“Chief Judge Michael A. Chagares of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit announced the launch today of a new website devoted to preserving and presenting the history of the Court.” So begins a news release that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued today.
You can access the website at this link. Conspicuously, the court’s implementation of a 5 p.m. filing deadline doesn’t appear yet on the Milestones page.
“Tossing Trump’s case was risky for Judge Cannon — at least for now; Judge Aileen Cannon sidestepped key legal rulings to find that special counsel Jack Smith was improperly appointed to investigate Donald Trump”: Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has this report.
“Bush Extends Olive Branch to Senate Democrats; But new era of good feelings doesn’t last long”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.
“Amicus Citations in OT 2022 and 2023”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.
“Judicial Notice (07.21.24): Lady Maga? J.D. Vance’s high-powered spouse, a Ninth Circuit judge’s benchslap of his colleagues, a big-ticket deal in legal tech, and Willkie’s winning ways.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.
“9th Circuit’s Unusually Low Reversal Rate This Supreme Court Term Doesn’t Tell Full Story”: Avalon Zoppo of The National Law Journal has this report.
“The Hubris and Hackery of Aileen Cannon”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link.
And at his “Adam’s Legal Newsletter” Substack site, Adam Unikowsky has a post titled “Don’t be a visionary; Why Judge Cannon should have gone with the flow.”
“SCOTUS Doesn’t Have To Be This Way; One of the world’s most respected jurists compares the US Supreme Court to the most widely cited western democratic high court — Canada’s”: You can access the new episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast via this link.
“Supreme Court is embracing reason and compromise”: George Liebmann has this essay online at The Baltimore Sun.
“The Supreme Court is power hungry. There is one sure way to rein it in.” Law professor Aaron Tang has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.
“Trump is poised to bypass his legal woes thanks to judges he appointed; The string of victories reflects luck and timing”: Kyle Cheney of Politico has this report.
“Why Yale Law Is So Good at Producing Reactionaries Like JD Vance: The tiny, liberal program accounts for a surprising number of conservative politicians and Supreme Court justices.” Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.
“The Supreme Court Can’t Outrun Clarence Thomas’ Terrible Guns Opinion”: Law professor Barry Friedman and Dahlia Lithwick have this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.