“Appeals court upholds Texas law to ban abortion procedure”: Kevin McGill of The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A Texas law outlawing an abortion method commonly used to end second-trimester pregnancies was upheld Wednesday by a federal appeals court in New Orleans.”
And Shannon Najmabadi of The Texas Tribune reports that “Texas can ban common abortion procedure in second trimester, appeals court rules; The ruling is yet another blow to reproductive rights advocates after Texas passed a law this year that goes into effect Sept. 1 banning abortions as early as six weeks; That law is also currently being challenged in court.”
You can access today’s en banc ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit at this link.
“The judicial black box of Supreme Court recusal”: Sarah Lipton-Lubet and law professor Steven Lubet have this essay online at The Hill.
“Chicago group asks Supreme Court to block Obama library construction”: Rachel Frazin and John Kruzel of The Hill have this report on an emergency stay request filed this week with the U.S. Supreme Court.
“No Legal Duty for Couples to Reveal Sexual Orientation, Israel’s Supreme Court Rules; Israel’s Supreme Court decided that a person is not legally bound to uncover their object of passion with their partners”: Chen Maanit of Haaretz has this report.
And Yonah Jeremy Bob of The Jerusalem Post has a report headlined “Supreme Court: Couples do not have legal duty to reveal sexual preference; Ex-wife tried to sue her ex-husband for hiding he was gay and secular rather than heterosexual and religious.”
“#MeToo Has Changed the World — Except in Court; Judges continue to enforce a standard that makes proving claims of sexual harassment incredibly difficult”: Danielle Bernstein recently had this essay online at The Atlantic.
“Democrats have finally identified the greatest threat to voting rights — the Supreme Court; Nancy Pelosi is planning a vote on a bill that would undo many of the Court’s attacks on democracy”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.
“Court rejects CWA challenge, tees up Supreme Court showdown”: Jeremy P. Jacobs and Hannah Northey of E&E News have this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued Monday.
“Remembering two Harvard Law grads killed in Afghanistan”: Jenna Greene has this essay online at Reuters.
“ExamSoft ‘Deeply Sorry’ for Glitches That Crashed Bar Exams”: Sam Skolnik of Bloomberg Law has this report.
