“Senate committee approves legislation to put Supreme Court hearings on camera; It’s the first time such legislation has cleared the Senate committee in more than a decade, according to Fix the Court, a group advocating for more transparency in the judicial system”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has a report that begins, “The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a pair of bills Thursday that would dramatically expand video coverage of federal court trials and other proceedings while putting Supreme Court arguments on camera for the first time.”
“The Supreme Court decides not to light the housing market on fire; SCOTUS is forced to clean up a $124 billion mess of its own making”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.
And online at Slate, Mark Joseph Stern has a jurisprudence essay titled “A Scheme to Blow Up the Housing Market Backfired Spectacularly at the Supreme Court; Instead of winning billions for shareholders, the plaintiffs handed Joe Biden tighter control over the mortgage industry.”
“A Cheerleader Lands an F on Snapchat, but a B+ in Court”: Law professor Justin Driver has this essay online at The New York Times.
“Former public defender, Zuckerman partner confirmed to 7th Circuit”: Mike Scarcella of Reuters has this report.
Madison Alder of Bloomberg Law reports that “Jackson-Akiwumi Confirmed to Seventh Circuit in Bipartisan Vote” (subscription required for full access).
And at “The Indiana Lawyer,” Marilyn Odendahl has a post titled “Senate confirms Jackson-Akiwumi to 7th Circuit.”
Today, the U.S. Senate confirmed Candace Jackson-Akiwumi to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit by a vote of 53-40.
“Appeals court rules against Baltimore Police Department aerial surveillance program”: Celine Castronuovo of The Hill has this report. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit will be posting its en banc decision at its web site later this afternoon.
Update: The Fourth Circuit’s en banc ruling can be accessed here. The decision includes this description of how the judges voted:
Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Chief Judge Gregory wrote the opinion, in which Judge Motz, Judge King, Judge Keenan, Judge Wynn, Judge Floyd, Judge Thacker, and Judge Harris joined. Chief Judge Gregory wrote a concurring opinion, in which Judge Wynn, Judge Thacker, and Judge Harris joined. Judge Wynn wrote a concurring opinion, in which Judge Motz, Judge Thacker and Judge Harris joined. Judge Wilkinson wrote a dissenting opinion, in which Judge Niemeyer, Judge Agee, and Judge Quattlebaum joined, in which Judge Diaz joined Part I, Judge Richardson joined Parts I, II, and III, and Judge Rushing joined Parts I and II. Judge Niemeyer wrote a dissenting opinion. Judge Diaz wrote a dissenting opinion.
“The Fulton Opinion and the Originalist Future of Religious Freedom; While Fulton‘s majority opinion did not overrule Smith, two concurrences suggest that Smith is on life support”: John O. McGinnis has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.
In Bashman news from Australia: Albert McKnight of RiotACT of Deakin, Australian Capital Territory, reports that “Friends bash man in Latham shop seeking vengeance for stolen drugs.”
“Biden Removes Chief of Housing Agency After Supreme Court Ruling; The case was brought by shareholders of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, who said the law that created the agency was unconstitutional”: Matthew Goldstein, Adam Liptak, and Jim Tankersley have this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.
In today’s edition of The Washington Post, Rachel Siegel, Tyler Pager, and Robert Barnes have an article headlined “White House replaces regulator overseeing U.S. mortgage giants following Supreme Court ruling; The Biden administration appointed Sandra L. Thompson as acting director, replacing Trump appointee Mark Calabria.”
And in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, Andrew Ackerman and Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal have an article headlined “Biden Administration Removes Fannie, Freddie Overseer After Court Ruling; Supreme Court decision on Wednesday is a blow to investors who bet the mortgage giants would be returned to private hands from government control.”
