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Thursday, May 27, 2021

“Fla. Supreme Court Justices To Weigh Major Tobacco Case”: Jim Saunders of News Service of Florida has a report that begins, “Nearly 15 years after a Florida Supreme Court decision unleashed thousands of lawsuits against the tobacco industry, justices next week will consider a case that could make it harder to successfully sue cigarette makers.”

Posted at 9:12 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court May Revisit Ruling on Native American Rights in Oklahoma; After the court ruled last year that much of eastern Oklahoma is an Indian reservation, a state court threw out a conviction of a death row inmate”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

And Chris Casteel of The Oklahoman reports that “Supreme Court keeps Shaun Michael Bosse on Oklahoma’s death row — for now.”

You can access yesterday’s stay order of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.

Posted at 9:02 PM by Howard Bashman



Divided Sixth Circuit panel issues shadow docket ruling invalidating as unconstitutional COVID aid priority for minority and female owned restaurants: You can access this evening’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit at this link.

In earlier news coverage of the suit, Jonathan Mattise of The Associated Press had reports headlined “Suit challenges restaurant aid priority to women, minorities” and “Judge keeps restaurant aid priority for women, minorities.”

Posted at 8:53 PM by Howard Bashman



“How Anti-Abortion Activists’ ‘Reckless Dream’ Made It to the Supreme Court; In 2011, the first ‘fetal heartbeat’ bill was introduced in Ohio; The tactic was seen as too extreme to ban abortion effectively, but a decade later it may pay off”: Marie Solis has this essay online at The New Republic.

And at the “Intelligencer” blog of New York magazine, Irin Carmon and Benjamin Hart have a post titled “The Radicalism of the Abortion Law the Supreme Court Granted.”

Posted at 8:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court To Consider Taking Up Harvard Admissions Lawsuit During June 10 Conference”: Vivi E. Lu of The Harvard Crimson has this report.

Posted at 8:34 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump’s impact continues as Supreme Court considers abortion case; It underscores why some Democrats are urging Justice Breyer to retire”: Columnist Carl P. Leubsdorf has this essay online at The Dallas Morning News.

Posted at 8:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Cultural, Legal Shifts May Sink Transgender Supreme Court Appeal”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law has this report.

Posted at 8:26 PM by Howard Bashman