“Supreme Court Seems Likely to Uphold Law Disarming Domestic Abusers; A decision in the case could extend far beyond domestic abuse by clarifying the scope of a court ruling last year on gun rights”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.
Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Court seems likely to allow gun bans for those under protective orders.”
Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “A Skeptical Supreme Court Considers Whether Domestic Abusers Have Gun Rights; Case tests scope of 2022 precedent that ties gun restrictions to 18th- century history.”
John Fritze of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court poised to support law banning domestic abusers from owning guns.”
And Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times report that “Supreme Court grapples with gun rights for domestic abusers; Federal powers, historical precedents argued in widely-watched case.”
“The Supreme Court’s Big Gun Case Was Humiliating for the Justices”: Jay Willis has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
And online at Vox, Ian Millhiser has an essay titled “The Supreme Court appears poised to rein in its worst decision on guns; Reason and basic human decency seemed to prevail at the Supreme Court’s big argument about whether domestic abusers should be armed.”
“Zackey Rahimi Is the Perfect Poster Boy for the Gun Lobby at the Supreme Court”: Dahlia Lithwick has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
“Nearing Her 109th Birthday, and Still Waiting for Her Day in Court; Lessie Benningfield Randle survived the Tulsa race massacre of 1921; Her lawyers are making what they say is a final bid to keep her case alive”: Audra D.S. Burch of The New York Times has this report.
“Gun Law Before Court Is Most Often Used as a Deterrent; In the past 25 years, people who tried to buy guns at gun stores were rejected because of having active protection orders about 78,000 times, according to the F.B.I.” Kim Barker of The New York Times has this report.
“Pennsylvania voters weigh abortion rights in open state Supreme Court seat”: Marc Levy of The Associated Press has this report.
“Supreme Court sounds wary of extending gun rights to domestic abusers”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.
And Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “The Supreme Court seems likely to preserve a gun law that protects domestic violence victims.”
“Judging as plumbing: In praise of a practical solution to Moore v. United States.” Adam Unikowsky has this post at his Substack site, “Adam’s Legal Newsletter.”
“The Dan Markel Case: Charlie Adelson, Convicted; Here are answers to your FAQs — including who might be prosecuted next.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.
“For Markels, Charlie Adelson guilty verdict a ‘relief’ after ‘long and terrible ordeal’; ‘Stay tuned’: After verdict is announced, prosecutor Georgia Cappleman acknowledges that the Dan Markel murder remains under ongoing investigation.” Jeff Burlew of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.
“Biden admin urges court to allow confidential contraceptive access for teens; Arguments focus on whether Texas father had standing to challenge federal rule; Government seeks to overturn ruling by conservative Texas judge”: Brendan Pierson of Reuters has a report that begins, “The Biden administration on Monday urged a federal appeals court to allow minors in Texas to access birth control through clinics funded by a federal program without having their parents notified.”
The Fifth Circuit‘s website says you can access the audio of today’s oral argument via this link (which wasn’t functioning at time this was posted).
“How to Handle Domestic Violence and Gun Rights: It’s unjust to deny constitutional rights without a trial.” Kerry Slone will have this op-ed in Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
“The Abortion-Rights Movement Is on a Winning Streak. Will Ohio Stop It? Tuesday’s elections will test whether Democrats can keep benefiting from the issue in 2024.” Julie Bykowicz and Laura Kusisto of The Wall Street Journal have this report.
“Charlie Adelson trial: Jury returns guilty verdict in 2014 murder-for-hire killing of Dan Markel.” Jeff Burlew of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.
“Red states sue feds to block abortion pill mail order sales; After a Supreme Court ruling stayed an injunction of the FDA’s approval of mifepristone, a coalition of Republican attorneys general hope to demonstrate actual injuries”: Gabriel Tynes of Courthouse News Service has this report.
The plaintiffs in the case are the States of Missouri, Kansas, and Idaho, so of course they opted to initiate suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Amarillo Division, where U.S. District Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk is based.
“Government immunity from false credit reporting hits thin ice at Supreme Court; The high court will decide if the government should face lawsuits when it fails to correct false credit reports”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.
“Appeals court mulls reviving Sarah Palin’s suit against New York Times — again; A lawyer for Palin used an oral argument Monday to attack a longstanding First Amendment case that provides robust protection to media outlets”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report.
You can access the audio of today’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit via this link.
“Conservative Judges Don’t Care About the Rights of People They Don’t Identify With; Courts have long tolerated limits on constitutional rights in the name of public safety; But the Second Amendment gets special treatment”: Nick Carlson has this post at Balls and Strikes.
