“Supreme Court Won’t Block New Pennsylvania Voting Maps”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.
Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court refuses to stop new congressional maps in Pennsylvania.”
David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court turns down gerrymander appeal from Pennsylvania’s GOP.”
Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court rejects Pennsylvania Republicans’ fight over maps for U.S. House.”
Scott Calvert and Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal report that “Court Rulings End GOP Efforts to Block Voting Map for Pennsylvania; Supreme Court rejects plea from Republicans; redrawn districts will be used in May primary.”
Jonathan Lai and Liz Navratil of The Philadelphia Inquirer report that “Pa. congressional district map upheld as U.S. Supreme Court, federal judges reject Republican challenges.”
Charles Thompson of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has an article headlined “The race is on: These are now Pa.’s congressional district maps.”
Mark Scolforo of The Associated Press reports that “Court rulings boost Democrats’ chances of retaking Congress.”
Joseph Ax of Reuters reports that “Supreme Court upholds Pennsylvania election map in win for Democrats.”
Greg Stohr and Chris Dolmetsch of Bloomberg News report that “GOP Loses Last-Ditch Bids to Block Pennsylvania Voting Map.”
Ariane de Vogue, Eric Bradner, and Saba Hamedy of CNN.com report that “Supreme Court rejects Pennsylvania GOP plea to block new congressional maps.”
Elena Schneider and Steven Shepard of Politico report that “Supreme Court won’t block new Pennsylvania congressional map.”
Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News reports that “The Supreme Court Won’t Stop A New Pennsylvania Congressional Map Favored By Democrats From Going Into Effect This Year.”
And at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center, Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Is the Pennsylvania congressional vote dispute now over?”
You can access at this link today’s order of the U.S. Supreme Court and at this link today’s ruling of a three-judge U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
“Supreme Court to consider how fast government must act in detaining immigrants for deportation”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.
David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court to decide whether immigrants jailed for past crimes can be detained pending deportation.”
Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle reports that “U.S. Supreme Court to rule on no-bail jailing of immigrants who’ve served criminal terms.”
Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “Supreme Court takes up new immigration detention dispute.”
And Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Trump Appeal in Deportation Clash Gets U.S. Supreme Court Review.”
“Nebraska Supreme Court Justice John Wright dies following lengthy illness”: Lori Pilger of The Lincoln Journal Star has this report.
And Joe Duggan of The Omaha World-Herald reports that “Nebraska Supreme Court Judge John Wright dies after long illness.”
“High Court Tackles Law on Post-Divorce Insurance Squabbles”: Tim Ryan of Courthouse News Service has this report.
You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Sveen v. Melin, No. 16-1432.
“Supreme Court Won’t Hear Challenges to Arizona’s Death Penalty Law”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.
Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court refuses to reconsider death penalty in Arizona case.”
Michael Kiefer of The Arizona Republic reports that “U.S. Supreme Court turns down case challenging Arizona’s death penalty.”
Howard Fischer of The Arizona Daily Star reports that “US Supreme Court rules against challenge to Arizona death penalty laws.”
Andrew Chung of Reuters reports that “U.S. top court rebuffs Arizona killer’s death penalty challenge.”
And Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News reports that “Death Penalty Opponents See Some Good News In The Supreme Court’s Decision Not To Hear A Case; Four justices made clear their view that the death penalty — at least as it exists in Arizona — merits further review.”
You can access today’s order of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.
“Mississippi imposes 15-week abortion ban; nation’s toughest”: Jeff Amy and Sarah Mearhoff of The Associated Press have this report.
“Rebecca Dallet and Michael Screnock rip each other over sentencing in state Supreme Court race”: Patrick Marley of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.
“Hughes v. United States and the Effects of the Marks Rule”: Richard M. Re has this post at “PrawfsBlawg.”
In the March 26, 2018 issue of The New Yorker: Jeffrey Toobin has a Talk of the Town item titled “Trump’s Twitter Blockees Go To Court: Is the Twittersphere more like a virtual town hall, or an informal convention?”
And Connie Bruck has an article headlined “Inside California’s War on Trump: As the state resists the White House on issues from immigration to climate change, Governor Jerry Brown is determined to avoid a pitched battle.”
“Abortion Returns to Supreme Court as Clinics Claim Speech Rights”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.
And Andrew Chung of Reuters reports that “U.S. top court mulls free speech fight over ‘crisis pregnancy centers.’“
“The P.L.O. Has an Unlikely Supreme Court Ally: The Trump Administration.” Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.
“OT2017 #18: ‘Legal Faux Pas.'” You can access today’s new installment of the “First Mondays” podcast, featuring Ian Samuel and Leah Litman, via this link.
“Trump court nominees linger in professional limbo”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.
“Remembering Professor Ronald Rotunda”: Josh Blackman has a blog post that begins, “Twelve years ago, I walked into law school absolutely clueless. I had never taken a class in constitutional law and could not tell you what the acronym SCOTUS meant.”
“‘Testilying’ by Police: A Stubborn Problem; Police lying persists, even amid an explosion of video evidence that has allowed the public to test officers’ credibility.” Joseph Goldstein of The New York Times has this report.
