“Anti-Choice Activists Are Threatening to Sue Women Over Legal Abortions Now; Jonathan Mitchell wrote Texas’s anti-choice bounty hunter law; Now, he’s pushing the most aggressive possible interpretation to try and make women afraid to exercise their rights”: Madiba K. Dennie has this essay online at Balls & Strikes. The post “Anti-Choice Activists Are Threatening to Sue Women Over Legal Abortions Now; Jonathan Mitchell wrote Texas’s anti-choice bounty hunter law; Now, he’s pushing the most aggressive possible interpretation to try and make women afraid to exercise their rights” appeared fi ..read more

“Justice Samuel Alito to address record-breaking 2024 class at Franciscan University”: Kate Quiñones of Catholic News Agency has this report. The post “Justice Samuel Alito to address record-breaking 2024 class at Franciscan University” appeared first on How Appealing ..read more

“US Supreme Court Argument Order Gives Unlucky Lawyers Less Time; More questions asked by justices in first case of the day; Short break between cases would help, advocate says”: Lydia Wheeler of Bloomberg Law has this report. As arguing counsel for respondent in the first “second case” argued this Term, I fortunately anticipated the concern mentioned in the article by Daniel Geyser, as noted here. The post “US Supreme Court Argument Order Gives Unlucky Lawyers Less Time; More questions asked by justices in first case of the day; Short break between cases would help, advocate says” appeared fi ..read more

“Judge skewers Alabama attorney general, allows abortion travel lawsuit to proceed”: Howard Koplowitz of The Birmingham News has this report. And John Fritze of CNN reports that “Federal judge blasts threat by Alabama to prosecute groups aiding out-of-state abortions.” You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama at this link. The post “Judge skewers Alabama attorney general, allows abortion travel lawsuit to proceed” appeared first on How Appealing ..read more

“Dormant Commerce and Corporate Jurisdiction”: Law professor Stephen E. Sachs has posted this article at SSRN. The post “Dormant Commerce and Corporate Jurisdiction” appeared first on How Appealing ..read more

“Barrow wages legal battle to campaign for court post on pledge to ‘protect’ abortion; Facing possible sanctions for pledging to ‘protect’ abortion rights, former U.S. Rep. John Barrow is challenging the state’s Judicial Code of Conduct as he seeks a seat on Georgia’s top court”: Greg Bluestein of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has this report. The post “Barrow wages legal battle to campaign for court post on pledge to ‘protect’ abortion; Facing possible sanctions for pledging to ‘protect’ abortion rights, former U.S. Rep. John Barrow is challenging the state’s Judicial Code of Conduct as he ..read more

“Conservative Judges Won’t Hire Columbia Law Clerks Over Protests; Judges label university ‘incubator of bigotry’; Students call to divest from pro-Israel companies”: Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law has this report. And Nate Raymond and Karen Sloan of Reuters report that “Conservative US judges boycott Columbia grads over campus Gaza protests.” You can view the letter at this link. The post “Conservative Judges Won’t Hire Columbia Law Clerks Over Protests; Judges label university ‘incubator of bigotry’; Students call to divest from pro-Israel companies” appeared first on How Appealing ..read more

“The New York Times and The Washington Post Win 3 Pulitzers Each; The prize for public service went to ProPublica for coverage of the Supreme Court; The Pulitzer board also issued a special citation for journalists covering the Middle East”: Michael M. Grynbaum of The New York Times has this report. The post “The New York Times and The Washington Post Win 3 Pulitzers Each; The prize for public service went to ProPublica for coverage of the Supreme Court; The Pulitzer board also issued a special citation for journalists covering the Middle East” appeared first on How Appealing ..read more

“A death-row prisoner won a new trial. Now, the Louisiana Supreme Court may change its mind.” John Simerman of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans has this report. The post “A death-row prisoner won a new trial. Now, the Louisiana Supreme Court may change its mind.” appeared first on How Appealing ..read more

“The Supreme Court: The most powerful, least busy people in Washington; The justices are quietly quitting their day jobs as judges, even as they become more and more political.” Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox. The post “The Supreme Court: The most powerful, least busy people in Washington; The justices are quietly quitting their day jobs as judges, even as they become more and more political.” appeared first on How Appealing ..read more