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Tuesday, April 27, 2021

“Zantac generics plaintiffs hope SCOTUS Ford decision rescues claims against brand-name makers”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has a post that begins, “The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Ford Motor Co v. Montana Eighth Judicial District is only a month old, but it’s already a workhorse.”

Posted at 8:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court to Hear Case on Carrying Guns in Public; The justices, who have not issued a major Second Amendment ruling since 2010, will consider a challenge to a longstanding New York gun control law”: Adam Liptak has this front page article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

In today’s edition of The Washington Post, Robert Barnes has a front page article headlined “Supreme Court to hear gun-control case next term on carrying weapons outside home.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court agrees to decide whether gun owners have right to carry a weapon in public.”

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court to Hear Case on Right to Carry Concealed Guns for Self-Defense; Review of New York restrictions on carry rights will be first major Second Amendment case before the court since 2010.”

John Fritze and Bart Jansen of USA Today report that “Supreme Court takes case seeking to expand concealed-carry rights in public places.”

In today’s edition of The Washington Times, Alex Swoyer has a front page article headlined “Supreme Court to hear major Second Amendment case over concealed-carry permits.”

In commentary, online at Slate, Mark Joseph Stern has a jurisprudence essay titled “The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Are Ready to Create a Constitutional Right to Concealed Carry.”

And online at Vox, Ian Millhiser has an essay titled “The Supreme Court will hear a major Second Amendment case that could gut US gun laws; The Supreme Court could make the NRA’s dreams come true.”

Posted at 7:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“Institutional Realism, Disclosure Laws, and the Americans for Prosperity Case”: Richard Pildes has this post at the “Election Law Blog.”

Posted at 7:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“López Obrador’s bid to alter Mexican Supreme Court seen as threat to judicial independence”: Mary Beth Sheridan of The Washington Post has this report.

Posted at 1:33 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Should Be Wary of California Donor Law; California wants charities to have to disclose their major donors; That’s the start of a slippery slope”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

Posted at 1:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“To unpack the Supreme Court, expand it; There’s no way to reverse what Mitch McConnell and Donald Trump have done to the integrity of the courts; The best that can be done is to mitigate the damage”: David Litt has this essay online at The Boston Globe.

Posted at 1:09 PM by Howard Bashman



“Antonin Scalia Would Be Appalled at What Supreme Court Conservatives Are Arguing Now; A majority of the court seems to think that public criticism of high-dollar donors is the real threat to the First Amendment”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

Online at Vox, Ian Millhiser has an essay titled “The Supreme Court’s conservatives are quaking over cancel culture; The Court’s right flank is afraid that the monster under their bed will cancel them.”

And at his “Election Law Blog,” Rick Hasen has a post titled “Originalist and Textualist Justices Should Reject Argument that First Amendment Includes Right to Anonymous Association, and Instead Apply Well-Established Exacting Scrutiny in AFP Case.”

Posted at 12:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“‘My Heart Sank’: States Worry as Supreme Court Eyes Gun Laws’ Reach.” Henry Goldman and Carey Goldberg of Bloomberg News have this report.

Posted at 12:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court’s conservatives may have the votes to expand Second Amendment rights”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.

Posted at 11:16 AM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Wary of Donor Disclosure Requirement for Charities; The case, from California, could affect the regulation of ‘dark money’ in political contests”: Adam Liptak has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court seems ready to strike down California’s disclosure requirements for some charitable donors.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court may shield Koch-backed nonprofit from disclosing its donors to California.”

And John Fritze of USA Today has an article headlined “Privacy vs. transparency: Supreme Court conservatives question California donor disclosure requirement.”

You can access via this link the audio and transcript of yesterday’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta, No. 19-251.

Posted at 11:12 AM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court to decide if students have right to post vulgar comments about teachers”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

John Fritze of USA Today reports that “Can schools discipline for off-campus student speech? Court to take up First Amendment case.”

And Pete Williams of NBC News reports that “Supreme Court considers whether students can be punished for comments outside class; A federal appeals court ruled that Brandi Levy was beyond the reach of school authorities when she lashed out on Snapchat about not making the varsity cheerleading team.”

Posted at 11:05 AM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court to Rule on Whether C.I.A. Black Sites Are State Secrets; A Guantánamo detainee is seeking information from two former government contractors in connection with a Polish criminal inquiry into a facility there”: Adam Liptak and Carol Rosenberg have this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court to consider terrorism suspect Abu Zubaida’s request to learn more about his CIA-sponsored torture.”

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Will Hear Case Over Testimony on Guantanamo Detainee; Government appeals ruling mandating testimony from contractors about Abu Zubaydah’s treatment in a foreign CIA detention center.”

And John Fritze of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court agrees to decide case of Guantanamo detainee seeking details on CIA ‘black sites.’

Posted at 11:00 AM by Howard Bashman



“‘A nightmare’: Supreme Court ruling upends Oklahoma prosecutions of American Indians.” Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.

Posted at 10:46 AM by Howard Bashman