simon Lewis and Andy Sullivan of Reuters report that “U.S. judge dismisses Trump election lawsuit in Pennsylvania.”
Erik Larson of Bloomberg News reports that “Trump Campaign Loses Pennsylvania Suit to Halt Certification.”
Kevin Bohn of CNN reports that “Federal judge dismisses Trump campaign Pennsylvania lawsuit.”
Caitlin McFall of Fox News reports that “Pennsylvania judge throws out Trump lawsuit, clearing way for Biden win; Judge clears way for Biden win in battleground state.”
Josh Gerstein of Politico reports that “Federal judge tosses Trump suit over Pennsylvania election results; The judge issued a withering opinion in his dismissal of the suit that Rudy Giuliani turned up to argue in a small Pennsylvania city this week.”
Jordan Williams of The Hill reports that “Judge dismisses Trump campaign lawsuit in Pennsylvania.”
And Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News reports that “A Judge Demolished The Trump Campaign’s Effort To Undo Biden’s Win In Pennsylvania And Push Fraud Conspiracies.”
Today’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania consists of a memorandum opinion and an order.
“Trump Campaign Lawyers Step Up but Are Swiftly Knocked Down; The race to file lawsuits challenging the election results has forced lawyers into mistakes and uncomfortable court appearances”: Zach Montague and Alan Feuer have this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.
“Appeals court strikes down Boca Raton’s ban on anti-gay conversion therapy”: Rafael Olmeda of The South Florida Sun Sentinel has this report.
Wayne Washington of The Palm Beach Post reports that “11th Circuit panel rules against county’s ban on conversion therapy; Three years ago, Palm Beach County banned conversion therapy, arguing that the practice harmed LGBTQ children; A pair of therapists fought back.”
Jim Saunders of the News Service of Florida reports that “Federal appeals court strikes down ‘conversion therapy’ bans in Florida.”
Michael Moline of the Florida Phoenix reports that “11th Circuit blocks South FL prohibitions on ‘conversion therapy’ for minors as unconstitutional.”
Izzy Kapnick of Courthouse News Service reports that “11th Circuit Splits With Sister Courts on Gay Conversion Bans; The panel led by two Trump appointees went against rulings in the Ninth and Third Circuits that upheld bans on juvenile gay conversion therapy.”
And in commentary, online at Slate, Mark Joseph Stern has a jurisprudence essay titled “Trump Judges Block Laws Banning LGBTQ ‘Conversion Therapy’ for Minors.”
My earlier coverage of yesterday’s ruling of a divided three-judge Eleventh Circuit panel can be accessed here.
“Gun Rights Delayed Are Gun Rights Denied; Previously unnoticed evidence provides new support for the proposition that the Second Amendment articulates an individual right to personal safety”: John O. McGinnis has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog discussing a paper he recently posted to SSRN titled “The Right to Prompt Access to Guns in a Time of Unrest.”
