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Tuesday, September 24, 2024

“Supreme Court’s Gun Rulings Leave Baffled Judges Asking for Help; In June, the court tried to explain its new history-based approach to the Second Amendment; But judges said the latest decision ‘offered little instruction or clarity’”: Adam Liptak has this new installment of his “Sidebar” column online at The New York Times.

Posted at 8:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“FTX customers shouldered ‘extraordinary’ costs in Bankman-Fried conviction, law profs argue”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters has this post.

Posted at 8:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“Penn Suspends Law Professor Amy Wax Over Claims of Racist, Offensive Comments; In a rare move, the tenured professor will be suspended for one year while receiving half pay”: Gareth Vipers and Victoria Albert of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

Posted at 8:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“A TikTok Ban May Not Be Inevitable After All; Instead of outlawing the ByteDance-owned app, perhaps a warning label would suffice”: Law professor Stephen L. Carter has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

Posted at 2:49 PM by Howard Bashman



“US judiciary referred ex-Alaska judge for impeachment based on ‘reprehensible’ conduct”: Nate Raymond and Moira Warburton of Reuters has this report.

Posted at 2:46 PM by Howard Bashman



“Judges Warn of More Politically Borne Threats, Disinformation; Physical violence, rhetoric threaten integrity of judiciary; Texas judge says Russians spread propaganda about courts”: Allie Reed of Bloomberg Law has this report.

Posted at 2:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“US Supreme Court justices, other judges can stay at corporate-owned homes without disclosure”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

Posted at 2:41 PM by Howard Bashman



“3rd Circuit Revives Fosamax MDL Over Questions of Preemption; The decision, which the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit said was a ‘close call,’ hinged on whether an informal communication in the form of a letter the FDA sent to Merck was sufficient to establish preemption”: Colleen Murphy of the New Jersey Law Journal has this report on a decision that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued last Friday.

Posted at 11:10 AM by Howard Bashman



“‘I’m Staying Everything’: Texas Bankruptcy Judge Halts Talc Trials Against J&J; At a Monday hearing, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez in Texas ordered an automatic stay on J&J talc litigation after dual motions were filed to move the Chapter 11 case to New Jersey.” Amanda Bronstad of ALM’s law.com has this report.

Posted at 11:06 AM by Howard Bashman



“Federal judge blocks employee abortion, IVF protections at thousands of Catholic employers nationwide; The group that brought the challenge to a new federal policy argues it cannot be forced to accommodate ‘immoral infertility “treatments.”’” Chris Geidner has this post at his Substack site.

Posted at 10:18 AM by Howard Bashman



“Automating criminal appeals: Do it!” Adam Unikowsky recently had this post at his Substack site, “Adam’s Legal Newsletter.”

Posted at 10:12 AM by Howard Bashman



“100. Same-Sex Marriage and the 2014 Long Conference: Same-sex marriage became legal in more states through cert. denials (18) than through the Court’s June 2015 ruling in Obergefell (13); Strategic voting by Chief Justice Roberts is a big part of why.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

Posted at 10:09 AM by Howard Bashman



“No Choice but to Stan: A Deep Dive on Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar.” You can access this week’s episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link.

Posted at 10:08 AM by Howard Bashman



“Is It Time to Torch the Constitution? Some scholars say that it’s to blame for our political dysfunction — and that we need to start over.” Louis Menand has this Books essay in the September 30, 2024 issue of The New Yorker.

Posted at 10:03 AM by Howard Bashman