“Justice Dept. sues Idaho over near-total abortion ban coming Aug. 25; The lawsuit filed Tuesday was the Biden administration’s first legal action since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June”: Perry Stein and Devlin Barrett of The Washington Post have this report.
And Sadie Gurman of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Justice Department Files Lawsuit Challenging Idaho Abortion Law; DOJ says Idaho law conflicts with federal law covering hospitals that receive Medicare.”
“Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court just upheld the state’s mail voting law; A group of Republican lawmakers and a Republican county commissioner sued last summer, saying the law violates the state Constitution”: Jonathan Lai of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.
Today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania consists of a majority opinion, a concurring opinion, and two dissenting opinions (here and here).
“A Brief Guide to Clarence Thomas’s Insane Establishment Clause Jurisprudence; The Supreme Court’s conservatives have been chipping away at the Establishment Clause for years; Clarence Thomas wants to blow it up”: Peter Shamshiri has this post at Balls and Strikes.
“Cherokee leaders discuss the state of tribal sovereignty following major Supreme Court decisions”: Chris Polansky of Public Radio Tulsa has this report.
“A Conversation With California’s Chief Justice: Tani Cantil-Sakauye, who has led the state’s highest court since 2011, will step down next year.” Soumya Karlamangla has this new installment of her “California Today” newsletter online at The New York Times.
“The uncomfortable problem with Roe v. Wade: The Constitution doesn’t tell us which rights it protects, and now the power to decide that question rests with people like Samuel Alito.” Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.
“Supreme court could strike blow against affirmative action in Harvard case ruling; Court’s conservative supermajority threatens to overturn yet another longstanding precedent as it hears arguments in two cases”: Edwin Rios of The Guardian (UK) has this report.
“Justice Elena Kagan has a prescription for an ailing Supreme Court; We are no longer nearing a crisis in confidence regarding the Supreme Court — we are already there”: Law professor Jessica Levinson has this essay online at MSNBC.
“Democrats’ Approval of Supreme Court at Record-Low 13%”: Mohamed Younis of Gallup has this report.
“Of Dobbs, Constitutional Text, and The Rule of Law or the Rule of People?” Eric Segall has this blog post at “Dorf on Law.”
“‘They’re Just Going to Let Me Die?’ One Woman’s Abortion Odyssey; Madison Underwood was thrilled to learn she was pregnant; But when a rare defect in the developing fetus threatened her life, she was thrust into post-Roe chaos”: Neelam Bohra of The New York Times has this report.
“Moore v. Harper and Marc Elias’s Curious Idea of ‘Democracy’; Democratic lawyers seek to hijack elections via state judges; The Supreme Court has a chance to stop them”: David B. Rivkin Jr. and Jason Snead will have this op-ed in Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
“The Dan Markel Case: Katie Magbanua, Sentenced; Plus updates on Charlie Adelson, including a preview of his defense.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.
“Kentucky’s attorney general can now enforce trigger law banning abortion, court rules”: Alex Acquisto of The Lexington Herald-Leader has this report.
“Michigan Court of Appeals just dropped abortion ruling that could have huge impact”: Dave Boucher of The Detroit Free Press has this report.
And Beth LeBlanc of The Detroit News reports that “Oakland County judge blocks county prosecutors from enforcing abortion ban.”
You can access today’s ruling of the Court of Appeals of Michigan at this link.
“A Constitution for the Common Good? Is common good constitutionalism a type of conservative jurisprudence?” James Stoner has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.
“Christian flag at heart of Supreme Court First Amendment case is scheduled to fly at Boston City Hall”: Danny McDonald of The Boston Globe has this report.
“Crossing Partisan Lines to Join Forces in SCOTUS State Jurisdiction Case; Chuck Cooper and Ashley Keller will both represent the plaintiff in a case against Norfolk Southern Railway during the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court term”: Christine Schiffner of The National Law Journal has this report.
“With Supreme Court shift on Indian law, will it reconsider a recent landmark ruling?” Law professor Erwin Chemerinsky has this essay online at ABA Journal.
“Vaccine Mandates and Religion at the Supreme Court”: James M. Beck has this post at the “Drug & Device Law” blog.
“Liars in Robes”: Sherry F. Colb has this blog post at “Dorf on Law.”
“Supreme Court’s landmark guns ruling prompts race to test Second Amendment’s limits; On the left, blue states are scrambling to pass laws to respond to the Supreme Court’s decision; On the right, gun rights groups are heading back into federal court”: John Fritze of USA Today has this report.
“The Abortion Decision, Haunted by Brown v. Board of Education; The justices cited the landmark 1954 decision banning segregation in public schools 23 times, debating its meaning and methods”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.
