“Appeals Panel Rejects Meadows’s Request to Move Georgia Case to Federal Court; The judges unanimously ruled against Mark Meadows, a former White House chief of staff and a co-defendant of Donald J. Trump in the state election interference case”: Danny Hakim and Richard Fausset of The New York Times have this report.
Bart Jansen of USA Today reports that “Federal appeals court rejects former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows’ request to move Georgia trial to federal court; Meadows was one of five co-defendants of Donald Trump who are charged with election racketeering and trying to move their trials from state to federal court; All have been rejected.”
Zoë Richards and Charlie Gile of NBC News report that “Appeals court rejects Mark Meadows’ bid to move his Georgia case out of state court; Meadows, who served as White House chief of staff under President Donald Trump, was previously denied a request to move his Georgia election interference case to federal court.”
And Devan Cole of CNN reports that “Appeals court rejects Mark Meadows’ attempt to move Georgia election subversion case to federal court.”
You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit at this link.
“A Supreme Court Icon at 100 Years Old; From World War II to beyond, a remarkable man has aided the Supreme Court”: Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal has this post at his “The Marble Palace Blog.”
“Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, lauded as ‘a human being, extraordinary,’ lies in repose at the court”: Mark Walsh has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”
“The Echo Chamber Grows”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.
“The Gun Industry Has a Suicide Problem: White men like Bob Owens are the firearms industry’s most essential customers; But they keep turning their weapons on themselves.” Mike Spies has this article online at The Trace.
“What We Learned from the NY Times Behind-the-Scenes Revelations About Dobbs”: Michael C. Dorf has this post at his blog, “Dorf on Law.”
“Public Pays Respects to Justice O’Connor at Supreme Court”: Lydia Wheeler and Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law have this report.
“58. Congress Quietly Expands the Supreme Court’s Jurisdiction Over Courts-Martial; A little-noticed provision of the FY2024 National Defense Authorization Act closes a loophole in the justices’ ability to review military convictions, but it may make little practical difference.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.
In the December 25, 2023 issue of The New Yorker: Law professor Jeannie Suk Gersen has a Talk of the Town Comment headlined “University Presidents Under Fire; No one should be duped into applauding a McCarthyesque spectacle of members of Congress demanding firings by universities.”
And Ed Caesar has an A Reporter At Large article headlined “The World’s Fastest Road Cars — and the People Who Drive Them; ‘Hypercars’ can approach or even exceed 300 m.p.h.; Often costing millions of dollars, they’re ostentatious trophies — and sublime engines of innovation.”
“Conservatives move to keep abortion off the 2024 ballot; ‘We don’t believe those rights should be subjected to majority vote’”: Alice Miranda Ollstein and Megan Messerly of Politico have this report.
“A ‘Delicate Matter’: Clarence Thomas’ Private Complaints About Money Sparked Fears He Would Resign.” Justin Elliott, Joshua Kaplan, Alex Mierjeski, and Brett Murphy of ProPublica have this report.
“Behind the Scenes of Overturning Roe v. Wade”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast, featuring New York Times reporter Jodi Kantor as the guest, via this link.
“Supreme Court looks at abortion again; Louisiana is involved”: Mark Ballard of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans has this report.
“Judicial Notice (12.16.23): Super Immunity; A 17-year-old passes the bar, a judge generates controversy on LinkedIn, a boutique boycotts Harvard Law OCI, and other legal news from the week that was.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.
David’s post notes that, earlier this month, Eleventh Circuit Judge Kevin C. Newsom was a guest on an episode of the “Advisory Opinions” podcast.
“Texas Abortion Laws’ Cruel Outcomes; The results of overturning Roe have reached their awful, logical conclusion”: You can access yesterday’s new episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast via this link.
“Introducing ‘SCOTUS Ladies & Gents’”: At the “SCOTUS Ladies” blog, Elizabeth Slattery has this interview with attorney Allyson Ho.
