“Pa. cop who coerced women into performing sex acts can’t be forced to register as a sex offender, U.S. court says”: Matt Miller of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has a report that begins, “A former Pennsylvania police officer who is serving a 15-year federal prison term for using his badge to force two women to perform sex acts cannot be required to register as a sex offender, a U.S. appeals court ruled Tuesday.”
You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit at this link.
“Appeals court considers blood-alcohol test in fatal Acadia crash; A blood sample indicated the driver was intoxicated, but a judge said it could not be used as evidence because there was no warrant”: Megan Gray of The Portland Press Herald had this report back in April 2021.
Earlier, in related coverage, Bill Trotter of The Bangor Daily News had an article in August 2020 headlined “Nearly a year ago, a long-awaited trip to Acadia became park’s deadliest crash ever.”
Yesterday, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, with one judge concurring dubitante, issued this decision reversing the suppression of the blood-alcohol test results.
“Vortic watches with antique Hamilton parts don’t infringe trademarks”: Blake Brittain of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued yesterday.
“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” has posted three videos on YouTube of Justice Stephen G. Breyer’s appearance on last night’s show: The video clips are titled “Justice Breyer Reveals Why He Didn’t ‘Respectfully’ Dissent The SCOTUS Ruling On Texas,” “‘It’s Up To The High School Students’ — Justice Breyer On The Future Of America’s Institutions,” and “Justice Stephen Breyer Addresses Speculation About His Retirement Plans.”
“Amy Coney Barrett has ascended”: Columnist Alexandra Petri has this essay online at The Washington Post.
“Texas’ Abortion Law Traps Desperate Teenagers”: Columnist Michelle Goldberg has this essay in today’s edition of The New York Times.
“Senators condemn protest at Kavanaugh’s home after Texas abortion law allowed to take effect”: Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has this report.
“Audit records from Cyber Ninjas to be released following Arizona Supreme Court decision”: Ryan Randazzo of The Arizona Republic has this report.
“High school coach fired for praying on field asks Supreme Court to intervene; The Supreme Court rejected an appeal from high school coach Kennedy in 2019”: Sam Dorman of Fox News has this report.
“Cruz grills Biden judicial nominee over statement calling Kavanaugh ‘intellectually and morally bankrupt’; ‘You signed your name to that proposition, do you still believe it?’ Cruz asked Ninth Circuit nominee”: Houston Keene of Fox News has this report.
Jennifer Bendery of HuffPost reports that “Biden Court Pick Won’t Say If Brett Kavanaugh Is ‘Morally Bankrupt’; Jennifer Sung signed a 2018 letter making that claim about the then-Supreme Court nominee; She wouldn’t disavow it in her Senate confirmation hearing.”
Mike Scarcella of Reuters reports that “Biden circuit nominees defend careers amid Republican criticism.”
Madison Alder of Bloomberg Law reports that “Circuit Pick Apologizes Over Kavanaugh Opposition Letter.”
And Jacqueline Thomsen of The National Law Journal reports that “Past Kavanaugh Criticism Fuels Republican Attacks on Biden 9th Circuit Nominee.”
You can view the video of today’s Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing via this link.
“Dan Markel murder: Magbanua attorneys look to disqualify prosecutors over evidence exhibits; State attorney calls defense attorneys’ claim is ‘preposterous.'” Karl Etters of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.
“Senate Judiciary holds nomination hearing for Elizabeth Prelogar, Biden’s pick for solicitor general”: Emily Zantow of The Washington Times has this report.
Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law reports that “‘Tenth Justice’ Nominee Prelogar Defends High Court Flip Flops.”
Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal reports that “Solicitor General Nominee Elizabeth Prelogar Has Smooth Confirmation Hearing; Elizabeth Prelogar appears headed towards easy confirmation by the full Senate.”
And on this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Nina Totenberg had an audio segment titled “Solicitor General Nominee Elizabeth Prelogar May Be Heading For A Speedy Confirmation.”
You can view the video of today’s Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing via this link.
“Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court remarks reveal a deep irony; Both Amy Coney Barrett and Stephen Breyer need to take a long, hard look in the mirror”: Law professor Jessica Levinson has this essay online at MSNBC.
“Freedom of Religion Means Freedom to Say No to Vaccines; When people say they are motivated by conscience, even implausibly, employers and government have no morally defensible choice but to take their word for it”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.
“The Supreme Court is drunk on its own power; A Court that used to prize careful deliberation now seems to care more about making big change quickly”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.
“Court orders Southeastern State University to reinstate transgender professor fired in 2011”: Curtis Killman of The Tulsa World has this report.
Daniel Wiessner of Reuters reports that “University must rehire transgender professor, says 10th Circuit.”
AJ McDougall of The Daily Beast has a report headlined “Transgender Prof to be Reinstated After Administrator Questioned Her ‘Lifestyle,’ University Fired Her: Ruling.”
And Alex Bollinger of LGBTQ Nation reports that “Professor wins back job in historic victory after she was fired for being transgender; Dr. Rachel Tudor has been fighting for a decade since she was fired because of an administrator’s ‘religious beliefs’; Now she’ll be the first tenured Native American professor in her department’s history.”
You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit at this link.
“What Obergefell Means for Abortion; Obergefell‘s ‘reasoned judgment’ test leads to the conclusion that the state may assert a compelling interest in protecting fetal life”: Stephen G. Gilles has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.