“Piecing together the Charlie Adelson ‘puzzle’: Case heads to jury after closing arguments.” Jeff Burlew of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.
“Clarence Thomas’s R.V. Loan and Supreme Court Scrutiny: The Court’s system of self-policing is in question as revelations about Thomas’s gifts lead the Senate to escalate its investigation into Supreme Court ethics.” The New Yorker recently posted online this episode of its “The Political Scene Podcast” featuring Susan B. Glasser, Jane Mayer, and Evan Osnos.
“Pennsylvania’s election will be headlined by races for statewide courts, including a high court seat”: Marc Levy of The Associated Press has this report.
“Will the Supreme Court Toss Out a Gun Law Meant to Protect Women?” Linda Greenhouse has this guest essay online at The New York Times.
“Supreme Court’s Devotion to Gun Rights Faces a Challenging Test; The justices will hear arguments on Tuesday on whether the government can disarm people subject to restraining orders for domestic abuse”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.
Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times reports that “Texas Man at Center of Supreme Court Case Says He No Longer Wants Guns; Zackey Rahimi has vowed ‘to stay away from all firearms and weapons’ in a case that could expand gun rights protections, but advocates say he is not an ideal poster boy for the Second Amendment.”
Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Texas Man With History of Wantonly Firing AR-15 Could Gut Gun Laws Nationwide; Supreme Court to consider whether Second Amendment trumps law prohibiting gun ownership by those under domestic-violence orders.”
John Fritze of USA Today has an article headlined “A blockbuster gun rights case lands at the Supreme Court. Here are three justices to watch. The controversial case tests the limits of a blockbuster Second Amendment decision that requires gun prohibitions to be grounded in the nation’s history.”
Mark Sherman and Lindsay Whitehurst of The Associated Press have a report headlined “Why one survivor of domestic violence wants the Supreme Court to uphold a gun control law.”
Andrew Chung of Reuters reports that “Guns rights and domestic violence protections collide at US Supreme Court.”
And Michael Macagnone of Roll Call reports that “Supreme Court to hear arguments in case that could limit Congress on gun control; Justices take on the first gun control challenge since their landmark Second Amendment ruling last year.”
“The nonstop sparring match between the conservative justice and liberal Biden attorney at the Supreme Court”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this news analysis.
“Arrests Motivated by Politics Face a Supreme Court Test; A 72-year-old city councilwoman in Texas, accused of misplacing a document, says she was the victim of retaliation for exercising her First Amendment rights”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.
Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court, after having granted review in three new cases last Friday, did not grant review in any new cases.
“Doing Government on Twitter”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link.
“Dan Markel murder: Charlie Adelson trial – Day 8 – Closing Arguments.” The Tallahassee Democrat is live-streaming today’s trial proceedings on YouTube via this link.
“Will Abortion Dominate the 2024 Elections? Tuesday Will Offer Clues. Elections in Kentucky, Ohio and Virginia will give an early preview of how abortion will shape the political landscape in 2024, and the effectiveness of both parties’ approaches.” Lisa Lerer and Shane Goldmacher of The New York Times have this report.
“Birth Control Access, Parental Rights Collide in Fifth Circuit; Step toward ending birth control access, health group says; Conservatives cite parents’ rights to direct child upbringing”: Mary Anne Pazanowski of Bloomberg Law has this report on a case scheduled for oral argument tomorrow before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
“The Right To Bear Arms and Terrorize Your Partner: Gun safety advocate Shannon Watts on why the Supreme Court’s Second Amendment absolutism is particularly deadly for women.” You can access the new episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast via this link.
“U.S. focuses on domestic abuser in effort to keep some gun restrictions; Latest Supreme Court gun case asks whether 2022 Bruen decision means violent domestic abusers can have weapons”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.
“A Brief History of Supreme Court Justices Throwing Out Ceremonial First Pitches at Baseball Games”: Jay Willis has this post at Balls and Strikes.
“Trump and allies plot revenge, Justice Department control in a second term; Advisers have also discussed deploying the military to quell potential unrest on Inauguration Day; Critics have called the ideas under consideration dangerous and unconstitutional”: Isaac Arnsdorf, Josh Dawsey, and Devlin Barrett of The Washington Post has this report.
“US judges defeat misconduct case over hiring of clerk accused of racism”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report on an order that the Judicial Council of the Second Circuit issued last Tuesday.