“Reviewing The Three Trump Appointees: Ex Ante and Ex Post.” Law professor Josh Blackman has posted this essay at SSRN.
“Texas abortion ruling in Kate Cox case adds to confusion for women and doctors; The Dallas woman’s test case was supposed to add clarity, but the state Supreme Court punted the decision to medical providers”: Marin Wolf has this front page article in today’s edition of The Dallas Morning News.
“Ten Reflections on Justices Kavanaugh and Barrett’s Votes In Dobbs“: Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”
“Supreme Court action on mifepristone demonstrates abortion care is all about the courtroom”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this news analysis.
“Supreme Contempt for Women”: Columnist Maureen Dowd has this essay online at The New York Times.
“Inside the exclusive world of Supreme Court clerks driving America’s legal controversies”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.
“GOP baffled that ‘We Don’t Care if You Die’ is not a winning slogan”: Columnist Alexandra Petri has this essay online at The Washington Post.
“Trump’s Immunity Claims Are Idiotic; The Supreme Court Should Say So. Immediately”: Michael C. Dorf has this post at his blog, “Dorf on Law.”
“Justices Thomas and Alito Want a Constitutional Right to Pray Away the Gay”: Law professor Michael C. Dorf has this essay online at Justia’s Verdict.
“Judges Press Lawyer for Meadows on Bid to Move Georgia Case to Federal Court; A panel of appeals court judges appeared skeptical of the arguments on Friday on behalf of Mark Meadows, the former White House chief of staff”: Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Danny Hakim of The New York Times have this report.
Bill Rankin and Tamar Hallerman of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution report that “Judges express skepticism of Meadows’ removal in Trump case.”
And Megan Butler of Courthouse News Service reports that “11th Circuit weighs bid from Trump’s indicted chief of staff to move Georgia case to federal court; The appeals court heard arguments from Mark Meadows, who claims a Georgia district court judge wrongly determined that the conduct cited in his indictment falls outside the duties of his federal role.”
“The Most Interesting Part of the New York Times’ Scoop on the Fall of Roe; The famously secretive court’s operations get a close look”: Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern have this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
And earlier this week, they had a Jurisprudence essay titled “The Supreme Court Just Took on Abortion Again; It Won’t End Well.”
“‘No circuit split’ — Herbal Brands exhorts Supreme Court to skip Amazon reseller case”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters has this post.
“What Sandra Day O’Connor Got Wrong”: Linda Greenhouse has this guest essay online at The New York Times.
“Jack Smith and the Supreme Court; The special counsel tries to drag the Justices into his political timetable for the Jan. 6 trial of Donald Trump”: This editorial will appear in Saturday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
“Ohio Supreme Court dismisses AG Yost’s appeal, clears path for abortion ban to be blocked”: Jessie Balmert of The Cincinnati Enquirer has this report.
You can access today’s order of the Supreme Court of Ohio at this link.
“Dan Markel murder: Charlie Adelson transferred from Leon County jail to state prison system.” Jeff Burlew of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.
“16 Disclosures from the New York Times Leak Report About Dobbs“: Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”
“Appeals court reinstates CT female high school athletes suit seeking to bar transgender competition”: Edmund H. Mahony of The Hartford Courant has this report.
And Daniel Wiessner of Reuters reports that “US court revives challenge to Connecticut rule on transgender athletes in girls’ sports.”
You can access today’s en banc ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.
Update: In other coverage, Nika Schoonover of Courthouse News Service reports that “Second Circuit sends trans athletes challenge back to federal court; A 15-judge panel on the Second Circuit decided Friday that four female athletes who claimed their employment prospects were impacted after being required to compete against transgender girls had standing in federal court.”
“Judges dubious of Mark Meadows’ bid to avoid facing charges in Georgia state court; The former White House chief of staff is charged alongside Donald Trump with a conspiracy to tamper with the 2020 election in Georgia”: Josh Gerstein and Kyle Cheney of Politico have this report.
