“The Constitution Will Survive Covid-19: The pandemic may justify extraordinary measures, but judges won’t accept the most draconian ones.” David B. Rivkin Jr. and Lee A. Casey will have this op-ed in Saturday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
“Who Is an American ‘Person’? The Supreme Court considers the Census and undocumented immigrants.” This editorial will appear in Saturday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
“Justice Dept. rule change could allow federal executions by electrocution or firing squad”: Matt Zapotosky and Mark Berman of The Washington Post have this report.
“Don’t Read Too Much Into Supreme Court Religion Ruling; A new majority this week showed elevated concern for the rights of believers but not necessarily a devotion to other conservative principles”: Law professor Cass R. Sunstein has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.
“In Harsh Rebuke, Appeals Court Rejects Trump’s Election Challenge in Pennsylvania; ‘Voters, not lawyers, choose the president,’ a judge for the Third Circuit Court of Appeals wrote in the 21-page repudiation of Mr. Trump’s legal effort to halt Pennsylvania’s certification process”: Alan Feuer will have this article in Saturday’s edition of The New York Times.
“Federal appeals court denies Trump campaign effort to revive Pennsylvania lawsuit saying ‘claims have no merit'”: Kara Scannell of CNN has this report.
And Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News reports that “Trump’s Campaign Lost In Court — Again — Trying To Undo Biden’s Win In Pennsylvania; ‘The Campaign’s claims have no merit,’ wrote Judge Stephanos Bibas, one of Trump’s appointments to the 3rd Circuit.”
“Court Denies Trump Campaign’s Appeal of Pennsylvania Ballot Challenge; Ruling strikes latest blow to president’s efforts to overturn his defeat, saying claims lack merit and would cause ‘drastic and unprecedented’ voter disenfranchisement”: Corinne Ramey of The Wall Street Journal has this report.
And Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Trump Pa. election suit rejected in federal appeals court.”
“Federal appeals court rejects Trump request to block certification of Pennsylvania’s election results”: Jon Swaine of The Washington Post has this report.
“Federal appeals court rejects appeal of Trump’s last significant suit challenging Pa. election”: Jeremy Roebuck of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.
“US appeals court rejects Trump appeal over Pennsylvania race”: Maryclaire Dale of The Associated Press has this report on today’s non-precedential ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
“Census Gives Trump a Final Supreme Court Showdown on Immigration”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.
“Fireworks Over Religious Liberty; The Supreme Court says Cuomo’s restrictions on worship violate the First Amendment”: This editorial appears in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
“What a conservative majority on the court really means”: Steven V. Mazie has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Washington Post.
“The Supreme Court’s latest ruling exposes personal fissures among the nine justices”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.