“Supreme Court Clears Way for N.R.A. to Pursue First Amendment Challenge; The unanimous opinion, by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, found that the gun rights group had plausibly claimed a First Amendment violation”: Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this report.
Justin Jouvenal of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court rules official likely violated NRA’s free speech rights; A unanimous Supreme Court ruled that government officials cannot use their substantial powers to try to quash points of view they do not like.”
David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court gives National Rifle Assn. a 1st Amendment win in suit against New York officials.”
Jan Wolfe of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Sides With NRA in Free Speech Case; Justices revive lawsuit alleging New York regulator violated the First Amendment by pressuring companies to cut ties with NRA.”
And Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court unanimously sides with NRA in First Amendment dispute with New York official.”
“Trump Can Proceed With Lawsuit Against His Niece, Court Rules; The case concerns Mary L. Trump’s disclosure of financial documents to a team of reporters at The New York Times”: Michael M. Grynbaum of The New York Times has this report on a ruling that the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department issued today.
“How to Force Justices Alito and Thomas to Recuse Themselves in the Jan. 6 Cases”: U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD) has this guest essay online at The New York Times.
“Donald Trump Convicted in New York Hush-Money Case; Jury finds former president guilty of falsifying business records”: Corinne Ramey and James Fanelli of The Wall Street Journal have this report.
“US appeals court accepts broad definition of securities ‘dealer’ in microcap fund case”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters has this post about a decision that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued yesterday.
“Alito Benefits from Colleague’s 50-Year Friendship; Judge Edward Becker secures Arlen Specter’s support”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.
“The Supreme Court Could Make the President a King; The high court’s decision in the Trump immunity case appears to set the stage for future abuses of the pardon power”: Law professor Kimberly Wehle has this essay online at Politico Magazine.
“SC Supreme Court will have a woman justice again after last year’s all-male abortion decision”: Joseph Bustos of The State of Columbia, South Carolina has this report.
And Nick Reynolds of The Post and Courier of Charleston, South Carolina reports that “SC Supreme Court now guaranteed to include a female justice.”
“The Alito Scandal Is Worse Than It Seems: The conservative justice knows he can get away with just about anything.” Ankush Khardori has this essay online at Politico Magazine.
“Supreme Court gives New Yorkers second shot in escrow interest-payment fight; The high court will force the Second Circuit to reexamine if Bank of America needs to pay interest on New York homeowners’ escrow accounts”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.
“Biden pledges to name progressives to the Supreme Court, suggesting he expects vacancies”: Kevin Liptak of CNN has this report.
“Chief Justice John Roberts declines to meet with Dems on ethics concerns amid Alito flag flap; Senate Democrats requested Roberts meet with them amid their concerns about controversial flags flown at Justice Samuel Alito’s properties”: Lawrence Hurley of NBC News has this report.
You can access the Chief Justice’s letter at this link.
Access today’s rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court in argued cases: The Court issued rulings in three argued cases.
1. Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in Cantero v. Bank of America, N.A., No. 22-529. You can access the oral argument via this link.
2. Justice Sonia Sotomayor delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in National Rifle Association of America v. Vullo, No. 22-842. Justices Neil M. Gorsuch and Ketanji Brown Jackson each issued a solo concurring opinion. You can access the oral argument via this link.
3. And Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court in Thornell v. Jones, No. 22-982. Justice Sotomayor issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Elena Kagan joined. And Justice Jackson issued a dissenting opinion. You can access the oral argument via this link.
