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Sunday, June 16, 2024

“Judge Liles Burke appears eager and ready to sanction LGBTQ civil rights lawyers; A Friday order that some lawyers turn over a document prepared in the early days of the Alabama judge-shopping ‘inquiry’ strongly suggests Burke has made up his mind”: Chris Geidner has this post at his Substack site.

Posted at 9:45 PM by Howard Bashman



“Pressure builds on Congress after Supreme Court’s ruling on bump stocks”: Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times have this report.

Posted at 9:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“Judicial Notice (06.16.24): Out Of Control; Hunter Biden gets convicted, Justice Barrett takes charge, a rap star’s trial goes off the rails, and a Boston law firm winds up on the ropes.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

Posted at 9:35 PM by Howard Bashman



“Biden warns Trump could select two more Supreme Court justices if re-elected; During a fundraising event in Los Angeles, Biden alluded to the upside-down flag controversy surrounding Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito”: Summer Concepcion and Sarah Dean of NBC News have this report.

Posted at 9:33 PM by Howard Bashman



“In AI we trust, part II: Wherein AI adjudicates every Supreme Court case.” Adam Unikowsky has this post at his Substack site, “Adam’s Legal Newsletter.”

Posted at 9:18 PM by Howard Bashman



“Biden’s LBGTQ+ Guidance for Schools Blocked by Sixth Circuit; Decision blocks guidance from enforcement in 20 states; Judges appeared skeptical of DOJ’s positions in oral arguments”: Eric Heisig of Bloomberg Law has this report.

And Dave Byrnes of Courthouse News Service reports that “Block on federal guidance against anti-LGBTQ discrimination survives challenge in Sixth Circuit; The decision comes on the heels of a similar ruling from a federal judge in Texas earlier this week.”

You can access Friday’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit at this link.

Posted at 1:35 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court overturns federal bump stock ban, siding with Austin gun dealer; Michael Cargill, owner of Central Texas Gun Works, sued over the ban; The U.S. Supreme Court sided with him in a 6-3 decision Friday”: Dante Motley of The Texas Tribune has this report.

Posted at 1:18 PM by Howard Bashman



“Mifepristone Ruling Sends a Message About Abortion Politics; The Supreme Court’s narrow, procedural ruling is a scolding for the judges who let the flimsy case get this far”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

Posted at 1:17 PM by Howard Bashman



“Texas Supreme Court rejects case that could have imperiled IVF access; The justices allowed a lower court’s opinion to stand, and, for now, sidestepped the question of whether a frozen embryo has the same rights as a living child”: Eleanor Klibanoff of The Texas Tribune has this report.

And Ryan Autullo of Bloomberg Law reports that “Texas Supreme Court Declines to Classify Embryos as Children; Decision protects embryo destruction under abortion ban; Divorced woman said embryos are children, not property.”

Posted at 1:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“Opinionpalooza: SCOTUS Says Yes to Bump Stocks, No to Gun Safety Regulation; Justice Clarence Thomas overturns the bump stock ban in his deadly Garland v Cargill majority opinion.” You can access the new episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast via this link.

Posted at 1:07 PM by Howard Bashman



“A Win for Trump — and Free Speech — at the Supreme Court; The justices resolved a trademark dispute over ‘Trump too small’ shirts by saying peddle whatever you want, just don’t piggyback on someone else’s fame”: Law professor Stephen L. Carter has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

Posted at 1:05 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Resistance to a New Trump Administration Has Already Started; An emerging coalition that views Donald J. Trump’s agenda as a threat to democracy is laying the groundwork to push back if he wins in November, taking extraordinary pre-emptive actions”: Charlie Savage, Reid J. Epstein, Maggie Haberman, and Jonathan Swan of The New York Times have this report.

Posted at 1:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court’s Bump Stock Ruling Is Dystopian Nonsense; In Garland v. Cargill, the conservative justices dispensed with logic and embraced a dangerous, hyper-literal textualism”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

Posted at 1:00 PM by Howard Bashman