“Arguments surrounding constitutionality of bump stocks hit the Fifth Circuit; An attorney representing bump stock owners said during oral arguments Wednesday that Congress outlawed machine guns because of the mechanism rather than the rapid fire capability”: Sabrina Canfield of Courthouse News Service has this report.
You can access the audio of yesterday’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit via this link.
“In a new podcast, Anita Hill and Christine Blasey Ford converse for the 1st time”: This audio segment appeared on this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered.”
You can access the available episodes of the “Because of Anita” podcast via this link.
“Some Texas Clinics Resume Abortions After Judge’s Ruling; At least six clinics had returned to performing the procedure, but most of the state’s roughly two dozen abortion clinics were waiting, weighing the risks under the new law”: Sabrina Tavernise and Ruth Graham of The New York Times have this report.
Caroline Kitchener, Emily Wax-Thibodeaux, Ann E. Marimow, and Casey Parks of The Washington Post report that “Despite latest court ruling blocking Texas abortion law, most providers are still reluctant to defy ban.”
Elizabeth Findell of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Texas Abortions Pick Up After Federal Judge Allows Them; Clinics say they are moving cautiously because a state law imposing a near ban on abortions allows retroactive lawsuits if the injunction is overturned.”
Emily Zantow and Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times report that “Texas will appeal judge’s order blocking state’s fetal-heartbeat abortion law.”
And Karen Brooks Harper of The Texas Tribune reports that “At least one major Texas abortion provider resumes procedure lawmakers tried to prohibit, after judge blocks near-total ban; The ruling late Wednesday from U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman doesn’t protect providers who perform abortions while the Texas law makes its way through the courts.”
“Dozens of states have tried to end qualified immunity. Police officers and unions helped beat nearly every bill.” Kimberly Kindy of The Washington Post has this report.
“Christian Conservative Lawyer Had Secretive Role in Bid to Block Election Result; Drafts of a lawsuit filed with Supreme Court by Texas’ attorney general in December had been circulated by the leader of an anti-abortion group”: Eric Lipton and Mark Walker of The New York Times have this report.
“Abortion in Texas and the Judiciary: A federal judge abuses his authority as much as the Lone Star State law does.” The Wall Street Journal has published this editorial.
“Appeals court rules in favor of student-athletes who sought religious exemption from vaccine mandate”: Lexi Lonas of The Hill has this report on a per curiam decision that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued today.
“Abortions after 6 weeks of pregnancy resume in Texas, after judge blocks new law”: Madlin Mekelburg of The Austin American-Statesman has this report.
And Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News reports that “A Texas Healthcare Provider Said They’ve Resumed Abortions — For Now — After A Judge Blocked The State’s Ban; A judge on Wednesday found that Texas’s six-week abortion ban was ‘flagrantly unconstitutional.’“
“New 2nd Circuit vacancies to open, giving Biden room to tilt court”: Nate Raymond and Jonathan Stempel of Reuters have this report.
And Madison Alder of Bloomberg Law reports that “N.Y.-Based Appeals Court Gives Biden Two More Seats to Fill.”
“How Courts Robbed Juries of a Powerful Tool for Doing Justice; Jury nullification is a pre-colonial tool that allows jurors to send a message to the state that certain criminal prosecutions are unacceptable; But for centuries, courts have been working out to hollow that right”: Jordan Paul has this post at Balls and Strike.
“Judge Julia Gibbons Receives 2021 Devitt Award”: The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts issued this news release today.
“A Guantanamo Detainee’s Case Has Been Languishing Without Action Since 2008. The Supreme Court Wants to Know Why. Thirteen years ago, suspected terrorist Abu Zubaydah filed a petition challenging the legality of his detention. In a Supreme Court hearing about state secrets, justices asked why federal courts have declined to rule on the case.” Raymond Bonner has this report online at ProPublica.
“Stocks owned by Supreme Court justices tilt the scales of justice; We have an ethical crisis across all three branches of government”: Law professor Richard W. Painter has this essay online at MSNBC.
“In Akron, Supreme Court to Resume Off-Site Program”: Csaba Sukosd of Court News Ohio has a report that begins, “After a two-year hiatus, the Ohio Supreme Court is taking its oral arguments back on the road.”
“From Savannah to Supreme Court Justice: Clarence Thomas statue considered for Atlanta.” Katie Nussbaum of The Savannah Morning News has this report.
“UF honors life of Florida’s first Black supreme court justice; Judge Joseph Hatchett was the first Black Florida supreme court justice, state-wide elected official and a pioneer for civil rights”: Christian Casale of The Independent Florida Alligator has this report.
“Answer Man: If the U.S. is attacked, Asheville’s Grove Park Inn could host the Supreme Court.” John Boyle of The Asheville (N.C.) Citizen Times has this report.
“Examining the Supreme Court’s use of emergency applications”: Law professor Stephen Vladeck appeared on this segment of today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”
“What SCOTUS Lawyers Look Like: A solo appellate lawyer discusses why he made a photo collage to visualize the diversity of the lawyers arguing before the Supreme Court this term.” Tony Mauro has this post at his “The Marble Palace Blog.”
“The Supreme Court takes a lie detector test: The justices say they are nonpartisan; Cameron v. EMW Women’s Surgical Center puts that to the test.” Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.
“The Supreme Court’s Pain — and Our Anger”: Columnist Linda Greenhouse has this essay online at The New York Times.
“The Decision Blocking Texas’ Abortion Ban Is A Meticulous Rebuke To The Supreme Court”: Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern have this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Josh Blackman has a post titled “The Most-Straightforward Path To Stay The S.B. 8 Injunction: There Is No Equitable Cause of Action; The Fifth Circuit should grant the stay based on the District Court’s Ninosplaining of Grupo Mexicano.”
