“Two new justices will create female majority on Minnesota Supreme Court; Gov. Tim Walz elevates Court of Appeals Judge Theodora Gaïtas and Stearns County Judge Sarah Hennesy”: Rochelle Olson of The Minneapolis Star Tribune has this report.
“Trump’s Immunity Gambit at Supreme Court: A Delay Is Still a Victory; Special counsel pushes for fast trial as Nov. 5 election looms; A court shaped by Trump will decide fate of election charges.” Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.
And in commentary, online at Vox, Ian Millhiser has an essay titled “Donald Trump already won the only Supreme Court fight that mattered; This case is about delaying his trial, and the GOP-controlled Supreme Court has given him everything he could reasonably hope for and more.”
“Supreme Court Will Review Biden Administration ‘Ghost Gun’ Rule”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.
“The Left’s Calls for Sonia Sotomayor to Retire Are Absurd; ‘We want that seat’ is not a sufficient reason to push a Supreme Court justice to step down”: Law professor Stephen L. Carter has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.
Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court granted review in two new cases.
“Stephen Breyer insists politics don’t play a role in Supreme Court’s decisions; But, the former justice said, sometimes they consider real-world consequences”: Eric Fayeulle of ABC News has this report.
What it’s like to be *that person* who everyone in a certain line of work happens to read: Steven Kurutz of The New York Times recently wrote a profile headlined “From a Tiny Island in Maine, He Serves Up Fresh Media Gossip; Rusty Foster could never live in New York; But his hit newsletter, Today in Tabs, is an enduring obsession of the city’s media class.”
“The GOP’s Worst Fears About the End of Roe v. Wade Have Come True; Republicans were quick to wave away the political consequences; Now that they’ve arrived, they have no answers”: Walter Shapiro has this essay online at The New Republic.
“The Supreme Court Should Rule Swiftly on Trump’s Immunity Claim”: Liz Cheney has this guest essay online at The New York Times.
“US Supreme Court eyes anti-camping laws used against the homeless”: Andrew Chung and John Kruzel of Reuters have this report.
“Retire Universal Injunctions”: You can access the new episode of the “Advisory Opinions” podcast via this link.
“Will SCOTUS Let January 6 Defendants Off the Hook?” You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link.
“77. Justice Gorsuch and ‘Nationwide’ Injunctions: Justice Gorsuch is right to be wary of relief that benefits non-parties’ But as his latest opinion underscores, he’s inconsistent in when it bothers him and wrong about how big a problem it really is.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.
“Do Not Make Survival Even More Difficult for People on the Streets”: Laura Riley has this guest essay online at The New York Times.
“The Supreme Court Considers a Judge-Made Right to Vagrancy; The Justices hear an appeal of a Ninth Circuit ruling that makes it hard for cities to enforce public order or get treatment for addicts and the mentally ill”: This editorial will appear in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
And online at The Wall Street Journal, Timothy Sandefur has an essay titled “How the Courts Made the Homeless Crisis Worse: The Supreme Court takes up an errant ruling that gave vagrants a license to live on the streets.”
“As Supreme Court takes up homeless ban, a city’s unhoused feel abandoned”: Reis Thebault and Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post have this report.
And Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Liberal Cities, Conservative Towns Seek Supreme Court’s Help on Homelessness; Local leaders claim power to keep parks and sidewalks clear, but a lower court said punishing people who have nowhere else to go is unconstitutional.”
“How Trump could win at the Supreme Court even if his broad immunity argument is rejected: If the court rejects Trump’s broad immunity claim, it could still send the case back to a lower court for more deliberations, which could further delay a potential trial.” Lawrence Hurley of NBC News has this report.
“So, What’s Going on With Clarence Thomas These Days? It’s never a bad time for Democrats to talk about the possibility of a Supreme Court vacancy.” Jason Linkins has this essay online at The New Republic.
“How large parts of Trump’s trial are playing out in the shadows: Critical aspects of the case have been shielded from the media and the public.” Kyle Cheney and Erica Orden of Politico have this report.
“Judicial Notice (04.21.24): Trump On Trial; Two Biglaw attorneys on the Trump jury, universal injunctions at SCOTUS, Am Law 100 firms in merger talks, and other legal news from the week that was.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.
“‘I Gullah Geechee, too’: the educators keeping a language of enslaved Africans alive.” Adria R Walker of The Guardian has this report.
“Donald Trump Has Betrayed the Pro-Life Movement”: Former Vice President Mike Pence has this guest essay online at The New York Times.
“New Arguments After a Notice of Appeal: When a party raises an issue for the first time after filing its notice of appeal, does the notice limit jurisdiction over that issue? Or does the case instead implicate prudential limits on appellate courts’ addressing issues in the first instance?” Bryan Lammon has this post at his “final decisions” blog.
“Workplace DEI Worry Shouldn’t Overshadow a Civil Rights Victory”: Madeline Meth and Brian Wolfman have this essay online at Bloomberg Law.
“The miscarriage was inevitable. Could she have had an ER abortion? Supreme Court to decide. The case is a showdown between the Biden administration and states that have enacted abortion limits after the end of Roe v. Wade. A new Idaho abortion ban is at the center of the debate.” Maureen Groppe of USA Today has this report.
“Biden’s 50-year journey as a skeptic of Roe v. Wade to its ultimate protector; Abortion is at the center of President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign — an improbability for a politician who long expressed his personal discomfort with the practice”: Peter Nicholas and Natasha Korecki of NBC News have this report.
“Reagan-era emergency health care law is the next abortion flashpoint at the Supreme Court”: Tierney Sneed of CNN has this report.
“Yet another same-sex wedding cake case will test California civil rights law”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.
“CFPB asks court to reconsider keeping credit card fee rule case in Texas”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.
“Medical emergencies collide with abortion bans at Supreme Court; Greater access to medication abortion and protecting access to emergency reproductive care headlined President Joe Biden’s response to Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization; The Supreme Court put both policies on its docket this term”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.
“Newman’s Counsel Says Supreme Court’s Agreement with Her Dissent Proves Mental Fitness”: Eileen McDermott has this post at the “IPWatchdog” blog.
“The homeless right-to-camp issue comes to the Supreme Court”: Columnist George F. Will has this essay online at The Washington Post.
And online at Slate, David H. Gans has a Jurisprudence essay titled “Will the Supreme Court Uphold the 14th Amendment and Block an Oregon Law Criminalizing Homelessness?“
“Gun makers urge US Supreme Court to hear appeal in Mexico’s lawsuit”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.
“Fetal Personhood Fight Underlies Supreme Court Abortion Case; Idaho abortion ban conflicts with federal law, US says; Reading of statute key question in appeal”: Lydia Wheeler of Bloomberg Law has this report.
And Eleanor Klibanoff of The Texas Tribune reports that “Texas, Idaho abortion bans test against federal emergency medicine rule; Hospitals are required to stabilize anyone experiencing a medical emergency; Two lawsuits question whether that includes performing an abortion, despite state laws.”
“Emergency rooms refused to treat pregnant women, leaving one to miscarry in a lobby restroom”: Amanda Seitz of The Associated Press has this report.