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Tuesday, May 19, 2026

“New York gun ban in public parks survives appeal; While the panel backed the state’s gun ban in urban public parks, it found no historical analog for restricting concealed carry on private property that’s open to the public”: Nina Pullano of Courthouse News Service has this report on a decision that a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued yesterday.

Posted at 5:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“DC Circuit slams Pentagon blacklisting of Anthropic as overreach; Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth took issue with the AI company’s refusal to remove two narrow contractual restrictions on Claude’s use for lethal autonomous warfare and the mass surveillance of Americans”: Ryan Knappenberger of Courthouse News Service has this report.

And Jen Judson of Bloomberg News reports that “Appeals Court Skeptical Anthropic Can Block US Supply-Risk Label.”

You can access the audio of today’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.

Posted at 3:39 PM by Howard Bashman



“Attorney General Sunday appeals Pennsylvania court ruling that recognized abortion access as a right; The appeals sets up another clash in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court over the right to reproductive autonomy, and the constitutionality of a ban on public funding for abortion through Medicaid”: Abraham Gutman of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

Posted at 3:27 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justice Jackson criticizes Supreme Court’s handling of major voting case; Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said the court’s decision to expedite a ruling in a major voting rights case made it appear political”: Justin Jouvenal of The Washington Post has this report.

Maureen Groppe of USA Today reports that “Ketanji Brown Jackson warns of Supreme Court appearing partisan.”

Maya Yang of The Guardian reports that “Ketanji Brown Jackson warns US supreme court it risks losing public trust; Liberal justice warned court could be seen as political after recent decisions backed by conservative supermajority.”

Lindsay Whitehurst of The Associated Press reports that “Ketanji Brown Jackson says Supreme Court risks being seen as political after voting rights decision.”

Jordan Fischer of Bloomberg Law reports that “Judge Presses Jackson on ‘Mystifying’ Emergency Docket Orders.”

John Fritze of CNN reports that “Justice Jackson slams Supreme Court’s handling of rush appeal in Louisiana redistricting case.”

And Anders Hagstrom of Fox News has an article headlined “Jackson doubles down on criticism of fellow justices over Louisiana redistricting case: ‘Be better’; Jackson says public confidence is ‘all the judiciary has’ and the court should ‘be better’ about neutrality.”

C-SPAN has posted online a video titled “Justice Jackson on Her Memoir, Lovely One.”

Posted at 3:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justices Hint at Strains as Supreme Court Comes Under Scrutiny; Traveling across the country, justices defend the role of the court even as strained relations among its members emerge in writing and remarks”: Ann E. Marimow and Aishvarya Kavi of The New York Times have this report.

Posted at 3:15 PM by Howard Bashman