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Monday, October 7, 2024

“Georgia Supreme Court Restores State’s 6-Week Abortion Ban; The ban will resume while the court considers an appeal to a decision that had briefly allowed greater access to abortions in the state”: Christina Morales of The New York Times has this report.

And Praveena Somasundaram of The Washington Post reports that “Georgia Supreme Court reinstates 6-week abortion ban as it considers appeal; The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday moved to restore the state’s six-week abortion ban as it considers an appeal.”

Posted at 9:38 PM by Howard Bashman



“‘Ghost Guns’ Case Before Supreme Court Has Major Implications for Industry in Flux; The number of untraceable homemade guns recovered at crime scenes has fallen since the enactment of rules restricting the sale of the weapons, according to law enforcement statistics”: Glenn Thrush of The New York Times has this report.

Posted at 9:35 PM by Howard Bashman



“Why the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling is untenable in a democracy; Justices’ ruling in immunity case creates one legal standard for presidents and a different standard for citizens”: Senior Ninth Circuit Judge Stephen S. Trott has this essay online at The Washington Post.

Posted at 9:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Guns, transgender rights, porn: The Supreme Court begins another term.” Nina Totenberg had this audio segment on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”

Posted at 9:25 PM by Howard Bashman



“In pet food case, US Supreme Court grapples with weight of a footnote”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters has this post.

Posted at 9:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“Back on the Bench, the Supreme Court Is Diligent and Dour; The justices considered a routine case on unemployment benefits in characteristic style, peppering the lawyers with questions and dropping hints about their views”: Adam Liptak has this news installment of his “Sidebar” column.

Posted at 9:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“Judicial Notice (10.06.24): Changing Of The Guard; Fresh leadership for the Fifth Circuit, Kirkland’s latest coup, a noteworthy departure from the SEC, and a new boutique in a booming field.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

Posted at 5:25 PM by Howard Bashman



“Constitution Day 2024: Judge Jon Newman & Professor Marin Levy on their book, Written and Unwritten.” The Supreme Court Historical Society recently posted this video on YouTube.

Posted at 5:09 PM by Howard Bashman



“An Unsealed Brief, Ghost Guns, & Antitrust Law as Social Justice”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link or on YouTube here.

Posted at 11:11 AM by Howard Bashman



“What We’re Watching This New Supreme Court Term: It’s not the cases, it’s the mayhem.” You can access the new episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast via this link.

Posted at 11:09 AM by Howard Bashman



“Trump’s Election Bid Is a Wild Card as Supreme Court Term Opens; Court returns with cases on ‘ghost guns’, trans care on agenda; Presidential election disputes may wind up before justices”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

Posted at 11:00 AM by Howard Bashman



“A 263-day wait for jobless benefits: Alabama shrimp farmer takes case to Supreme Court; In March of 2021, the month independent shrimper Derek Bateman was first able to get through to someone in his state’s unemployment office, the average wait time for an appeal was 263 days.” Maureen Groppe of USA Today has this report.

Posted at 10:58 AM by Howard Bashman



“Porn sites. Ghost guns. Transgender rights. The Supreme Court gets back to work.” Maureen Groppe of USA Today has this report.

Posted at 10:50 AM by Howard Bashman



“Ghost guns, transgender care on Supreme Court agenda as election looms; A new term begins Monday, with hot-button social issues on the docket and the possibility of legal disputes about the 2024 presidential vote”: Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has this report.

Posted at 10:48 AM by Howard Bashman



“Bruised Supreme Court Returns to Bench With Possible Election Cases Looming; Aside from major disputes on issues like transgender rights and guns, the docket is fairly routine; That could change fast if the presidential race is contested”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Posted at 10:46 AM by Howard Bashman