“Supreme Court to Hear Case Over Homelessness Rules in Oregon; The case could have major implications for cities throughout the country grappling with a homelessness crisis”: Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this report.
Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court to review restrictions on homeless encampments.”
David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court to rule on clearing homeless encampments in California and the West.”
Laura Kusisto and Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal report that “Supreme Court to Weigh City Efforts to Prohibit Homeless Camps; Coalition of public officials asks justices to hear case after appeals court says camping bans are cruel and unusual punishment.”
John Fritze and Maureen Groppe of USA Today report that “Supreme Court to decide if ticketing people who are homeless is ‘cruel’ punishment; At issue is a ruling that held cities could also not issue tickets to homeless people who were using blankets, pillows, or means to protect themselves from the elements.”
Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court to weigh case over ticketing homeless encampments.”
Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle reports that “Supreme Court to hear case that could reshape how cities like S.F. clear homeless encampments.”
And Maxine Bernstein of The Oregonian reports that “U.S. Supreme Court to review ruling blocking Grants Pass from punishing homeless people sleeping in public places.”
Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court granted review in five cases.
“Popular AI Chatbots Found to Give Error-Ridden Legal Answers; Researchers measured AI responses to 200,000 legal questions; Frequent ‘hallucinations’ could hurt self-represented litigants”: Isabel Gottlieb and Isaiah Poritz of Bloomberg Law have this report on a paper titled “Large Legal Fictions: Profiling Legal Hallucinations in Large Language Models,” written by Matthew Dahl, Varun Magesh, Mirac Suzgun, and Daniel E. Ho.
“The Supreme Court’s suddenly blockbuster term”: Henry Gass of The Christian Science Monitor has this report.
“Trump ramps up attacks on the justice system when trials and key rulings loom, analysis shows; The former president’s attacks on the prosecutors and judges in his civil and criminal cases are frequently tied to developments in his court cases, an NBC News analysis shows”: Dareh Gregorian and Jasmine Cui of NBC News have this report.
“Last Republican Minnesota Supreme Court appointee announces retirement; Former Gov. Tim Pawlenty appointed G. Barry Anderson to the high court in 2004”: Rochelle Olson of The Minneapolis Star Tribune has this report.
And Brian Bakst of Minnesota Public Radio News reports that “Long-tenured Justice Anderson to leave Minnesota Supreme Court in May.”
“How the Supreme Court could end the ‘Chevron deference’ foolishness”: Columnist George F. Will has this essay online at The Washington Post.
“Biden administration tells Supreme Court Texas is barring federal government’s access to part of US-Mexico border”: Devan Cole of CNN has this report.
You can access today’s U.S. Supreme Court filing from the federal government in this matter at this link.
“What’s Actually Wrong with Justices on Yachts?” Guha Krishnamurthi and Peter N. Salib have this guest blog post at “Dorf on Law.”
“Daniel McCaffery sworn in as newest justice of Pa. Supreme Court”: Paul Vigna of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has this report.
“Oregon Supreme Court allows Trump to appear on primary ballot”: Patrick Marley of The Washington Post has this report.
And Marshall Cohen of CNN reports that “Oregon Supreme Court won’t remove Trump from ballot for now, says it’s waiting on SCOTUS.”
The Supreme Court of Oregon issued this news release today.