“Biden’s $15 wage mandate for federal contractors struck down by court”: Howard Fischer of Arizona Capitol Times has this report.
Daniel Wiessner of Reuters reports that “Trump-appointed US judges say Biden can’t dictate federal contractor minimum wage.”
And Robert Iafolla of Bloomberg Law reports that “Biden’s $15 Federal Contractor Wage Rule Nixed by Ninth Cir.; Two Trump appointees squash Labor Department measure; Ninth Circuit case one of three challenges to wage boost.”
You can access today’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.
“The Dangers of Parental Consent Laws Have Gotten Worse for Pregnant Teens”: Kathrina Szymborski Wolfkot and Betsy Zalinski have this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
“Liberals Won’t Beat the Supreme Court With Legal Arguments Alone; Their interests are being litigated with deftness and aplomb, but more needs to be done outside the courtroom to start turning the tide”: Steve Kennedy has this essay online at The New Republic.
“Colorado’s Under-21 Gun Sales Ban Revived by Tenth Circuit; Gun sale limits fall outside Second Amendment protections; The harms of non-enforcement outweigh individual harms”: Beth Wang of Bloomberg Law has this report on a ruling that a unanimous (as to result) three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued today.
“Why Abortion Is a Hot Election Issue in the US”: Kelsey Butler of Bloomberg News has this report.
“Thousands of Pennsylvania Ballots Will Be Tossed on a Technicality. Thank SCOTUS.” Law professor Richard L. Hasen, founder of the “Election Law Blog,” has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
“SCOTUS punts on review of standard that helped mentally disabled man avoid death penalty; Over a dozen states wrote in support of Alabama’s appeal, claiming that protections against cruel and unusual punishment have eroded their ability to address crime”: Ryan Knappenberger and Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service have this report.
And John Fritze of CNN reports that “Supreme Court orders more review of Alabama’s request to execute inmate courts said is intellectually disabled.”
“This Retired General Settled the 9/11 Case. Then the Defense Secretary Took Charge. Susan Escallier’s approval of a plea deal, one of the most important decisions in the history of Guantánamo Bay’s war court, has drawn attention to her role and the dysfunctional military commissions.” Carol Rosenberg of The New York Times has this report.
“Election Anxiety: How the Outcome Could Affect SCOTUS’s Docket.” You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link and on YouTube.
“The Great Big Pre-Election Freedom and Democracy Show: We have to think big if we’re going to get through this.” You can access the new episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast via this link.
“107. Presidents and Justices: On the eve of the presidential election, a brief reflection on the quirky and unpredictable math of Supreme Court appointments per presidential term.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.
“Election Threatens to Upend Biden Battles at US Supreme Court; Trump expected to flip US positions, if he wins; Disputes over ‘ghost guns,’ transgender rights likely targets”: Lydia Wheeler of Bloomberg Law has this report.
Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court granted review in one case and noted probable jurisdiction in two related cases.
And the Court issued a per curiam decision, vacating the judgment of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, in Hamm v. Smith, No. 23–167.
“Voters Are Poised to Reshape Abortion Access, From Missouri to Montana; Ten states are set to vote on ballot measures that could restore points of access in the South and elsewhere”: Laura Kusisto and Jennifer Calfas of The Wall Street Journal have this report.
“The soul of ‘election day’; There isn’t one”: Adam Unikowsky has this post at his Substack site, “Adam’s Legal Newsletter.”
“Judicial Notice (11.03.24): Judgment Day; A big win for Kirkland and Covington, district judges going rogue, a major circuit split, and a potentially consequential partner departure.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.
“U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan ’81 and Nobel Prize-winning economist David Card *83 to receive top alumni awards”: Princeton University has issued this news release.
“Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown-Jackson Discusses Life and the Law at Howard Law School”: Adeshola Akintobi and Brittany Bailer of The Dig of Howard University have this report.
“Ed Sheeran Prevails in Copyright Appeal Over ‘Let’s Get It On’; A three-judge panel affirmed that Sheeran’s ‘Thinking Out Loud’ did not illegally borrow from Marvin Gaye’s song”: Ben Sisario of The New York Times has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued yesterday.
“A Way Out of Mexico’s Constitutional Crisis? One Idea for Compromise Emerges. A lone voice on Mexico’s Supreme Court has proposed a way to ease the political tensions that have arisen over a judicial overhaul. But big obstacles could prevent any deal.” Simon Romero and Paulina Villegas of The New York Times have this report.
“The Fifth Circuit Was Wrong — Counting Timely-Cast Remote Votes That Are Received After Election Day is as Old as the Founding.” Rich Bernstein has this post online at the Society for the Rule of Law.
“Contested state supreme court seats are site of hidden battle for abortion access; Judges are on ballot in election swing states such as Arizona and Florida whose courts recently upheld abortion bans”: Carter Sherman of The Guardian has this report.
“How the Antiabortion Movement Became a Cause Without a Candidate; The groups rode high when Roe was overturned; Now, they’re splintered on strategy and facing state-level defeats after Trump and the GOP pulled back support, wary of election liability”: Laura Kusisto of The Wall Street Journal has this report.
“The Campaign against Justice Gorsuch’s New Book Is an Embarrassment; An effort to discredit Justice Gorsuch is overhyped and misleading”: Dan McLaughlin has this essay online at National Review.
“Supreme Court Rejects Bid to Block Count of Some Pennsylvania Provisional Ballots; Republicans had asked the justices to pause a state court order requiring election boards to count provisional ballots by voters whose mail-in ballots were deemed invalid”: Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this report.
And Justin Jouvenal and Colby Itkowitz of The Washington Post report that “Supreme Court allows Pennsylvania voters to fix faulty absentee ballots; The Supreme Court cleared the way for Pennsylvania voters to submit provisional ballots as a remedy for improperly cast absentee ballots in the presidential election.”
You can access today’s order of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.
“Undated mail ballots won’t be counted in next week’s election, Pa. Supreme Court rules; In a scathing opinion, one justice chastised Commonwealth Court for elevating the issue so close to Election Day”: Jeremy Roebuck and Katie Bernard of The Philadelphia Inquirer have this report.
Today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania consisted of a per curiam order and two concurring statements (here and here).
“Abortion politics draw money to once-sleepy state Supreme Court races; National groups are spending millions of dollars to shape high courts in states including Michigan, Montana and Ohio”: Patrick Svitek of The Washington Post has this report.
And Nate Raymond of Reuters reports that “Battles over abortion access fuel US state supreme court races.”
“The Supreme Court Is Making People Fight For Marriage Equality Again; People don’t trust a post-Dobbs Supreme Court to protect their rights, so they’re trying to protect themselves”: Madiba K. Dennie has this post at Balls and Strikes.
“Anti-abortion activists ask justices to overrule ban on expressive activity outside clinics”: Kalvis Golde has this Petitions of the Week post at “SCOTUSblog.”
“The Conservative Strategy to Ban Abortion Nationwide: A local referendum in Texas is part of a long-term effort to block abortions through the courts.” Rachel Monroe has this Letter from the Southwest online at The New Yorker.
“A Texas Judge’s Fight to Keep a High Profile Case Out of His Court; A battle over a new rule to limit credit card late fees has spiraled into a larger skirmish about how much power litigants should have to maneuver their cases into friendly courtrooms”: Stacy Cowley of The New York Times has this report.
