“Colorado abolishes death penalty; governor commutes sentences of 3 on death row; Gov. Jared Polis signed the repeal into law Monday”

By Anne Rowe for DPS board, April 11, 2020

this post at his “CA3blog.”


this report.

And Keith Coffman of Reuters reports that “Colorado governor signs death penalty repeal, commutes sentences of death row inmates.”


a report that begins, “A panel of three appeals court judges on Tuesday upheld a previous ruling that the U.S. Department of Justice cannot compel the cities of Providence and Central Falls to comply with federal immigration authorities as a condition of receiving federal public safety grants.”

And Mary Anne Pazanowski of Bloomberg Law reports that “Sanctuary Cities Win Round Against Trump DOJ, Adding to Split” (subscription required for full access).

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit at this link.


this report.

And James Varney of The Washington Times reports that “States shut down abortion clinics as non-essential medical procedure in crisis.”


this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.


this report.


Carissa Byrne Hessick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.


this report.

Although to many of us it may seem like years ago now, earlier this month, on March 3, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit heard oral argument of an appeal challenging the constitutionality of a men-only military draft. I collected coverage of that oral argument, and linked to its audio recording, in this earlier post.


this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.


this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.


this post at “PrawfsBlawg.”

As for where that slogan originated, which is something that the post sought to address, I have no clue, but I think the first time I saw it was thanks to the author of this First Things essay (which, coincidentally, also includes the slogan).


this report at Freedom Forum.


this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”


this report (subscription required for full access).

Ian Lopez and Perry Cooper of Bloomberg Law report that “Federal Cir. Rejects Arthrex Redo As Patent Appeals Wait” (subscription required for full access).

At his “Patently-O” blog, Dennis Crouch has a post titled “En Banc Denial in Arthrex.”

And at IP Watchdog, Eileen McDermott and Rebecca Tapscott have a post titled “Federal Circuit Will Not Reconsider Arthrex Appointment Clause Ruling.”

You can access yesterday’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and a total of five opinions concurring in or dissenting from that order, at this link.


U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit granting rehearing en banc at this link.

You can access the original three-judge panel’s now-vacated opinion, in which Circuit Judge Kevin C. Newsom wrote not only the majority opinion but also a concurring opinion calling for full-court review of this issue, at this link.


this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued last week.


this article back in November 2016.

The matter invariably led to litigation, and in a ruling issued today, a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit begs to disagree.


Sixth Circuit Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton issued yesterday’s decision on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel.


this article back in October 2019.

Yesterday, a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued this decision unsealing the matters at issue.


this report.

And Thomas F. Harrison of Courthouse News Service reports that “Scientists Booted From EPA Committees Get New Shot at Suit.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit at this link.


this news release today.

The organization today issued a report titled “When Justices Go to School: Lessons from Supreme Court Visits to Public Colleges and Universities” written by Tyler Cooper and Dylan Hosmer-Quint and edited by by Gabe Roth. And the documents on which the report and news release are based can be accessed via this link.