“Judicial Notice (10.20.24): Blast Off; A justice under indictment, Elon Musk’s latest lawsuit, a MAGA legal warrior, and a Biglaw firm’s aggressive response to a discrimination lawsuit.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.
“High court passes on guns, agency authority as dust settles from blockbuster rulings; The justices turned down petitions on felon gun ownership and presidential firing power, for now”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.
You can access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.
“First Openly Transgender Lawyer to Argue at Supreme Court; ACLU’s Chase Strangio will argue on behalf of minors and their families; Tennessee one of 22 states that ban gender affirming care for minors”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law has this report.
“What Can Memoirs by Supreme Court Justices Teach Us? We’re primed to read Justices’ accounts of their lives for clues to their jurisprudence. Should we?” Amy Davidson Sorkin has this Books essay in the October 28, 2024 issue of The New Yorker.
“States Revive Lawsuit to Sharply Curb Access to Abortion Pill; The Supreme Court ruled in June that the original plaintiffs, anti-abortion doctors and groups, did not have standing to sue; Now three states are trying to continue the legal fight”: Pam Belluck of The New York Times has this report.
“Neil Gorsuch Has No One to Blame But Himself; The Supreme Court justice bemoans overzealous prosecutors; But it’s his favorite legal theory — textualism — that has encouraged their behavior”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.
“A Writer Sees Leniency in the Supreme Court’s Approach to Public Corruption; A Georgetown law professor argues that five rulings by the justices in recent years have allowed behavior that is ‘sketchy as hell’ and meant to make the judiciary look good by contrast”: Adam Liptak has this new installment of his “Sidebar” column online at The New York Times.
“A Second Trump Term Would Cement a Supreme Court Revolution; Electing the Republican candidate would likely extend conservative control of the court for another 25 years”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.