“Appeals court backs Florida’s teacher pronoun law in challenge by transgender Hillsborough teacher”: Jim Saunders of News Service of Florida has this report on a decision that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued today.
“US Tells Court It Can’t Locate Man Wrongly Sent to El Salvador”: Robert Burnson of Bloomberg News has a report that begins, “The Trump administration told a federal appeals court it has been unable to locate a man wrongly deported to El Salvador a week after a three-judge panel ordered that he be returned to the US.”
“Trump Lawyer Habba Faces Home State Opposition for US Attorney”: Seth Stern and Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law have this report.
According to the article, “While Sens. Cory Booker and Andy Kim didn’t explicitly say they intend to block the nomination, homestate senators’ approval is needed for US attorney nominees to move forward under Senate custom.”
“The Supreme Court’s Majority Is Playing the Long Game; The session is being interpreted by many as giving President Trump more power; Chief Justice Roberts has a different strategy”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.
“Amy Coney Barrett Is the Most Interesting Justice on the Court”: David Lat has this new installment of his “Exclusive Jurisdiction” column online at Bloomberg Law.
“Wisconsin Supreme Court invalidates the state’s strict 1849 abortion law”: Molly Beck of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.
Kate Zernike of The New York Times reports that “Wisconsin Supreme Court Strikes Down 1849 Abortion Ban; After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, Republican prosecutors in Wisconsin said they intended to enforce the old law.”
And Patrick Marley and Praveena Somasundaram of The Washington Post report that “Wisconsin Supreme Court allows abortion to continue in state; The 4-3 Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling blocks a 19th-century law that for a time effectively banned abortion in nearly all instances.”
You can access today’s 4-to-3 ruling of the Supreme Court of Wisconsin at this link. That court today also issued this order in the case captioned Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin v. Joel Urmanski.
“The Supreme Court has created an endless summer of work for itself”: Nina Totenberg recently had this audio segment on NPR’s “All Things Considered.”
“Trump Nominates Alina Habba as New Jersey’s Permanent U.S. Attorney; Ms. Habba, the president’s former spokeswoman and personal lawyer, has been serving in an interim capacity; She had no prosecutorial experience when she was appointed”: Santul Nerkar of The New York Times has this report.
And Zach Blackburn of New Jersey Globe reports that “Trump nominates Habba for full U.S. Attorney term; Currently embroiled in several high-profile cases, she’s unlikely to receive Democratic support.”
“‘A Culture of Disdain’: The Supreme Court’s Actions Speak Louder Than Its Words.” Law professor Kate Shaw has this guest essay online at The New York Times.
“Ford Foundation’s New Leader Says She’ll Work to Protect Democracy; Heather K. Gerken, the dean of the law school, will run the powerful philanthropy, known for pushing for social justice”: Alan Blinder of The New York Times has this report.
“Buoyed by the Supreme Court, Trump to press forward on firings and social agenda”: Jeff Mason, Daniel Wiessner, and Nate Raymond of Reuters have this report.
“Why Now? The Timing of the Universal Injunction Ruling.” William Baude has this post at the “Divided Argument” Substack site.
And at Balls and Strikes, Madiba K. Dennie has an essay titled “Amy Coney Barrett is Trying to Bait and Switch Americans Out of Their Citizenship; The Court’s opinion in CASA presents class actions as a workable alternative to nationwide injunctions, which will be surprising to anyone with a passing familiarity with the Court’s hostility to class actions.”
“The Supreme Court Just Gave Trump a Free Template to Win by Losing”: Law professor Alan Trammell has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
“Ex-public defender cries foul over long sexual harassment probe by Fourth Circuit; Caryn Strickland challenged the Fourth Circuit’s employment dispute resolution process which she claims violates anti-discrimination standards established by the Civil Rights Act”: Sydney Haulenbeek of Courthouse News Service has this report.
You can access the audio of yesterday’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, consisting of judges sitting by designation from the Sixth, Eighth, and Ninth Circuits, at this link.
“Confusing abortion bans hurt patients. But there’s a cost to making them clearer. What the debate over ‘clarification’ laws reveals about America three years out from Roe.” Rachel Cohen Booth of Vox has this report.
“SCOTUS Asks US Solicitor General for Brief on Monsanto’s Roundup”: Amanda Bronstad of Law.com has this report.
“Interview with Associate Justice Goodwin H. Liu of The Supreme Court of California, US”: Law Times Korea has published this interview (via “Southern California Appellate News“).