“Let’s Not Bring Back Jail for Swearing”: Online at The New York Times, law professors Jacob D. Charles and Matthew L. Schafer have a guest essay that begins, “With its new term starting this month, the Supreme Court will likely confront calls to upend constitutional law yet again. One very possible target is people’s everyday right to voice their political opinions, to speak up, even just to swear.”
“Conservative States Seek to End Protections for Immigrant ‘Dreamers’; An appeals court is considering a challenge that could end DACA, which has allowed hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants to live and work in the United States”: Miriam Jordan and Mattathias Schwartz of The New York Times have this report.
And Andrew Kreighbaum of Bloomberg Law reports that “Judges Probe DACA’s Harm to States in Fifth Circuit Showdown; Legal status, employment of half a million Dreamers at stake; Defenders argue that Republican states can’t prove harm.”
You can access the audio of today’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit at this link.
“US Appellate Judge Urges Caution on Judge-Shopping Rule; Judiciary panel considering potential action on judge-shopping; Judge Quattlebaum raised separation of powers concerns”: Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law has this report.
“J&J Talc Bankruptcy Stays in Texas, Boosting Settlement Odds; J&J beats Justice Department bid to move case to New Jersey; J&J talc bankruptcies had twice been stopped in New Jersey”: Jonathan Randles and Steven Church of Bloomberg News has this report.
“Ex-Alaska Judge Texted With Prosecutor About Ongoing Trial; Joshua Kindred texted his clerk-turned-prosecutor about case during trial; Defense counsel to ask for new trial”: Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law has this report.
And Nate Raymond of Reuters reports that “Former Alaska federal judge texted with prosecutor about trial, lawyers say.”
“Biden’s lame-duck judicial confirmation prospects”: Russell Wheeler has this post online at The Brookings Institution.
“The Anti-Abortion Movement Is Pivoting Back to Victimhood at the Supreme Court”: Sarah Lipton-Lubet has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
“Supreme Court Reform Is in the Air”: Columnist David French has this essay online at The New York Times.
“Ban Abortion. End Gay Marriage. Outlaw Birth Control. A powerful Christian conservative legal group is quietly reshaping America through the courts. Here’s what it’s after.” Susan Rinkunas has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
“Jack Smith Owes Us an Explanation”: Law professor Jack Goldsmith has this guest essay online at The New York Times.
“The Colorado Cake Baker Wins Again; The left keeps harassing Jack Phillips, despite High Court victories”: This editorial appears in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
“Why the Supreme Court May Not Decide the 2024 Election After All”: Law professor Richard L. Hasen — founder of the “Election Law Blog” — has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
“Inside the Fight Against the Estrada Filibuster; A lieutenant’s perspective”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.
“Clarence Thomas Thinks the Real Victims Are Prosecutors Who Engage in Misconduct”: Mark Joseph Stern has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
And online at Balls and Strikes, Madiba K. Dennie has an essay titled “Three Supreme Court Justices Wanted to Talk About Anything But Richard Glossip’s Life; Oklahoma is fighting to spare a man it previously sentenced to die; Clarence Thomas wants to hear more about prosecutors’ feelings instead.”