“Ninth Circuit strikes down Oregon law against secret recordings”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.
Lucas Manfield of Willamette Week reports that “9th Circuit Overturns Oregon Ban on Surreptitious Public Recording; It’s a victory for the right-wing activist group Project Veritas, which sued the state in 2020.”
And Alanna Madden of Courthouse News Service reports that “Ninth Circuit guts Oregon recording law; The ruling overturns a state law passed to ensure that journalists have the consent of any individual they record.”
You can access Monday’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.
“Conservative law firm racks up wins as US Supreme Court shifts right”: Andrew Goudsward of Reuters has this report.
“I’m a Florida cake artist, and I support the Supreme Court’s ruling protecting free speech; The court decided 303 Creative and reaffirmed that the government cannot tell us to say things that we don’t believe in; That’s good news for everyone”: Cyndol McNeil has this essay online at The Tampa Bay Times.
“Federal agency powers in the crosshairs at the US Supreme Court”: Andrew Chung and John Kruzel of Reuters have this report.
“The Supreme Court’s YOLO Approach to Guns Is About to Face a Major Test”: Law professor Brandon Hasbrouck has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
“Aim Lower: Liberals have lost the Supreme Court for a generation; Their only hope is to seize state courts and launch a counterrevolution.” Law professors Lara Bazelon and James Forman have this post at the “Intelligencer” blog of New York magazine.
“John Roberts Is Winning. The Rest of Us Are Losing.” Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern have this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
“What else can the Supreme Court get away with?” You can access Monday’s episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link.
“John Roberts’ Big Complaint About Elena Kagan Is Deeply Ironic”: Law professor Richard L. Hasen, founder of the “Election Law Blog,” has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
“Biden faces renewed pressure to embrace Supreme Court overhaul; Bombshell decisions have intensified liberal calls for Biden to urge a revamp of the court as he heads toward 2024; So far, he’s resisting”: Tyler Pager has this front page article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.
“US Supreme Court takes expansive view of business ‘speech’ in LGBT wedding website case”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters has this post.
“‘Sham’ website customer likely didn’t affect Supreme Court ruling on same-sex weddings, experts say; Legal experts shot down the idea that an apparently bogus inquiry to a site designer in Colorado opposed to same-sex marriages played a key role in last week’s decision”: Dareh Gregorian of NBC News has this report.
“Jackson, Sotomayor neck and neck for label of most left-leaning justice”: Alex Swoyer has this front page article in today’s edition of The Washington Times.
And Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law reports that “Justice Jackson Unafraid to Speak Up, Go It Alone in First Term; First Black female justice spoke more than colleagues; Embraced dissenting role with forceful writings.”
“Religious Freedom Arguments Underpin Wave of Challenges to Abortion Bans; In lawsuits challenging state abortion bans, lawyers for abortion rights plaintiffs are employing religious liberty arguments the Christian right has used for decades”: Pam Belluck had this front page article in yesterday’s edition of The New York Times.
“In Defense of KBJ’s Harvard ‘Recusal’: Justice Jackson demonstrates why the usual recusal rules will not work for the Supreme Court.” Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”
Earlier, at “Re’s Judicata,” Richard M. Re had a related post titled “Did Justice Jackson Actually Recuse from Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard?“
“The Tragedy of John Roberts”: Jeff Shesol has this guest essay online at The New York Times.
“‘Groundbreaking’: Amid SCOTUS Defeats, Democrats Line Up A New Wave Of Judges; The Senate is confirming historic numbers of civil rights attorneys and public defenders to federal court seats, teeing up potential future contenders for the high court.” Jennifer Bendery of HuffPost has this report.
“Judge Investigated Over His Profane TikTok Videos; The New Jersey judge, Gary Wilcox, posted the videos using an alias; In some, he wore judicial robes; At least one was recorded from bed”: Tracey Tully of The New York Times has this report.
“34. ‘What a Difference Five Years Makes . . .’ The justices wrapped up their scheduled annual business with a series of blockbuster rulings reinforcing just how far to the right the Court has moved since 2018.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.
“Imprisoning innocent people is bad; Section 2255 should be fixed immediately”: Adam Unikowsky has this post at his Substack site, “Adam’s Legal Newsletter.”
“The affirmative action ruling is big. Now elite colleges need to think bigger.” Lawrence H. Summers has this essay online at The Washington Post.
“John Roberts, Conservative Statesman”: Columnist Ross Douthat has this essay in the Sunday Review section of today’s edition of The New York Times.
