“Gag order against Trump in Jan. 6 case put on hold by appellate court”: Rachel Weiner of The Washington Post has this report.
And C. Ryan Barber of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Trump Gag Order Temporarily Lifted in Federal Election-Interference Case; D.C. court’s gag pause comes hours after New York judge in civil fraud trial expanded separate gag order.”
“Why Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court Election Matters: A judicial election with significance for 2024 voting and abortion.” This editorial will appear in Saturday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
“A Rare Trump Gun Control Measure Faces a Supreme Court Test; The justices agreed to decide whether the Trump administration had acted lawfully in banning bump stocks, the attachments that enable semiautomatic rifles to fire in sustained, rapid bursts”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report, along with an article headlined “Supreme Court to Hear N.R.A.’s Free Speech Case Against New York Official; The case is the second one this term asking the justices to decide when government activity crosses the line to become coercion forbidden by the First Amendment.”
“Indiana AG Todd Rokita to be reprimanded for comments on abortion doctor Caitlin Bernard”: Brittany Carloni of The Indianapolis Star has this report on yesterday’s 3-to-2 ruling of the Supreme Court of Indiana.
The two Justices who dissented explained that they “would reject the conditional agreement, believing the discipline to be too lenient based on the Respondent’s position as Attorney General and the scope and breadth of the admitted misconduct.”
“Senate Judiciary Committee stalls amid partisan firestorm over Supreme Court subpoenas, court nominees; The upper chamber’s legal panel was unable to vote on any scheduled business as Republicans raged against a district court appointee and accused Democrats of playing politics with their Supreme Court ethics inquiry”: Benjamin S. Weiss of Courthouse News Service has this report.
“Judge finds Eastman culpable for ethics breaches in 2020 bid to keep Trump in power; California authorities will now present ‘aggravation’ evidence in their effort to strip Eastman of his law license”: Kyle Cheney of Politico has this report.
“‘Extortion layaway’ and the grilling of Charlie Adelson in Dan Markel murder-for-hire”: Jeff Burlew of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.
Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court granted review in three new cases.
“‘My life depends on it’: Charlie Adelson testifies prosecutors ‘wrong’ about Markel murder.” Jeff Burlew of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.
“The Supreme Court at War: A new book tells how famed justices played an important role in World War II.” Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal has this post at his “The Marble Palace Blog.”