“The Penn Law School Mob Scores a Victory: Now Black Lives Matter wants Amy Wax fired for arguing that preferences harm their ‘beneficiaries.'” Heather Mac Donald has this essay online at The Wall Street Journal.
“What Went Wrong in the Stormy Daniels Case: Last week, the story might have amounted to just a few sordid tabloid flashes, were it not a likely harbinger of major troubles ahead.” Amy Davidson Sorkin will have this Comment in the Talk of the Town section of the March 26, 2018 issue of The New Yorker.
“The Rise of the US Supreme Court”: Kelly Jean Kelly of Voice of America has this report.
“The Supreme Court’s Chance to Rebuild a ‘Constitutional Bulwark’: The Contract Clause has been moribund since 1934; The justices could revive it in a case from Minnesota.” James W. Ely Jr. and Nick Sibilla have this essay online at The Wall Street Journal.
“Abortion returns to Supreme Court in free speech fight”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.
“Awaiting Supreme Court decision, pro sports league prepare for legal betting”: Rick Maese of The Washington Post has this report.
“California’s anti-abortion pregnancy centers want the Supreme Court to overturn state notice law”: Maura Dolan has this front page article in today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times.
“Arizona inmate who says police ‘beat the crap out of’ him can sue”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued on Friday.
“Man unsuccessfully appeals dismissal of his own charges”: Mark Gillispie of The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Ronald Bergrin appears to have both won and lost Friday when a slightly bemused three-judge appeals court panel upheld dismissal of his charges for threatening an FBI agent after deeming him mentally incompetent to stand trial.”
Circuit Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton issued Friday’s ruling on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
“Appeals Court Rules Telemarketing Regulation Too Broad; Decision welcomed by businesses who said the rules led to a rash of lawsuits against them”: John D. McKinnon had this article in Saturday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
Ryan Nakashima of The Associated Press reports that “Appeals court nixes some FCC rules on robocalls.”
Todd Shields and Andrew M Harris of Bloomberg News report that “Robocall Limits in U.S. Set Back by Federal Appeals Court.”
John Eggerton of Broadcasting & Cable reports that “Court Issues Partial Smackdown of Wheeler-Era Robocall Decision; Says smartphone users can make calls without potentially triggering $500-per fines.”
Marguerite Reardon of CNET News reports that “Court nixes FCC rules targeting robocalls; The D.C. Circuit said Friday Obama-era FCC rules meant to curb unwanted robocalls went too far and could have led to anyone using a smartphone to violate the law.”
And Dell Cameron of Gizmodo has a post titled “US Court Finds Anti-Robocall Rule Made Nearly Every Smartphone User a Criminal.”
You can access Friday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.
“The Irrepressible Myths of Cooper v. Aaron”: Law professor Josh Blackman has posted this article on SSRN.
“Civil liberties groups urge U.S. Supreme Court to decide city sex-toy case”: John Ruch of Reporter Newspapers of Sandy Springs, Georgia has an article that begins, “Major civil liberties groups are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to decide a lawsuit over a Sandy Springs ban on sex-toy sales that they say could make basic rights unenforceable.”
“D.C. Circuit Review — Reviewed: Can You Guess the Mystery Judge?” Aaron Nielson has this post at the “Notice & Comment” blog of the Yale Journal on Regulation.
“Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg celebrates her 85th birthday on a high note”: Roxanne Roberts of The Washington Post has this report.
“SJC to hear landmark Michelle Carter texting suicide appeal”: Bob McGovern of The Boston Herald has an article that begins, “The state’s highest court has agreed to consider the controversial texting suicide case of Michelle Carter, in a landmark move that will decide whether words alone are enough to convict someone of involuntary manslaughter.”
“A Conversation with Justice Thomas”: The Federalist Society has posted the video of this event from its 2018 National Student Symposium on YouTube.
“Massachusetts court: Merck can be sued over generic drug injury.” Nate Raymond of Reuters has a report that begins, “Massachusetts’ top court on Friday opened the door for consumers to sue Merck & Co Inc and other makers of brand-name drugs over injuries blamed not on their own medications but on generic versions of their treatments made by other companies.”
And Alison Noon of Law360.com reports that “Pharma Cos. Liable For Generic Labels, Mass. Top Court Says” (subscription required for full access).
You can access yesterday’s unanimous ruling of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts at this link.
“EEOC backs gay employee in latest appellate battle over workplace rights”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.
“Fiduciary-Rule Fight Drags on for Financial Firms; Opposing court rulings on whether the Labor Department overreached may lead to Supreme Court deciding fate of requirement”: Lisa Beilfuss of The Wall Street Journal has this report.
And Tara Siegel Bernard of The New York Times reports that “Court Overturns Obama-Era Rule on Retirement Planners.”
“The Court Case Making Gun Makers Anxious: Families of victims killed at Sandy Hook allege Remington was negligent in supplying AR-15 to distribution channel that led to killer’s mother buying the gun.” Jacob Gershman of The Wall Street Journal has this report.
