“How the Anti-Abortion Movement Used the Progressive Playbook to Chip Away at Roe v. Wade; The tactics that advanced civil rights and gay rights have been put to work against abortion; Will Roe survive?” Law professors Mary Ziegler and Robert L. Tsai have this essay online at Politico Magazine.
“Justice Breyer’s Legacy-Defining Decision: The longer Breyer remains, the more likely a Republican president choosing his successor becomes.” Adam Cohen has this essay online at The Atlantic.
“Ex-Dojo Pizza Owner Loses Appeal in Sex Crime Case”: Doyle Murphy of Riverfront Times of St. Louis has an article that begins, “Ex-Dojo Pizza owner Loren Copp, convicted on child pornography charges, has lost an appeal. Copp had argued his conviction was unjust, because he wasn’t allowed to introduce photos of his penis during his 2018 trial.”
You can access Friday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit at this link.
“Honeybee Deaths ‘Collateral Damage’ in Zika Control, Court Says”: Sylvia Carignan of Bloomberg Law has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued Friday.
“Litigants flout court rules at their peril. District courts have broad discretion to punish them by striking their briefs if needed. We will not upset these sanctions lightly.” So begins a decision that a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued Friday.
“Justices consider Harvard case on race in college admissions”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.