“Supreme Court to Hear Bayer’s Challenge to Roundup Weedkiller Cases; High court gives company hope in its effort to mitigate long-running litigation that has cost it billions of dollars”: Patrick Thomas of The Wall Street Journal has this report.
Amudalat Ajasa of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court will review Monsanto’s bid for immunity in Roundup lawsuits; The case could sharply limit suits in state court over allegations of harm from the widely used herbicide.”
And Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service reports that “Bayer nabs high court look at Roundup cancer warning labels; The Supreme Court’s ruling could decide whether Monsanto must face thousands of lawsuits for not warning users about the cancer risks of its weedkiller.”
“Can Hawaii Ban Guns by Default? The Supreme Court will consider whether the Second Amendment permits a law that bars firearms in many stores.” This editorial will appear in Saturday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
“Trump Backs Down on Insurrection Act as Democrats Take the Offensive; Officials denounced the Trump immigration crackdown in Minneapolis at an unofficial congressional hearing, while the president said he no longer saw a need to send in military forces”: Jazmine Ulloa of The New York Times has this report.
Praveena Somasundaram of The Washington Post has an article headlined “What could happen if Trump invokes the Insurrection Act in Minnesota; Protesters have clashed with federal immigration officers in Minneapolis since Jan. 7, when an officer fatally shot 37-year-old Renée Good.”
And Madlin Mekelburg of Bloomberg News has a report headlined “What to Know about the Insurrection Act Trump Wants to Invoke.”
“Hawaii takes on Second Amendment history test at SCOTUS; A challenge to the Aloha State’s ‘Vampire Rule’ asks the justices whether gun owners need permission to bring weapons onto private property”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.
“‘Unconstitutional conspiracy’: Judge slams Trump administration over targeted deportations; A Reagan appointee pointedly rebuked decisions by Trump, Rubio and Noem.” Kyle Cheney, Hassan Ali Kanu, and Josh Gerstein of Politico have this report.
“‘The Technology Is There’: Supreme Court Practitioners Quietly Embracing AI; ‘People are gonna start being being embarrassed by not doing it if they feel that their legal services can be enhanced with the assistance of AI,’ said Supreme Court lawyer Adam Unikowsky.” Jimmy Hoover of The National Law Journal has this report.
And the new episode of law.com’s “Supreme Court Brief” podcast is titled “Supreme Court Debates Trans Athlete Laws, SCOTUS Lawyers Embracing AI.”
“Jay Powell, the Prepster Banker Who Is Standing Up to Trump; The seventy-two-year-old Fed chairman put to shame the heads of law firms, universities, and public companies who have caved to the White House”: John Cassidy has this essay online at The New Yorker.
“Bayer Gets Supreme Court Hearing in Challenge to Roundup Suits”: Jef Feeley of Bloomberg News has this report.
You can access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.
“The Supreme Court Just Decided a Major Issue in Cases Like Renee Good’s Shooting — and Not How You Might Expect”: Law professor Cynthia Lee has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
“Texas Abortion Bounty Law Challenge Can Proceed, Court Says”: Ryan Autullo of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access).
You can access today’s ruling of the Third Court of Appeals of Texas at this link.
“Why the Supreme Court Should Side With the SEC Fraudster”: Law professor Stephen L. Carter has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.
“Tennessee Man Pleads Guilty to Hacking Supreme Court System”: Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg News has this report.
“How the Trump administration erased centuries of Justice Department experience”: Eric Tucker and Alanna Durkin Richer of The Associated Press have this report.
“When Does the Contempt Clock Begin to Run? Clarifying two questions in J.G.G.” Samuel Bray has this post at the “Divided Argument” Substack site.
“Lake Shrimp”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Divided Argument” podcast via this link.
