“Cheyenne Mountain Zoo’s elephants are not ‘legal persons’ under the law, Colorado Supreme Court rules; The Colorado Supreme Court upheld El Paso County District Court’s June ruling on Tuesday”: Lauren Penington and Katie Langford of The Denver Post have this report.
And Monique Merrill of Courthouse News Service has an article headlined “Elephants denied ‘personhood’ must sue to leave zoo: Colorado Supreme Court; The high court rejected arguments that elephants qualify as ‘persons’ under state law and suggested animal advocates turn to the legislative branch to expand legal rights.”
You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Colorado at this link.
“Riggs seeks earliest possible oral argument in NC Supreme Court election dispute”: The Carolina Journal has this report.
“UT alumnus appointed as Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice”: Isaiah Williams of The Daily Texas has this report.
“Great-grandson of the man who established birthright citizenship slams Trump’s new executive order; ‘He’s feeding off the American mindset, and it’s not a healthy one,’ said the great-grandson of Wong Kim Ark, whose 1898 Supreme Court case helped guarantee birthright citizenship”: Kimmy Yam of NBC News has this report.
“Supreme Court seems skeptical of court-shopping claim against vape makers; The FDA says vaping companies are improperly gaming the court system, filing claims in an appeals court they think will be sympathetic to them”: Justin Jouvenal of The Washington Post has this report.
“Supreme Court Questions Prosecutors’ Focus on Sex in Capital Case; The court instructed an appeals court to reconsider whether lurid evidence tainted the trial of Brenda Andrew, the only woman on Oklahoma’s death row”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.
Maureen Groppe of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court directs new review of death row case from woman who says she was sex shamed; The woman’s lawyers say sexually charged descriptions casting her as an unchaste wife peaked when the prosecution called her a ‘slut puppy’ and held up a pair of her thong underwear.”
And Nolan Clay of The Oklahoman reports that “Oklahoma’s only woman on death row says prosecutors sex shamed her; US Supreme Court orders review.”
“Trump’s TikTok Executive Order and the Limits of Executive Non-Enforcement”: Alan Z. Rozenshtein has this post at the “Lawfare” blog.
“Why Trump’s Attempt to End Birthright Citizenship Will Backfire at the Supreme Court”: Mark Joseph Stern has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
And online at Vox, Ian Millhiser has an essay titled “The single most unconstitutional thing Trump did yesterday, explained; The president cannot unilaterally repeal parts of the 14th Amendment.”
“How Trump’s TikTok Ban Reprieve Could Work; The president can’t suspend a duly enacted law but he can use prosecutorial discretion to achieve the same end”: Law professor Stephen L. Carter has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.
“Breaking Circuit Boundaries: The Surprising Power of Inter-Circuit Citations; What happens when federal appeals judges break out of their own circuit’s bubble? A closer look reveals a fascinating web of influence that could reshape the future of federal law.” Adam Feldman has this post at his “Legalytics” Substack site.
“Could Wendi Adelson be Implicated? | Vinnie Politan Investigates Podcast Video”: Court TV has posted this video on YouTube.
“Birthright citizenship and other Trump executive actions likely to face pushback from the courts; Policies like seeking to end birthright citizenship and refusing to spend money allocated by Congress could end up at the Supreme Court”: Lawrence Hurley of NBC News has this report.
“Supreme Court Unmoved By Fifth Circuit Forum Shopping Concern; US says e-cigarette makers trying to game the system; Justices looked to text of law, rather than forum shopping concerns”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law has this report.
“A supremely strange start at the Arkansas Supreme Court”: Sonny Albarado has this essay online at Arkansas Advocate.