“The Complicated Case of the Pennsylvania Cheerleader; The Supreme Court considers thorny questions about free speech, bullying, and whether schools can discipline students for their behavior online”: Law professor Jeannie Suk Gersen has this essay online at The New Yorker.
“Roy Moore’s Lawyer, Seeking to Recuse Federal Judge, a No-Show at Hearing; Accusing a New York jurist of ‘bias’ and ‘pre-ordained favoritism’ in favor of comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, famed conservative attorney Larry Klayman did not show up on Thursday for a remote appearance before that judge”: Josh Russell of Courthouse News Service has this report.
“Convictions reversed for ex-U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown after judges find error removing juror”: Steve Patterson of The Florida Times-Union has this report.
Jim Saunders of News Service of Florida reports that “‘Holy Spirit’ at center of case as court overturns conviction of ex-congresswoman Corrine Brown.”
Brian Flood of Bloomberg Law reports that “‘Holy Spirit’ Comment From Juror Wins Former Lawmaker New Trial.”
And at his “SDFLA Blog,” David Oscar Markus has a post titled “Blockbuster en banc opinion in U.S. v. Corrine Brown.”
You can access today’s 7-to-4 en banc ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit at this link.
“Article III standing has ‘jumped the tracks’ says 11th Circuit judge in deaf bias case”: Brendan Pierson of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued today.
Circuit Judge Kevin C. Newsom‘s 57-page concurring opinion, proposing “a different way of thinking about” standing, can be accessed here.
“Transgender Utahns can list their gender identity on state records, ruling affirms; In a 4-1 vote, the court overturns district court rulings that barred two people from changing their sex on state records”: Sean P. Means and Paighten Harkins of The Salt Lake Tribune have this report.
Dennis Romboy of Deseret News has an article headlined “What court ruling on amending birth certificates means for transgender Utahns.”
And Ben Winslow of Salt Lake City’s Fox 13 reports that “Utah Supreme Court rules on transgender rights and birth certificates.”
You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Utah at this link.
“Will the Supreme Court Write Guantánamo’s Final Chapter? The justices may get a chance to redeem the court’s own failed promises.” Linda Greenhouse has this essay online at The New York Times.
“Touching Gun Didn’t Establish Possession, Appeals Court Rules”: David McAfee of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access) on an interesting decision that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued yesterday.
“Dems To Justice Breyer: Retire From Supreme Court While We Control Senate.” You can access yesterday’s episode of “The NPR Politics Podcast,” featuring Juana Summers, Danielle Kurtzleben, and Nina Totenberg, via this link.
“The Democrats Are Doing Court Reform Backward; They’ve responded to Trump’s makeover of the courts with legislative nonstarters and shortsighted proposals; But the party first needs to sell the public on its vision for a liberal judiciary”: Simon Lazarus and Robert Litan have this essay online at The New Republic.
“Democrats wary of appearing to push Justice Breyer out despite their small window to replace him”: Ariane de Vogue, Manu Raju, and Phil Mattingly of CNN have this report.