“Redistricting: Ohio Supreme Court strikes down state House and Senate maps.” Jessie Balmert, Laura A. Bischoff, and Anna Staver of The Columbus Dispatch have this report.
Andrew J. Tobias of The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that “Ohio Supreme Court orders redraw of Republican-drawn state legislative maps.”
And Jim Provance of The Toledo Blade reports that “Narrow decision strikes down state legislative maps.”
You can access today’s 4-to-3 ruling of the Supreme Court of Ohio at this link.
“South Dakota’s chief justice seeks $5 million for courthouse security”: Jonathan Ellis of The Argus Leader of Sioux Falls, South Dakota has this report.
“Gov. Bill Lee taps associate solicitor general Sarah Campbell for Tennessee Supreme Court seat”: Melissa Brown and Mariah Timms of The Tennessean have this report.
“The furor over Sonia Sotomayor’s false covid claim misses a more important problem”: Columnist Radley Balko has this essay online at The Washington Post.
“Republican leaders in South Dakota, Florida push abortion restrictions ahead of Supreme Court ruling”: Paulina Villegas of The Washington Post has this report.
“Oregon Supreme Court to decide whether Democrat Nick Kristof qualifies to run for governor”: Hillary Borrud of The Oregonian has this report.
“Federal appeals court orders documents unsealed in Louisiana abortion provider case”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters has this post.
I mentioned this recent Fifth Circuit ruling in this earlier post.
“Congress’ Plan to Protect the 2024 Election From Sabotage Has One Huge Flaw”: Law professor Lawrence Lessig has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
“A new Supreme Court era has already begun: President Joe Biden’s vaccine workplace rule could fall to a conservative court ready to reshape America.” Chris Geidner has this report, his first as deputy editor for legal affairs at Grid.
“Tensions Flare Over Biden’s 6th Circuit Nominee, Selected Without Support of Home State Senators; ‘Simply put, there shouldn’t be one set of rules for Republican nominees under Republican presidents and a different set for nominees under Democratic presidents,’ said Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin”: Jacqueline Thomsen of The National Law Journal has this report.
Brooke Singman of Fox News has reports headlined “Tennessee senators say Biden judicial nominee ‘believes himself to be above the law’; Andre Mathis assured Senate committee, ‘I am a law-abiding citizen’” and “Biden judicial nominee had driver’s license suspended 3 times due to citations.”
And Todd Ruger of Roll Call reports that “Republicans stung by a change they made on judicial picks; Republicans, during the Trump administration, jettisoned a tradition that allowed home-state senators to block appeals court nominees.”
You can view the video of this morning’s U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for judicial nominees via this link.
“Remembering Brett Kavanaugh”: Law professor Sherry F. Colb has this book review essay online at Justia’s Verdict.
“Supreme Court Weighs Jailed Immigrants’ Rights to Bail Hearings; Lawyers for the federal government said immigrants detained for months while they fight deportation are not entitled to seek release from immigration judges”: Adam Liptak has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.
And in today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times, David G. Savage has an article headlined “Biden urges Supreme Court to deny bond hearings for immigrants facing deportation.”
“Before Judging Vaccines, the Court Should Judge Itself”: Phillip Hamburger has this guest post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”
“The Supreme Court takes up a case, brought by Ted Cruz, that could legalize bribery; Ted Cruz wants the Court to kill an important anti-corruption law”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.