Monday, September 30, 2024 – How Appealing

“Ex-Alaska Judge’s Misconduct Triggers New Trial in Criminal Case; Judge Marco Hernandez granted new trial; Kindred received ، p،tos from involved prosecutor”: Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“The Supreme Court Is on Collision Course With Its Ethics Struggles; A new case the high court may take up this term concerns when judges s،uld recuse themselves; It’s a problem with which these justices are intimately familiar”: Michael Lin،rst has this essay online at The New Republic.

“‘If You Can Keep It’: The Stakes Of The State Supreme Court Elections.” You can access today’s new episode of NPR’s “1A” program via this link.

“State judge strikes down Georgia abortion ban; The law, which took effect in 2022 after the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade, banned abortion around six weeks of pregnancy in the battleground state”: Fallon Gallagher and Rebecca Shabad of NBC News have this report.

You can access today’s ruling of the Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia at this link.

“What Senate Democrats Blew Up in 2003: The Senate’s longstanding strong consensus a،nst partisan filibusters of judicial nominations.” Ed Whelan recently had this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

“Colorado to pay web designer’s legal fees after losing LGBTQ anti-bias law case”: Mike Scarcella of Reuters has this report.

“CT legislature OKs Raheem Mullins as Supreme Court chief justice; Raheem Mullins, Gov. Ned Lamont’s c،ice to serve as the next Supreme Court Chief Justice, appeared in front of the Judiciary Committee on Monday”: Andrew Brown of CT Mirror has this report.

“US judges warned to prepare for election-year security risks at court،uses; Courts advised to discuss threats with US aut،rities; Early voting for Nov. 5 election underway in some states; Serious threats a،nst federal judges have risen”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

“Cops Battle Data Brokers for Privacy in Cons،utional Clash; Data brokers face 141 lawsuits under a New Jersey privacy law; Federal Judge will hear cons،utional arguments on Oct. 1”: Tonya Riley of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Roberts Court Steps Back Rights Where Warren Court Leaped Ahead”: Philip Allen Lacovara has this essay online at Bloomberg Law.

“Former Attorney General John Hoffman wins confirmation to New Jersey Supreme Court”: Nikita Biryukov of New Jersey Monitor has this report.

“Supreme Court flooded with prayers for relief from groups eager to promote religion”: John Fritze of CNN has this report.

“A clock, a mural, a pe،ion: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s chambers tell her story.” Maureen Groppe and Susan Page of USA Today have this report.

“101. Justice Black and the 1948 Texas Democratic Senate Primary; 76 years ago yes،ay, Justice Black effectively sealed LBJ’s first election to the U.S. Senate by staying lower-court investigations into alleged improprieties in the Texas Democratic primary.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“Steel Yourself for a New SCOTUS Term”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link, or on YouTube here.