“This Election Is Also a Choice Between Two Visions of the Federal Courts; Judges have vast influence over the biggest political questions; An analysis of President Biden and Donald J. Trump’s nominees found stark differences that could emerge again after November”: Mattathias Schwartz and June Kim of The New York Times have this report.
“Battle over abortion access stretches to state supreme court races”: Melissa Quinn of CBS News has this report.
And in related commentary, online at The Washington Post, columnist Jim Geraghty has an essay titled “You’ve got my vote, your honor; On Nov. 5, supreme court seats are up for election in 33 states; That could have a big effect on abortion laws.”
“National Association of Attorneys General Announces Winners for 2024 Supreme Court Best Brief Awards”: You can access that organization’s news release from earlier this month at this link.
“Texas Supreme Court justice’s oversight of trust belonging to millionaire with dementia raises ethics concerns; Despite objections from her family, John Devine oversees the trust of Elvie Kingston, a clear violation of Texas’ judicial ethics rules, experts said; His wife is also her legal guardian”: Robert Downen of The Texas Tribune has this report.
My client’s pending cert. petition is now fully briefed: You can access the filings in this case, raising an issue of Federal Arbitration Act preemption that divided the Pa. Supreme Court (majority opinion here; dissenting opinion here), via this link.
“A Supreme Court reshaped by Trump has a low profile in this presidential campaign”: Mark Sherman and Lindsay Whitehurst of The Associated Press have this report.
“Prosecutors say Alaska judge’s misconduct warrants vacating man’s conviction”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.
And Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law reports that “Ex-Alaska Judge’s Lawyer Ties Have US Asking to Toss Conviction; DOJ asks to vacate conviction over ex-judge’s misconduct; Kindred received nude photos from prosecutor in the case.”