Programming note: On Wednesday morning, I will be presenting an oral argument in-person in an admiralty appeal to a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. As a result, additional posts will not appear here until Wednesday afternoon.
The U.S. Supreme Court has announced that it will be issuing one or more rulings in argued cases at 10 a.m. eastern time on Wednesday. You can access those opinions via this link as they are posted in ten-minute increments.
“California Supreme Court chief justice has COVID, but will still vote in cases”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.
And Gregory Yee of The Los Angeles Times reports that “California Supreme Court chief justice tests positive for COVID-19.”
“Suspect in targeted Wisconsin judge killing in New Lisbon dies from apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound”: Elliot Hughes of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.
“Wisconsin Supreme Court rules in favor of releasing data on COVID outbreaks at businesses after two-year public records battle”: Daphne Chen of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report on a 4-to-3 ruling that the Supreme Court of Wisconsin issued today.
And in related coverage, WISC-TV of Madison, Wisconsin has posted on YouTube a video titled “Conservatives frustrated with Wisconsin Supreme Court Judge Brian Hagedorn.”
“Chief Justice John Roberts facing test of leadership amid tense time at Supreme Court; The chief justice has embraced a go-slow approach to the most divisive issues facing the high court; Experts wonder if that’s still possible now that the court has a 6-3 conservative majority”: John Fritze of USA Today has this report (subscription required for full access).
“What are Georgetown Professors Forbidden to Say?” Eugene Volokh has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”
“‘The Possibility of Prosecuting Federal Court Leakers — Update & Rejoinder’; Former prosecutors Markus Funk and Andrew S. Boutros, and Judge Virginia Kendall, delve further into this fascinating question”: This post appears at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”
“Is the Roberts Court the Least Productive Court of All Time?” Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.
“After the Cawthorn Ruling, Can Trump Be Saved From Section 3 of the 14th Amendment?” Roger Parloff has this post at the “Lawfare” blog.
“I Ran Justice Alito’s Draft Abortion Opinion through the BriefCatch Legal Editing Software. Here’s What Happened.” Bob Ambrogi has this post at his “LawSites” blog.
“The Hollow Originalism of Amy Coney Barrett: Overturning important Supreme Court precedent is supposed to be difficult; In her academic writing, the newest justice previewed how she’d do it anyway.” James LaRock and Jacob Hammond have this essay online at Balls and Strikes.
“Trump-appointed judge defends rulings unpopular with ‘cultural elites'”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has a report that begins, “A federal appeals court judge appointed by former Republican President Donald Trump argued jurists ‘must not be afraid of being booed’ by issuing rulings unpopular with ‘cultural elites’ and people who consider the U.S. Constitution ‘trash.'”
“Are Religious Abortions Protected?” Law professor Sherry F. Colb has this essay online at Justia’s Verdict.
“Artificial intelligence can be a patent ‘inventor,’ U.S. appeals court told”: Blake Brittain of Reuters has this report.
Samantha Handler of Bloomberg Law reports that “Federal Circuit Panel Balks at Accepting AI as Inventor.”
And at his “Patently-O” blog, Dennis Crouch has a post titled “The Manner in Which the Invention was Made.”
You can download the audio of yesterday’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit via this link (6.8 MB mp3 audio file).
“An O.C. lawyer won a personal-injury case. Then came the celebration video, and an apology.” Christopher Goffard of The Los Angeles Times has this report.
“Supreme Court Rejects Forced Arbitration for Southwest Airlines Baggage Workers; Unanimous opinion goes against trend of rulings making it easier for businesses to avoid class-action lawsuits brought by workers”: Jan Wolfe and Jess Bravin have this article in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
