“Justice Dept. to Close Troubled Jail Where Jeffrey Epstein Died; The 233 people being held at the Metropolitan Correctional Center will be moved, at least temporarily, while officials address conditions there”: Benjamin Weiser of The New York Times has this report.
“Supreme Court allows evictions to resume during pandemic”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report on a per curiam decision, from which three Justices dissented, that the U.S. Supreme Court issued tonight.
“2nd Circuit won’t enjoin New York anti-abortion protesters”: Brendan Pierson of Reuters has this report.
And Daniel Jackson of Courthouse News Service reports that “Second Circuit refuses to block anti-abortion protests in front of Queens clinic; While New York’s attorney general says anti-abortion protesters have harassed women seeking the procedure, the Second Circuit reversed its position and allowed demonstrations outside a clinic to continue.”
You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on panel rehearing at this link.
“Goldman Wins Class-Action Appeal for Investor Fraud Suit”: Bob Van Voris of Bloomberg News has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued today on remand from the U.S. Supreme Court.
“When the Supreme Court cites your amicus brief”: Mark Walsh has this report online at ABA Journal.
“Where We Stand: Assessing Vacancies and Nominations in the Federal Judiciary — The Midwest.” Harsh Voruganti has this post at his blog, “The Vetting Room.”
“U.S. Courts Oppose Harassment Shield Bill for Judiciary Workers”: Seth Stern of Bloomberg Law has a report that begins, “The federal judiciary announced its opposition to legislation that would give its workers the same antidiscrimination rights and whistleblower protections as other federal employees.”
And in related coverage, Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law reports that “Sexual Harassment Called Persistent in Judiciary Workplaces.”
“Jones Day High Court Clerks Easily Make Partner (Or Maybe Not)”: Roy Strom has this essay online at Bloomberg Law.
“Biden v. Texas Is a Step in the Right Direction”: Richard Pierce has this post at the “Notice & Comment” blog of the Yale Journal on Regulation.
“Should the Government Impose a National Vaccination Mandate? Despite claims to the contrary, there are many routes to legally requiring COVID inoculation.” Law professor Jeannie Suk Gersen has this essay online at The New Yorker.
“Safehouse takes its battle over a Philly supervised drug injection site to the U.S. Supreme Court; The move sets the stage for what could be the most definitive legal battle yet over the issue, but it’s one fraught with risk for supporters of such facilities”: Jeremy Roebuck and Aubrey Whelan of The Philadelphia Inquirer have this report.
You can view the petition for writ of certiorari filed Monday in the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.
“Supreme Court Clerks, October Term 2010: Where Are They Now? Checking in with SCOTUS clerks, a decade after their time at One First Street.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.
“The Biden Judge”: Law professor John P. Collins, Jr. has posted this article at SSRN.
“Comments on body parts. Questions about pregnancy. Court filing alleges ongoing harassment in judiciary.” Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has this report.
You can access the amicus brief, filed today in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, at this link.
“Supreme Court ‘shadow docket’ casts pall on environmentalists”: Pamela King of Greenwire has this report.
“Texas Has Cleared a Path to the End of Roe v. Wade”: Law professor Mary Ziegler has this guest essay online at The New York Times.
“Man at center of McGirt landmark legal case sentenced to 3 life sentences”: Curtis Killman has this front page article in today’s edition of The Tulsa World.
And in today’s edition of The Oklahoman, Chris Casteel has a front page article headlined “Jimcy McGirt, whose Supreme Court case reshaped Oklahoma courts, sentenced to three life terms.”
“Vaccination, the Law, and the Common Good: Should Jacobson v. Massachusetts be reconsidered in light of new government mandates about COVID?” James Stoner has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.