“Free speech vs. LGBT rights: Website maker seeks Supreme Court hearing on anti-discrimination law.” Mark A. Kellner of The Washington Times has this report.
Today the organization Alliance Defending Freedom issued a news release titled “Web designer asks US Supreme Court to reverse ‘Orwellian’ decision forcing her to express messages against her beliefs; Dissenting judge called decision ‘unprecedented,’ ‘staggering’ in scope for giving officials more authority to regulate speech as it becomes more expressive.”
You can access the petition for writ of certiorari at this link.
“Anita Hill and Christine Blasey Ford have a lot to talk about. And now, they’re letting us listen.” Margaret Sullivan of The Washington Post has this report about a podcast titled “Because of Anita” scheduled to debut on October 4, 2021, also known as the first Monday in October.
“Justice Thomas’s Thirty-Year Legacy on the Court”: The Heritage Foundation and the C. Boyden Gray Center for the Study of the Administrative State are co-hosting this event in Washington, DC on October 21, 2021. The event has both a daytime and an evening component.
“The Anti-Voting Supreme Court — The question that best explains the Roberts Court’s voting rights jurisprudence: ‘What would the Republican Party want us to do?'” Adam Cohen has this post at Balls and Strikes.
“Property policy doesn’t cover COVID shutdown order — 6th Circuit”: Barbara Grzincic of Reuters has this report on a ruling that Chief Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton issued Wednesday on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
“Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Cornelia Clark has died at 71. She served on the state’s high court for 16 years.” Natalie Allison of The Tennessean has this report.
Mariah Timms of The Tennessean reports that “Tennessee judicial community mourns death of state Supreme Court Justice Connie Clark.”
And Jonathan Mattise of The Associated Press reports that “Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Cornelia Clark dies.”
“Marking the 40th anniversary of Sandra Day O’Connor on Supreme Court; ASU Law looks back at school namesake’s legacy, efforts to keep growing diversity in the field”: Scott Seckel of ASU News has this report.
“Courts Adopt Renewed COVID-19 Measures to Protect Health and Safety”: Idaho’s Judicial Branch has issued this news release.
“PennEast pumps brakes on pipeline despite Supreme Court win”: Niina H. Farah of Energywire has this report.
“Supreme Court faces more pandemic questions this term. Here are 4 takeaways from last year’s rulings. The court is skeptical about restrictions on religion and about mandates from ‘the administrative state.'” Herschel Nachlis, Kyle Thomson, Amy Park, and Annika Begley have this post at the “Monkey Cage” site of The Washington Post.
“House approves major abortion-rights bill as Dems slam Supreme Court over Texas abortion ruling; Bill virtually certain not to become law due to Senate filibuster”: Tyler Olson of Fox News has this report.
“Justice Barrett Investiture Ceremony”: The Public Information Office of the U.S. Supreme Court issued this news release today.