“I’m not a lawyer. But I see what the same-sex wedding website case will mean.” Amanda Katz has this essay online at The Washington Post.
“‘Unabashed’: Justice Jackson marks her first year on the Supreme Court unafraid to stake her own position; As the first Black woman to serve on the court, she brought a new perspective and spoke the most during oral arguments.” Lawrence Hurley of NBC News has this report.
“Supreme Court delivered big conservative wins, and a mixed message; After dramatic reversal of Roe v. Wade last year, Chief Justice Roberts pulls court back toward its right-leaning center”: Robert Barnes has this front page article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.
“Supreme Court Rejects Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan; The proposed debt cancellation of more than $400 billion would have been one of the most expensive executive actions in U.S. history”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.
Robert Barnes and Danielle Douglas-Gabriel of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court rejects Biden student loan forgiveness plan.”
David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court strikes down Biden’s plan to forgive millions of student loans.”
Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Strikes Down Biden’s Student-Loan Forgiveness Plan; Case pushes to the fore different views of executive power espoused by White House and Supreme Court.”
John Fritze, Alia Wong, Chris Quintana, Joey Garrison, and Nirvi Shah of USA Today report that “Supreme Court strikes down plan to forgive student loan debt; Biden vows to use alternate path.”
And Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times report that “Supreme Court shoots down Biden’s student loan forgiveness.”
“The Supreme Court Has Opened the Door to Discrimination. Here’s How States Can Slam It Shut.” Law professor Aaron Tang will have this guest essay in the Sunday Review section of tomorrow’s edition of The New York Times.
“Unanswered Questions in the Web Designer Case”: Michael C. Dorf has this post at his blog, “Dorf on Law.”
“The Mysterious Case of the Fake Gay Marriage Website, the Real Straight Man, and the Supreme Court: In filings in the 303 Creative v. Elenis case is a supposed request for a gay wedding website — but the man named in the request says he never filed it.” Melissa Gira Grant of The New Republic has this report, along with a report headlined “The Supreme Court Doesn’t Care That the Gay Wedding Website Case Is Based on Fiction; It still feels unnerving to some, even those caught in the crossfire, to see injuries invented wholesale and lies accepted by the highest court in the land.”
“Another One Bites the Dust: End of 2022/2023 Supreme Court Term Statistics.” Adam Feldman and Jake Truscott have this post at the “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.
“Supreme Court Backs Web Designer Opposed to Same-Sex Marriage; The justices settled a question left open in 2018: whether businesses open to the public and engaged in expression may refuse to serve customers based on religious convictions.” Abbie VanSickle and Adam Liptak of The New York Times have this report.
Robert Barnes and Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post report that “Supreme Court protects web designer who won’t do gay wedding websites.”
David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court rules Christian web designer can turn away business related to same-sex weddings.”
Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Rules Web Designer Can Refuse Work on Same-Sex Wedding Announcements; 6-3 decision puts First Amendment rights above state nondiscrimination law.”
John Fritze of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court backs web developer who didn’t want to create same-sex wedding sites.”
And Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court sides with Christian web designer challenging pro-LGBTQ law.”
“Along With Conservative Triumphs, Signs of New Caution at Supreme Court; Chief Justice Roberts delivered both landmark victories for the right and significant rulings in which he forged alliances with the liberal justices”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.
“Some Thoughts on Great Lakes Insurance SE v. Raiders Retreat Realty Co., LLC“: John F. Coyle has this post at the “Transnational Litigation Blog.”
He and law professor Kermit Roosevelt III filed this amicus brief in support of neither party in the case.
“Supreme Court to Hear Major Guns Case Involving Domestic Violence; The court, which has decided very few Second Amendment cases, will consider whether the government may disarm people subject to restraining orders for domestic abuse”: Adam Liptak and Glenn Thrush of The New York Times have this report.
Jacob Gershman and Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal report that “Supreme Court to Review Domestic-Abuser Gun Ban; Hearing of case to follow court’s blockbuster 2022 ruling that expanded gun rights.”
John Fritze of USA Today has a report headlined “Second Amendment: Supreme Court to decide whether domestic abusers are entitled to guns.”
And Lawrence Hurley of NBC News reports that “Supreme Court to weigh right of accused domestic abusers to own guns; A major new case tests the scope of the Supreme Court’s ruling a year ago that expanded gun rights outside the home.”
You can access yesterday’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.
“Roberts warns Supreme Court justices to stop sniping at each other”: Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times has this report.
