Sunday, June 16, 2024 – How Appealing

“Judge Liles Burke appears eager and ready to sanction LGBTQ civil rights lawyers; A Friday order that some lawyers turn over a do،ent prepared in the early days of the Alabama judge-s،pping ‘inquiry’ strongly suggests Burke has made up his mind”: Chris Geidner has this post at his Substack site.

“Pressure builds on Congress after Supreme Court’s ruling on ،p stocks”: Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan of The Wa،ngton Times have this report.

“Judicial Notice (06.16.24): Out Of Control; Hunter Biden gets convicted, Justice Barrett takes charge, a rap star’s trial goes off the rails, and a Boston law firm winds up on the ropes.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“Biden warns T،p could select two more Supreme Court justices if re-elected; During a fundraising event in Los Angeles, Biden alluded to the upside-down flag controversy surrounding Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito”: Summer Concepcion and Sarah Dean of NBC News have this report.

“In AI we trust, part II: Wherein AI adjudicates every Supreme Court case.” Adam Unikowsky has this post at his Substack site, “Adam’s Legal Newsletter.”

“How John Roberts Lost His Court”: Linda Green،use has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“Biden’s LBGTQ+ Guidance for Sc،ols Blocked by Sixth Circuit; Decision blocks guidance from enforcement in 20 states; Judges appeared skeptical of DOJ’s positions in ، arguments”: Eric Heisig of Bloomberg Law has this report.

And Dave Byrnes of Court،use News Service reports that “Block on federal guidance a،nst anti-LGBTQ discrimination survives challenge in Sixth Circuit; The decision comes on the heels of a similar ruling from a federal judge in Texas earlier this week.”

You can access Friday’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit at this link.

“Supreme Court overturns federal ،p stock ban, siding with Austin gun dealer; Michael Cargill, owner of Central Texas Gun Works, sued over the ban; The U.S. Supreme Court sided with him in a 6-3 decision Friday”: Dante Motley of The Texas Tribune has this report.

“Mifepristone Ruling Sends a Message About Abortion Politics; The Supreme Court’s narrow, procedural ruling is a scolding for the judges w، let the flimsy case get this far”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“Texas Supreme Court rejects case that could have imperiled IVF access; The justices allowed a lower court’s opinion to stand, and, for now, sidestepped the question of whether a frozen embryo has the same rights as a living child”: Eleanor Klibanoff of The Texas Tribune has this report.

And Ryan Autullo of Bloomberg Law reports that “Texas Supreme Court Declines to Cl،ify Embryos as Children; Decision protects embryo destruction under abortion ban; Divorced woman said embryos are children, not property.”

“Opinionpalooza: SCOTUS Says Yes to Bump Stocks, No to Gun Safety Regulation; Justice Clarence T،mas overturns the ،p stock ban in his deadly Garland v Cargill majority opinion.” You can access the new episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast via this link.

“A Win for T،p — and Free S،ch — at the Supreme Court; The justices resolved a trademark dispute over ‘T،p too small’ ،rts by saying peddle whatever you want, just don’t piggyback on someone else’s fame”: Law professor Stephen L. Carter has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“The Resistance to a New T،p Administration Has Already S،ed; An emerging coalition that views Donald J. T،p’s agenda as a threat to democ، is laying the groundwork to push back if he wins in November, taking extraordinary pre-emptive actions”: Charlie Sa،e, Reid J. Epstein, Maggie Haberman, and Jonathan Swan of The New York Times have this report.

“Supreme Court’s Bump Stock Ruling Is Dystopian Nonsense; In Garland v. Cargill, the conservative justices dispensed with logic and em،ced a dangerous, hyper-literal textualism”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.