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Tuesday, May 4, 2021

“Snap must face suit over speed filter’s role in deadly car crash — 9th Circuit”: Brendan Pierson of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

Earlier, at his “Technology & Marketing Law Blog,” Eric Goldman had a post about the federal district court’s ruling — which today’s Ninth Circuit ruling reversed — titled “Snapchat’s Speed Filter Protected by Section 230 — Lemmon v. Snap.”

Update: In other coverage, Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has an article headlined “After 3 kids died in car crash while using Snapchat, court says family members can sue company.”

Nathan Solis of Courthouse News Service reports that “Ninth Circuit Revives Negligent Design Suit Over Snapchat ‘Speed Filter’; Parents whose children were killed in a car crash while using Snapchat’s ‘Speed Filter’ say their children may have believed they could earn in-app achievements for doing over 100 miles per hour.”

And Bobby Allyn of NPR reports that “Snapchat Can Be Sued For Role In Fatal Car Crash, Court Rules.”

Posted at 8:12 PM by Howard Bashman



“Judge Kevin Brobson is the best choice in Pa. Supreme Court in Republican primary; With Judge Brobson, voters know what they are going to get: a conservative jurist who will rule with limited government and a limited judiciary in mind.” The Philadelphia Inquirer has published this editorial.

Posted at 7:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“Camping Outside the Supreme Court”: You can access the newest installment of the “Advisory Opinions” podcast from The Dispatch, featuring David French and Sarah Isgur, via this link.

Posted at 1:16 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump’s Supreme Court threatens abortion rights for a lifetime to come; When Trump added three anti-abortion conservatives to the Supreme Court, he pretty much guaranteed a roll-back of women’s rights”: Laura Bassett has this essay online at MSNBC.

Posted at 1:06 PM by Howard Bashman



“Candace Jackson-Akiwumi — Nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit”: Harsh Voruganti has this post at his blog, “The Vetting Room.”

Posted at 12:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“The New Trend Keeping Women Out of the Country’s Top Legal Ranks: The expectation that law students complete multiple clerkships before making it to the Supreme Court is just another hurdle for women and those that take on law school debt.” Sarah Isgur has this essay online at Politico Magazine.

Posted at 11:42 AM by Howard Bashman



“The U.S. Supreme Court: Surprises in the home stretch?” Marcia Coyle has this post at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

Posted at 11:05 AM by Howard Bashman



“US appeals court considers Idaho transgender athletes ban”: Keith Ridler of The Associated Press has this report.

Mark Walsh of Education Week reports that “Appeals Court Weighs Idaho Law Barring Transgender Female Students From Girls’ Sports.”

And Nicholas Rowan of the Washington Examiner reports that “California appeals court mulls tossing lawsuit supporting Idaho transgender sports bill.”

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has posted on YouTube at this link the video of yesterday’s remote oral argument before a three-judge panel.

The concluding minutes of the appellee’s oral argument involved the nightmare scenario of an advocate whose audio transmission was — unbeknownst to the advocate — subpar, leaving the judges and viewers unable to decipher much of what was being said.

Posted at 9:03 AM by Howard Bashman



“U.S. Supreme Court weighs sentencing case focused on crack cocaine”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.

Greg Stohr and Jordan Rubin of Bloomberg News have a report headlined “Crack Case, Biden Switch Bring Bipartisanship to Supreme Court.”

Todd Ruger of Roll Call reports that “Supreme Court considers scope of key provision in 2018 sentencing overhaul; Tuesday’s arguments are the last of this session.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Ekow Yankah has a post titled “In final case the court will hear this term, profound issues of race, incarceration and the war on drugs.”

C-SPAN will broadcast via this link the live audio of the final scheduled oral argument of the U.S. Supreme Court‘s October Term 2020 beginning at 10 a.m. eastern time.

Posted at 8:54 AM by Howard Bashman