“Trump fan asks Fifth Circuit to revive his race discrimination suit against school district; Bullied on campus for his support of Donald Trump, a white young Texan’s claims of racial discrimination against his former school district got a warm reception Tuesday from several Fifth Circuit judges”: Cameron Langford of Courthouse News Service has this report on an en banc oral argument (access the audio via this link) that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit heard today.
“Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., today announced the appointment of Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr., as the Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, effective March 1, 2024.” So begins a news release that the Public Information Office of the U.S. Supreme Court issued today.
In news coverage, Nate Raymond of Reuters reports that “North Carolina judge to head US judiciary’s administrative arm.”
“Conservative Appeals Judges Question Felon Voting Ban Claims; Mississippi prohibits certain felons from ever voting again; En banc Fifth Circuit hears claim that ban cruel and unusual”: Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law has this report.
And at his Substack site, Chris Geidner has a post titled “Full Fifth Circuit considers if Mississippi’s lifetime felony voting ban violates 8th Amendment; An unusually close case at the conservative appeals court.”
You can access the audio of today’s en banc Fifth Circuit oral argument via this link.
“11th Circuit’s Wilson to take senior status, creating vacancy”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.
And Seth Stern and Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law report that “Eleventh Circuit Judge Wilson Plans to Take Senior Status.”
“Federal appeals court upholds local gun safety pamphlet law in Maryland”: Brian Witte of The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued today.
“Oklahoma is begging the Supreme Court not to make it kill a man; The case against Richard Glossip fell apart; Even the state’s Republican attorney general says he should not be executed; The Supreme Court may not care”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.
“We’re still waiting for FL Supreme Court to decide about abortion rights; The justices heard oral arguments 4 1/2 months ago”: Michael Moline of Florida Phoenix has this report.
“Protest planned as Amy Coney Barrett and Israel Supreme Court justice to speak at Notre Dame”: Jordan Smith of The South Bend Tribune has this report.
“‘This is not over,’ Texas says after Supreme Court lets Biden administration remove razor wire at US-Mexico border”: Alisha Ebrahimji, Rosa Flores, and Sara Weisfeldt of CNN have this report.
“Chevron, Brand X, and Ronald Dworkin’s Right-Answers Thesis”: Michael C. Dorf has this post at his blog, “Dorf on Law.”
