“Ruling striking down parts of Alabama’s abortion consent law for minors upheld”: Howard Koplowitz of Alabama Media Group has this report.
And Erik De La Garza of Courthouse News Service reports that “11th Circuit Finds Alabama’s Abortion Consent Bypass Law Unconstitutional; A three-judge panel found the challenged provisions are unconstitutional because they present substantial obstacles to a minor’s right to an abortion, while providing ‘incremental benefits at best.’”
You can access today’s per curiam ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit at this link.
“Federal judge blocks Indiana ‘abortion reversal’ law”: Christopher Rickett of The Indianapolis Star has this report.
Tom Davies of The Associated Press reports that “Federal judge blocks Indiana ‘abortion reversal’ law.”
And David Wells of Courthouse News Service reports that “Indiana ‘Abortion Reversal’ Law Blocked by Federal Judge; The controversial law would have forced providers to tell patients receiving medication abortions that the procedure could be halted.”
You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana at this link.
“Louisiana Supreme Court justice admits misconduct; here’s how his colleagues disciplined him”: John Simerman and Andrea Gallo of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans have this report.
And Kevin McGill of The Associated Press reports that “Louisiana high court censures one of its own.”
“I fought for years in court for my basic rights as a trans kid. It shouldn’t have been this hard.” Gavin Grimm has this essay online at The Washington Post.
“Biden’s 9th Circuit Pick Has Union Support, Labor Law Chops”: Robert Iafolla of Bloomberg Law has this report.
“Experts Debate Reducing the Supreme Court’s Power to Strike Down Laws; In its first public hearing with witnesses, President Biden’s reform commission largely stayed away from the idea of expanding the court”: Charlie Savage of The New York Times has this report.
And Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Biden’s Supreme Court commission pushes for judicial term limits.”
“Stephen Breyer is making a strong case for Supreme Court term limits”: Columnist Paul Waldman has this essay online at The Washington Post.
“Supreme Court Backs Pipeline in Case on New Jersey Land Seizures; By a 5-to-4 vote, the court said the federal government could delegate its power to condemn state property to a private company”: Adam Liptak has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.
In today’s edition of The Washington Post, Robert Barnes has an article headlined “Supreme Court rules against immigrants claiming safety fears after deportation and for pipeline builders.”
In today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times, David G. Savage has an article headlined “Supreme Court rules some immigrants facing deportation can be held without bail.”
And in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, Brent Kendall and Timothy Puko have an article headlined “Supreme Court Rules New Jersey Can’t Block Natural-Gas Pipeline; Court says pipeline developer can invoke federal eminent domain power to acquire state property.” In addition, Jess Bravin has an article headlined “Supreme Court Rules Noncitizens Who Re-Enter U.S. Illegally Must Be Held; Majority rules that repeat violators can’t seek bail during asylum proceedings.”
“Bill Cosby is free; Ghislaine Maxwell should be, too”: David Oscar Markus has this essay online at The New York Daily News.
“All About Amy (Chua), The Law Professor We Can’t Stop Talking About; I read five articles and 20,000 words about the Tiger Mother, so you don’t have to”: David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.
I previously linked to three of those five articles. Here are the other two. Earlier this month, Lizzie Widdicombe had a post online at The New Yorker titled “What Is Going On at Yale Law School? The prestigious institution has tied itself in knots over a dispute involving one of its most popular — and controversial — professors, Amy Chua.”
And on Monday, Bloomberg Law columnist Vivia Chen had an essay titled “On Amy Chua, Yale Law and the Cauldron of Nonsense: She’s brash, flashy, and vocal, but could gender and race expectations factor in how she’s treated and perceived?“
“The Most Fascinating ConLaw Decision of the Term: PennEast Pipeline v. New Jersey; The non-curious/curious caucus divide.” Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”
“Assignments Aimed at ‘Requiring a Statement’ of Ideological Belief from Students May Violate First Amendment”: Eugene Volokh has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy” about an interesting decision that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued yesterday.
“Bill Cosby’s conviction overturned by Pa. Supreme Court; The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has overturned Bill Cosby’s 2019 sexual assault conviction and barred a retrial in the case”: Jeremy Roebuck of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.
Today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania consists of a majority opinion, a concurring and dissenting opinion, and a dissenting opinion.
“Professor Toby Heytens Nominated to Fourth Circuit; Two Other Alumni Tapped for Federal Judgeships”: Mary Wood of the University of Virginia School of Law has this report.
“Biden announces 5th wave of judicial nominees as Democrats aim to maintain quick pace of confirmations to federal bench”: Phil Mattingly of CNN has this report.
This morning the White House issued a news release titled “President Biden Names Fifth Round of Judicial Nominees.”