“Justice Stephen Breyer, who at 83 has been fending off calls from fellow liberals to step down, will talk to Stephen Colbert on Tuesday. Will Colbert hold his feet to the fire?” As The New York Times notes here (scroll down), Justice Stephen G. Breyer’s media tour continues tonight with an appearance on the CBS program “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.”
“Abortion activists march in front of Justice Kavanaugh’s home, protest his Texas law vote”: Tom Howell Jr. of The Washington Times has this report.
Gina Martinez of The Daily Mail (UK) reports that “Left-wing activists protest outside Brett Kavanaugh’s home after he rejected challenge to Texas’ six-week abortion ban.”
Alejandro Alvarez of WTOP News in Washington, DC reports that “Abortion-rights advocates march on Kavanaugh’s Chevy Chase home.”
And Mary Margaret Olohan of The Daily Caller reports that “Pro-Abortion Activists Protest Outside Brett Kavanaugh’s Home.”
“Morongo, 3 other tribes ask U.S. Supreme Court to uphold Indian Child Welfare Act”: Joe Nelson of The San Bernardino Sun has this report.
And today’s new installment of season two of the “This Land” podcast, focusing on the fight against the Indian Child Welfare Act, is titled “Pro Bono.”
“Law School Clinic Hopes to Notch Another Supreme Court Win With Cockfighting Petition; The Antonin Scalia Law School’s Supreme Court Clinic and Consovoy McCarthy hope the justices will take up their unusual commerce clause challenge to the criminalization of cockfighting”: Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal has this report.
“Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas will speak at Notre Dame this week. Here’s how to attend.” Carley Lanich of The South Bend Tribune has this report.
“Private eye denied license over Facebook posts asks Supreme Court to find Maine violated his freedom of speech”: Judy Harrison of The Bangor Daily News has this report.
“Biden judicial picks win Senate backing at pace not seen since Nixon”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.
“‘Decisive moment’: Abortion rights groups appeal to Supreme Court to uphold Roe amid Texas ban fallout.” John Fritze of USA Today has this report on the Brief for Respondents filed in the U.S. Supreme Court today in the case titled Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Org.
In other coverage, Adam Liptak of The New York Times reports that “Supreme Court Urged to Reject Mississippi’s Attack on Roe v. Wade; In a new brief in a major abortion case, a clinic and a doctor asked the court to strike down a state law largely banning the procedure after 15 weeks of pregnancy.”
Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Mississippi abortion law would open door to extensive bans, providers tell Supreme Court.”
Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “Advocates see ‘chaos’ if U.S. Supreme Court guts abortion rights.”
And Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Abortion Providers Warn of ‘Chaos’ If Supreme Court Rejects Roe v. Wade.”
“Justice Stephen Breyer says judges on the Supreme Court ‘better be there for everybody'”: Washington Post Live posted this video online today.
“Justices say Supreme Court split by philosophical — not partisan — differences, but timing works against them”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.
“Court backs Planned Parenthood bid to block it from some lawsuits under the new Texas abortion law; Pro-abortion rights groups attain another small, temporary victory by preventing the state’s most organized likely litigator from filing legal action under new abortion restrictions”: Morgan O’Hanlon of The Dallas Morning News has this report.
And Jessica Schneider and Ariane de Vogue of CNN report that “Texas judge issues injunction against anti-abortion group on enforcing new law.”
You can access today’s temporary injunction of the Travis County, Texas District Court at this link.
“The Originalist Case for an Abortion Middle Ground”: Law professor Aaron Tang has posted this article at SSRN.
“Would Overruling Roe v. Wade Retroactively Reanimate ‘Zombie’ Abortion Laws?” Law professor Michael C. Dorf has this essay online at Justia’s Verdict.
“Supreme Stalemates (featuring Judge Don Willett)”: The Case Western Reserve University School of Law has posted the video of this year’s installment of the Sumner Canary Memorial Lecture on YouTube at this link.
In the September 20, 2021 issue of The New Yorker: In the Talk of the Town section, Amy Davidson Sorkin has a Comment headlined “The Forever Trial at Guantánamo: President Biden moved to end the war in Afghanistan, but the proceedings against the remaining war-on-terror detainees, including the 9/11 suspects, drag on.”
Jelani Cobb has an Annals of Equality article headlined “The Man Behind Critical Race Theory: As an attorney, Derrick Bell worked on many civil-rights cases, but his doubts about their impact launched a groundbreaking school of thought.”
And Margaret Talbot has a Books essay headlined “How the Real Jane Roe Shaped the Abortion Wars; The all-too-human plaintiff of Roe v. Wade captured the messy contradictions hidden by a polarizing debate.”
“The Supreme Court Vaccine Case: Jacobson v. Mass.: Explained.” Jordan S. Rubin of Bloomberg Law has this report.
“Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer Feels Partisan Push to Retire; The 83-year-old justice, part of a shrunken liberal minority at a possibly brief moment of Democratic control, says his decision on the matter will take in many considerations”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report.
“Justice Amy Coney Barrett argues US Supreme Court isn’t ‘a bunch of partisan hacks'”: Mary Ramsey of The Courier Journal of Louisville, Kentucky has this report.
Piper Hudspeth Blackburn of The Associated Press reports that “Barrett concerned about public perception of Supreme Court.”
And Jess Clark of Louisville NPR affiliate WFPL reports that “Justice Barrett Challenges Partisanship Accusations, Blasts Media In Louisville Talk.”
