“Washington Supreme Court considers case that could impact whether cities can tow cars people live in”: In today’s edition of The Seattle Times, Scott Greenstone has a front page article that begins, “The Washington Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday on a landmark case that could change how Seattle enforces parking violations for homeless people.”
“Pennsylvania Bar Dismisses 3rd Circuit Appeal in Rule 8.4(g) Challenge; The bar will presumably try again to draft a constitutional version of the ABA Model Rule”: Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”
“Michigan Supreme Court won’t rehear case, allows public aid for private schools”: Beth LeBlanc of The Detroit News has this report.
“The Supreme Court Has Unfinished School-Choice Business; A petition from Maine parents gives the justices an opportunity to protect religious freedom fully”: Michael Bindas will have this op-ed in Thursday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
“High Court rules skies to open for returning Israelis; Ash: Decision could lead to wave of high morbidity.” Yonah Jeremy Bob of The Jerusalem Post has this report.
“Is the Pennsylvania Supreme Court the key to controlling the Legislature? Democrats seem to think so.” Tom Shortell of The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania has this report.
“Obsession by Sheldon Whitehouse: He wants the new AG to investigate the FBI over Brett Kavanaugh.” This editorial will appear in Thursday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
“U.S. Antitrust Officials Unlikely to File Supreme Court Appeal in Qualcomm Case; Federal Trade Commission likely to end case that had created a split with Justice Department over chip maker’s practices”: Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal has this report.
“House Votes to Drop E.R.A. Deadline, Reviving Hopes for Supporters. Again. The vote moves the amendment to ensure gender equality closer to becoming part of the Constitution, a century after it was introduced. But an uphill climb in the Senate and legal wrinkles remain.” Alisha Haridasani Gupta will have this article in Thursday’s edition of The New York Times.
“Is Viet Dinh The Most Powerful Lawyer In America? Reports of his power are greatly exaggerated, says Fox’s top lawyer — but there’s no denying that he’s had a most interesting and impressive career.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.
“Judges Juggle Over 2,700 Cases Each as Families Wait for Day in Court; Short-handed and deluged by complex cases, New Jersey’s federal court is in a crisis; The backlog of cases has only gotten worse in the pandemic”: Tracey Tully has this front page article in today’s edition of The New York Times.
“Is Abortion Unconstitutional?” Mark Pulliam has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.
“The anti-‘Roe v. Wade’ movement is increasingly disconnected from facts”: Columnist David Von Drehle has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Washington Post.
“Traditions on hold, justices near a year of phone arguments”: Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press has this report.
“Federal Circuit Judge Takes Senior Status: ‘A Good Time to Create a Place for Someone Else’; Judge Evan Wallach’s departure opens the first vacancy for the Biden administration on the nation’s patent appellate court; The judge plans to continue hearing Federal Circuit cases while also sitting by designation on district courts.” Scott Graham has this article online at The National Law Journal.
“DC Circuit Shuns ‘Garamond,’ Setting Lawyers Abuzz Over Favorite Fonts; The appeals court issued a notice titled ‘Preferred Typefaces for Briefs’ that essentially declared — but did not mandate — Garamond a dead letter”: Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal has this report.
“Presidents’ First Judicial Picks Capture Theme for Nominations”: Madison Alder of Bloomberg Law has this report.