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Thursday, July 25, 2024

“Justice Elena Kagan Calls for Enforceable Supreme Court Ethics Rules; There are flaws in the justices policing their own behavior, Kagan says”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

Sophia Bollag of The San Francisco Chronicle has an article headlined “Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan said one type of ruling makes her angry enough to punch a wall.”

Devan Cole of CNN has a report headlined “Justice Elena Kagan says Supreme Court’s code of conduct needs an enforcement plan. Takeaways from her wide-ranging comments.”

Josh Gerstein of Politico reports that “Elena Kagan calls for better enforcement of Supreme Court’s ethics code; At a legal conference in California, the liberal justice suggested that lower-court judges could review alleged violations.”

Sophie Austin of The Associated Press reports that “Justice Kagan says there needs to be a way to enforce the US Supreme Court’s new ethics code.”

And Alan Riquelmy of Courthouse News Service has an article headlined “At California conference, Justice Elena Kagan talks life on Supreme Court; Kagan shared her opinions and insights Thursday at the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, which is meeting in Sacramento, California.”

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“Biden’s Supreme Court-Smacking Plan: Does Kamala Harris support these dubious ideas to undermine judicial independence?” This editorial will appear in Friday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

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“How the most right-wing appeals court was reined in by the Supreme Court this term”: Maureen Groppe of USA Today has this report.

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“Boneless chicken wings can have bones, Ohio Supreme Court rules; Republicans on the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that bones are a natural part of chicken so a consumer should be on guard for them — even in boneless wings”: Laura A. Bischoff and Jessie Balmert of The Columbus Dispatch have this report.

Thomas Gnau of The Dayton Daily News reports that “Diners should beware of bones in ‘boneless’ chicken, Supreme Court majority rules; Case originated in Butler County eight years ago.”

Michael Rubinkam of The Associated Press reports that “Chicken wings advertised as ‘boneless’ can have bones, Ohio Supreme Court decides.”

And Dan Trevas of Court News Ohio reports that “Restaurant Not Responsible for Injury From Bone in Boneless Wing.”

You can access today’s 4-to-3 ruling of the Supreme Court of Ohio at this link.

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“Florida abortion amendment: Financial statement fight heads to Supreme Court; The ‘fiscal impact statement,’ to be printed on ballots, has been the subject of the latest battle in the war over abortion rights in Florida.” Ana Goñi-Lessan of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.

And in commentary, online at Slate, Ansev Demirhan has a Jurisprudence essay titled “Something Funny Is Going On With the Campaign Against Florida’s Abortion Initiative.”

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“Justice Kagan calls for a way to enforce Supreme Court ethics code; Justice Elena Kagan suggested Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. could appoint an outside panel of highly respected judges to review allegations of wrongdoing”: Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has this report.

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“Elena Kagan Endorses High Court Ethics Enforcement Mechanism”: Suzanne Monyak and Lydia Wheeler of Bloomberg Law have this report.

At some point in the not too distant future, Justice Kagan’s remarks today at the Ninth Circuit’s Judicial Conference will be available for viewing online via C-SPAN.

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“Appeals court timeline suggests months more of delay for Jack Smith’s documents case against Trump; The special counsel is appealing the dismissal of the case — but the appeal likely won’t be resolved until long after Election Day”: Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein of Politico have this report.

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“Supreme Court justices are writing more concurrent opinions to accompany rulings”: Mark Walsh has this report online at ABA Journal.

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“Donald Trump and Supreme Court Appointments in a Second Term; An opportunity to secure a solid conservative majority for years to come”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

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“Where Does Kamala Harris Stand On Supreme Court Reform? Most Democratic politicians have been reluctant to endorse Supreme Court reform. There are signs that the party’s new nominee might see things differently.” Jay Willis has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

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“A Scholar-Justice; Contrary to accusations that Amy Coney Barrett is drifting left, she is doing the hard work of building up the originalist legal culture”: John O. McGinnis has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

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“California Supreme Court upholds gig worker law backed by Uber, Lyft”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

Suhauna Hussain of The Los Angeles Times reports that “California Supreme Court upholds Prop. 22, ending legal saga over status of gig drivers.”

Daniel Wiessner and Brendan Pierson of Reuters report that “California top court upholds ballot measure treating Uber, Lyft drivers as independent contractors.”

And Maia Spoto and Natalie Lung of Bloomberg Law report that “California Gig Workers to Remain Contractors, Prop 22 Upheld; Uber, Lyft-backed, voter-approved classification law upheld; California gig workers must keep contractor status.”

You can access today’s unanimous ruling of the Supreme Court of California at this link.

Posted at 2:42 PM by Howard Bashman