“Prop. 22 is ruled unconstitutional, a major blow to California gig economy law”: Margot Roosevelt and Suhauna Hussain of The Los Angeles Times have a report that begins, “California’s giant ride-hailing and delivery companies suffered a major setback Friday as a state Superior Court judge invalidated a 2020 ballot proposition that allowed Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and other businesses to classify their workers as independent contractors.”
Roland Li of The San Francisco Chronicle reports that “Prop. 22, the gig worker exemption for Uber and Lyft, is ruled unconstitutional.”
And Kate Conger of The New York Times reports that “California’s Gig Worker Law Is Unconstitutional, Judge Rules; Last year, more than $200 million was spent on campaigning for a state proposition that ensured workers like Uber and Lyft drivers were considered independent contractors.”
You can access today’s ruling of the Alameda County, California Superior Court at this link.
“Biden’s Immigration Policies Face Fresh Judicial Setbacks; The Justice Department on Friday asked the Supreme Court to block a ruling that reinstated a policy forcing some asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while U.S. officials consider their cases”: Eileen Sullivan of The New York Times has this report.
And Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Biden Administration Asks Supreme Court to Block Reinstatement of ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy; Lower courts ordered Washington to revive Trump-era policy requiring asylum applicants to wait in Mexico until their claims were decided.”
“Real-Estate Interests Ask Supreme Court to Block Biden’s Eviction Moratorium; Moves comes hours after lower court rejected group’s challenge to ban”: Brent Kendall and Jess Bravin will have this article in Saturday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
And The Wall Street Journal has posted online an editorial titled “Next at Bat: Justice Kavanaugh; Biden’s lawless eviction ban is heading back to the Supreme Court.”
“George Mason grants professor COVID vaccine mandate exemption after ‘natural immunity’ lawsuit”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.
“Solving the Procedural Puzzles of Texas’ Fetal-Heartbeat Law”: Law professors Charles W. (Rocky) Rhodes and Howard Wasserman have posted this article at SSRN.
“Requesting Reconsideration of Precedent”: Robert S. Peck has this post at the “Appellate Advocacy Blog.”
“Text Statistics for 2021 Granted Cert Petitions”: Adam Feldman has this post at The Juris Lab.
“When the Supreme Court Couldn’t Stop a Lynching”: Peter Canellos has this guest essay online at The New York Times.
“Supreme Court won’t block work on Obama presidential center; A group that has long opposed construction on the site of a historic Chicago park asked the Supreme Court to temporarily block construction work”: Pete Williams of NBC News has this report.
“Texas ‘Latex Clubs’ Defeat Sexually-Oriented Business Fee”: Mary Anne Pazanowski of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access) on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued yesterday.
