“Appeals court upholds constitutionality of terror watchlist”: Matthew Barakat of The Associated Press has this report.
And Samantha Hawkins of Courthouse News Service reports that “Fourth Circuit Upholds FBI Terrorist Watch List; A three-judge panel upheld the constitutionality of the government’s terrorist database, overturning a ruling which said that it violated the constitutional rights of Muslim-Americans.”
You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at this link.
“Supreme Court case could change the nature of college sports”: Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press has this report.
“Supreme Court Looks at Consequences of Falsely Calling Someone a Terrorist; Case involves class-action lawsuit against credit reporting agency TransUnion, which erroneously listed 8,000 consumers as being potential terrorists”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report.
Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. Supreme Court weighs TransUnion bid to nix ‘terrorist list’ lawsuit.”
Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “High Court Weighs Class Curbs in TransUnion Terrorist List Case.”
Samantha Hawkins of Courthouse News Service reports that “High Court Prods Massive Damages for Class on Terror Watch List.”
And Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has a post titled “In TransUnion class action arguments, SCOTUS struggles to define ‘material risk.’”
You can access via this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez, No. 20-297.
“The Supreme Court’s Conservatives May Have Found a Tool to Restrict Abortion; The justices agreed to hear a Kentucky case that will be the first related to abortion since Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation”: Matt Ford of The New Republic has this report.
“Oklahoma City loses bid to have U.S. Supreme Court revive panhandling ordinance, taxpayers’ bill could exceed $1 million”: William Crum of The Oklahoman has this report.
“Pronouns and the Philosophy Professor: A Christian teacher, a transgender student, and two years in court.” The Wall Street Journal has published this editorial.
“Biden Announced An Aggressive First Push To Diversify The Federal Courts; The White House announced judicial nominees who would break barriers if confirmed”: Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News has this report.
Online at Slate, Dahlia Lithwick has a jurisprudence essay titled “Biden Borrowed the Federalist Society’s Tactics. Good. Except his first slate of judicial nominees represents actual diversity.”
And online at Vox, Ian Millhiser has an essay titled “What Biden’s first list of judicial nominees tells us about his approach to the courts: Biden named a diverse group of 11 lawyers to the federal bench on Tuesday, including several former public defenders.”
“NCAA Risks Losing Grip on Sports as Supreme Court Weighs Amateurism”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.
“President Biden picks ex-federal public defender Candace Jackson-Akiwumi for Chicago federal appeals court seat; Biden also nominated Chicago lawyer Tiffany Cunningham for the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington”: Lynn Sweet of The Chicago Sun-Times has this report.
“Police Avoid Liability to Drunk Dad Whose Daughter Called Them”: Bernie Pazanowski of Bloomberg Law has a report (subscription required for full access) that begins, “A University of Wisconsin-Madison dad, whose daughter called the police when he got drunk after attending a football game and wouldn’t give her the keys to his truck, failed to convince the Seventh Circuit that the police who responded falsely arrested him or used excessive force.”
You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit at this link.
“Officers Avoid Suit by Man Who Recorded Them Roughing Up Suspect”: Bernie Pazanowski of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access) on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued yesterday.
“Tofurky Maker Loses Bid to Block Missouri Law on Food Labels; A federal appeals court sided against a producer of vegan meat alternatives that is challenging Missouri’s rules for labeling meat substitutes”: Rox Laird of Courthouse News Service has this report on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued yesterday.
“7th Circuit ponders winery’s right to prohibit pro-union ‘Cellar Lives Matter’ vest”: Daniel Wiessner of Reuters had this report (subscription required for full access) back in January 2021.
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued this ruling on the case.
“The Skinny on Recent Antitrust Decisions in the Federal Courts of Appeals”: Adam Feldman has this post at The Juris Lab.
“Court: It’s too hard for independents to make Mich. ballot.” David Eggert of The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued yesterday.
“Veterans Group Takes Legal Fight Against Trump Administration’s Shadow ‘Mar-a-Lago Council’ to Appeals Court”: The organization Democracy Forward issued this news release back in May 2020.
Today, a unanimous two-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued this decision reinstating the suit.
“Libby Baird ’19 To Clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett”: Mike Fox of the University of Virginia School of Law has this report.
“Republicans Have an Ambitious Agenda for the Supreme Court; Why the G.O.P. doesn’t need to try to pass mostly unpopular policies through the elected branches”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at The New York Times.
“NYU Annual Survey of American Law 2021 Dedication: Justice Elena Kagan.” NYU School of Law has posted this video on YouTube.
“Biden’s first slate of judicial nominees aims to quickly boost diversity in federal courts”: Ann E. Marimow and Matt Viser of The Washington Post have this report.
Carl Hulse and Michael D. Shear of The New York Times report that “Biden Names Diverse Nominees for the Federal Bench; The president’s first choices for district and appeals court openings reflected his campaign promise to choose judges from outside of traditional backgrounds.”
John Fritze of USA Today reports that “Biden to elevate potential Supreme Court nominee to high-profile appeals court.”
In today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, Laura Kusisto and Ken Thomas have an article headlined “Biden Has First Shot at Judicial Vacancies; Judges have retired or taken senior status, opening the way for the president to put his stamp on the judiciary.”
David Sherfinski of The Washington Times reports that “Biden announces 11 ‘racially diverse,’ progressive judicial nominees to federal bench.”
Darlene Superville of The Associated Press reports that “Biden announces diverse first slate of judicial nominees.”
Jennifer Jacobs and Kathleen Hunter of Bloomberg News report that “Biden’s First Court Picks Would Diversify Federal Judiciary.”
Ariane de Vogue and Betsy Klein of CNN report that “Biden unveils first slate of judicial nominees featuring diverse and history-making selections.”
Rebecca Shabad of NBC News reports that “Biden names diverse slate of judicial nominees in first effort to reshape federal courts; Biden plans to nominate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, filling Attorney General Merrick Garland’s former seat.”
Tyler Olson of Fox News reports that “Biden announces 11 judicial nominees to federal bench, including progressive SCOTUS favorite; List includes judge shortlisted by progressive group Demand Justice.”
Marianne LeVine, Laura Barrón-López, Josh Gerstein, and Quint Forgey of Politico report that “Biden releases first wave of judicial nominees; After four years of Trump and Republicans shaping the courts, Democrats now get their turn.”
Nina Totenberg of NPR reports that “Ketanji Brown Jackson, Biden’s Pick, Is Viewed As Potential Supreme Court Justice.”
And at his blog “The Vetting Room,” Harsh Voruganti has a post titled “Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson — Nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.”
Today, the White House issued a news release titled “President Biden Announces Intent to Nominate 11 Judicial Candidates.”
“Trump Judge: Professor Has a First Amendment Right to Misgender a Trans Student in the Classroom.” Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
