“Sarah Palin Is Granted New Libel Trial Against The New York Times; A federal appeals court said the judge overseeing the original trial, which Ms. Palin lost, had wrongly excluded evidence and might have swayed jurors as they were deliberating”: David Enrich of The New York Times has this report.

Laura Wagner of The Washington Post reports that “Sarah Palin wins bid for new defamation trial against New York Times; An appellate court ruled that the federal judge who heard the case undermined the jury by announcing he would dismiss the suit while they deliberated.”

And Erin Mulvaney and Jan Wolfe of The Wall Street Journal report that “Sarah Palin Wins New Trial in Defamation Case Against New York Times; Appeals panel says trial judge made errors that deprived Palin of a fair trial.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.

“Appeals Court Raises Questions Over Section 230 Law Giving Social-Media Companies Legal Immunity; Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled TikTok could potentially be liable for recommending ‘blackout challenge’ video to girl who died”: Alyssa Lukpat of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

And Nate Raymond of Reuters reports that “TikTok must face lawsuit over 10-year-old girl’s death, US court rules.”

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

“Which Justice Writes the Most Important Decisions on the Supreme Court?” Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“A Montco family sued their neighbors over lawn signs that protested an antisemitic slur. A decade later, the Pa. Supreme Court said the signs were legal. An Abington Township family posted nearly two dozen signs with anti-hate messages in a yearlong protest of their neighbor’s use of an antisemitic slur.” Abraham Gutman of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

Last week’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania consisted of a majority opinion and two dissenting opinions (here and here).

“The president’s crimes: The oldest constitution in the world was not made for the political culture of modern America; The Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v United States is a symptom of its crisis.” Jonathan Sumption has this article in the October 2024 issue of Prospect Magazine.

“Sumption lays into US court; Former UK justice attacks ‘absurdity’ of his US counterparts’ Trump ruling”: Joshua Rozenberg has this post at his “A Lawyer Writes” Substack site.

“How ‘America’s Worst Court’ Intimidates Elected Officials To Fight Judicial Reform”: Mark Pulliam has this post at The Federalist.

“The law finally caught up with notorious Philadelphia landlord Phil Pulley … but for voting fraud; He has acted with impunity for years across Philadelphia; Then, in the 2020 election, he allegedly decided one vote wasn’t enough for him”: William Bender and Ryan W. Briggs of The Philadelphia Inquirer have this report.

“Lawsuits Fly Over Election Rules and Who Gets to Vote; Democrats challenge certification rules in Georgia, while GOP targets registration procedures in Arizona and North Carolina”: Mariah Timms of The Wall Street Journal has this report.