“A Good Week for Religious Freedom; The Supreme Court reaffirms that states can’t disfavor schools on account of faith”: Law professor Richard W. Garnett will have this op-ed in Friday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
And online at City Journal, law professor Nicole Stelle Garnett has an essay titled “A Victory for Religious Liberty and Educational Pluralism: The Supreme Court rejects policies that exclude faith-based schools from private-school-choice programs.”
“The Law Firm That Got Tired of Winning: After our Supreme Court victory protecting the Second Amendment, we were told to ditch our clients or leave.” Paul Clement and Erin Murphy will have this op-ed in Friday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
“Winning Lawyers in Supreme Court Gun Case Leave Firm; Partners Paul Clement and Erin Murphy depart Kirkland & Ellis after it says it won’t take any more Second Amendment cases”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report.
“Supreme Court Strikes Down New York Law Limiting Guns in Public”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.
Robert Barnes and Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post report that “Supreme Court finds N.Y. law violates right to carry guns outside home; The 6-to-3 ruling clears the way for legal challenges to similar restrictions in California, New Jersey, Maryland, Hawaii and Massachusetts.”
David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court bolsters gun owners’ right to carry a weapon in public.”
Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle reports that “Supreme Court strikes down New York gun law — rendering California’s law dead too.”
Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Strikes Down New York Concealed-Gun Law in Sweeping Decision; Decision goes beyond rules for concealed-weapons permits, rejecting legal method overwhelmingly used by lower courts to evaluate gun restrictions.”
John Fritze of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court strikes down New York gun law, making it easier for Americans to carry handguns.”
And Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Second Amendment prevails in New York state gun case; New York ‘proper cause’ requirement fails high court test.”
“Cisco wins reversal of $2.75 bln damages award because judge’s wife owned stock”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report.
Matthew Bultman and Samantha Handler of Bloomberg Law report that “Cisco’s $2 Billion Loss Nixed Over Judge’s Wife Owning Stock.”
And at his “Patently-O” blog, Dennis Crouch has a post titled “Judicial Recusal Order Saves Cisco $2.75 Billion.”
You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit at this link.
“Goodwin Procter Prepares for Recusal Issues Given Partner’s Family Ties to Ketanji Brown Jackson; Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s brother-in-law, William Jackson, is a partner in the firm’s complex litigation and dispute resolution practice”: Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal has this post at his “The Marble Palace Blog.”
“Supreme Court nears end of term amid conflict and discord”: Mark Walsh has this report online at ABA Journal.
“Firm splits with lawyers who won gun rights case at Supreme Court; The exit follows a decision by Kirkland & Ellis to drop Second Amendment litigation”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report.
And Karen Sloan and Mike Scarcella of Reuters report that “Paul Clement to start new litigation firm as Kirkland eschews gun cases.”
“Happy the elephant had her day in court. We humans are better for it.” Vicki Constantine Croke has this essay online at The Washington Post.
“Clement to Open Boutique After Kirkland Withdraws From Guns”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access).
“Kirkland & Ellis to Drop 2nd Amendment Cases After SCOTUS Strikes Down NY Gun Law; Former U.S. Solicitor General Paul Clement, who represented the New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc., will leave the firm along with appellate partner Erin Murphy”: Dan Roe of The American Lawyer has a report that begins, “Kirkland & Ellis will no longer represent clients in Second Amendment matters, the firm announced hours after appellate litigators Paul Clement and Erin Murphy won a U.S. Supreme Court case for the New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. In a press release, the firm also said Clement and Murphy are leaving the firm to continue their ‘full range of existing representations.'”
If my count is correct, this marks the second time that former U.S. Solicitor General Paul D. Clement has departed from a law firm in order to continue a current representation.
“How an Abortion Ban Trapped a Tourist on Malta; Andrea Prudente, an American, developed pregnancy complications while on the island that could put her life at risk; But abortion is illegal there, and she is seeking a safe way to leave”: Amanda Taub of The New York Times has this report.
And Megan Clement and Weronika Strzyżyńska of The Guardian (UK) report that “US woman left traumatised after Malta hospital refuses life-saving abortion; ‘Desperate’ tourist who fell foul of country’s total ban fears for her life if complications set in while she waits for transfer to UK.”
“In Louisiana, an abortion clinic anxiously waits for a U.S. Supreme Court ruling; Louisiana’s ‘trigger law’ could immediately ban abortion if Roe is overturned”: Julie O’Donoghue and Piper Hutchinson of the Louisiana Illuminator have this report.
And Sara Burnett of The Associated Press has a report headlined “‘Heightened alert’: Abortion providers brace for ruling.”
“Justice Sonia Sotomayor continues her warnings of a dramatic conservative turn at the Supreme Court”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN has this report.
“Biden braces for Supreme Court to overturn Roe after months of planning for next steps”: Kevin Liptak and Jasmine Wright of CNN have this report.
“Supreme Court Blog Hit With Heavy Traffic as Opinions Come”: Evan Peng of Bloomberg News has this report.
“Clarence Thomas’ principles showcase how he approaches big matters of constitutional law; The American public often misinterprets Justice Clarence Thomas; He is not a radical, right-wing ideologue”: Michael Pack and Mark Paoletta have this essay online at USA Today.
Pack and Paoletta are the editors of a new book titled “Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words.”
“Court may punt on California county’s pandemic gun store closures”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report on a case that was reargued yesterday before an 11-judge en banc panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
The Ninth Circuit has posted the video of yesterday’s en banc reargument on YouTube at this link.
“Prosecutors Ask That Ghislaine Maxwell Spend at Least 30 Years in Prison; Ms. Maxwell, who will be sentenced next week, showed an ‘utter lack of remorse’ for helping Jeffrey Epstein recruit and abuse girls, federal prosecutors told a judge”: Benjamin Weiser of The New York Times has this report.
Access today’s rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court in argued cases: The Court issued rulings in four argued cases.
1. Justice Neil M. Gorsuch delivered the opinion of the Court in Berger v. North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, No. 21-248. And Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a dissenting opinion. You can access the oral argument via this link.
2. Justice Elena Kagan delivered the opinion of the Court in Nance v. Ward, No. 21-439. And Justice Amy Coney Barrett issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel A. Alito, Jr., and Gorsuch joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.
3. Justice Alito delivered the opinion of the Court in Vega v. Tekoh, No. 21-499. And Justice Kagan issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Stephen G. Breyer and Sotomayor joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.
4. And Justice Clarence Thomas delivered the opinion of the Court in New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. Bruen, No. 20-843. Justice Alito issued a concurring opinion. Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh issued a concurring opinion, in which Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. joined. Justice Barrett issued a concurring opinion. And Justice Breyer issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Kagan and Sotomayor joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.
“Why the Supreme Court news site SCOTUSblog says it has a ‘public service’ role”: Brian Stelter of CNN has this report.
