“Arizona’s Supreme Court is considering abortion law. Lawyers arguing the case are all men.” Stacey Barchenger of The Arizona Republic has this report.
Howard Fischer of The Arizona Daily Star reports that “Arizona Supreme Court to decide which Arizona abortion law stands.”
And Joe Duhownik of Courthouse News Service reports that “Arizona Supreme Court hears arguments on future of access to reproductive rights; Two state laws offer conflicting regulations for when abortions are allowed in Arizona.”
ABC15 Arizona has posted the video of today’s oral argument on YouTube at this link.
“Who Determines Kate Cox’s Health Care: In a post-Roe world, it is judges who get to decide what a pregnant person must do with even a nonviable pregnancy.” Dahlia Lithwick has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
“The heartless treatment of Kate Cox in Texas; A pregnant woman’s doctor gave her bad news; The state made it worse”: Columnist Monica Hesse has this essay online at The Washington Post.
“Justice Sandra Day O’Connor protected us from the extremes”: Marci Hamilton has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”
And Sambhav Sankar has a post titled “A justice stewarding a Constitution.”
“‘How to Interpret the Constitution’ Review: Judicial Values; Opponents of originalism make much of the supposed ambiguities in the Constitution; But is the text of the document really so unclear?” Online at The Wall Street Journal, Tal Fortgang has this review of law professor Cass R. Sunstein‘s new book, “How to Interpret the Constitution.”
“Why Jack Smith Is Taking Trump’s Immunity Claim Straight to the Supreme Court; The special counsel has substantive and procedural reasons for wanting a quick ruling on whether Donald Trump can be prosecuted for his actions as president”: Alan Feuer of The New York Times has this report.
“SBF’s Lawyer Says His Client Was the ‘Worst’ Ever Under Cross Examination; Stanford Law Professor David Mills, who led defense for FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried as favor to his parents, now fears ‘unwinnable’ case has ended their friendship”: Ava Benny-Morrison of Bloomberg Businessweek has this report.
“Top Court Clears Path for Democrats to Redraw House Map in New York; The ruling could allow Democrats to tilt anywhere from two to six G.O.P.-held seats leftward; Republicans vowed to challenge any gerrymandered map”: Nicholas Fandos of The New York Times has this report on a 4-to-3 ruling that the New York State Court of Appeals issued today.
“An Ohio man sued over a bone in his boneless wing. Ohio’s top court heard the case.” Scott Wartman of The Cincinnati Enquirer has this report.
“Arizona Supreme Court to hear case that could decide future of legal abortion”: Ray Stern of The Arizona Republic has this report.
“US v. Trump will bring new political misery to the embattled Supreme Court, no matter what the justices do”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this news analysis.
“Charlie Adelson will serve life in prison for 2014 murder of Dan Markel”: Jeff Burlew and Elena Barrera of The Tallahassee Democrat have this report.
And Peter Schorsch of Florida Politics has a post titled “Charlie Adelson gets life sentence for someone else’s problem; Phil Markel moves courtroom to tears.”
The Tallahassee Democrat streamed the sentencing proceeding live on YouTube, and you can view the video via this link.
“Crossing State Lines: Texas’s Abortion Bounty-Hunter Law Implicates Those Who Assist Individuals to Get an Abortion Out-of-State, Including Employers.” Hailey Valerio has this post online at the Villanova Law Review.
Earlier, Erin Douglas of The Texas Tribune reported that “Texas abortion law a ‘radical expansion’ of who can sue whom, and an about-face for Republicans on civil lawsuits; Senate Bill 8, which allows anyone to sue anyone who performs or aids in an abortion, marks an unprecedented change to who has standing to bring a lawsuit; The tactic is also an emerging trend in Republican-dominated states that may compromise constitutional rights, some legal experts said.”
“Indigenous women, facing tougher abortion restrictions post-Roe, want Congress to step in”: Sudiksha Kochi of USA Today has this report.
“U Penn president got Delaware judge’s support on LinkedIn. Anger ensued.” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters has this post.
