Programming note: Additional posts will appear here on Saturday night.
"Court clears way for Loughner's return to Missouri": The Associated Press has
this report on
an order that the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.
"US asks appeals court to halt Ala. immigration law": The Associated Press has
this report.
Update: In other coverage, Reuters reports that "Justice Department seeks immediate stay of Ala. immigration law."
And Bloomberg News reports that "U.S. Asks for Bar to Enforcement of Alabama Immigration Laws During Appeal."
"Redondo Beach to ask U.S. Supreme Court to uphold day laborer law": The Los Angeles Times has
this report.
"Breyer praises Merhige at UR law school ceremony": The Associated Press has
this report.
"At the high court, high stakes for religious freedom": Charles C. Haynes has
this essay online at the First Amendment Center.
"Judge Chides Plaintiffs' Lawyers In Indian Trust Class Action": Mike Scarcella has
this post at "The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times."
And Alison Frankel's "On the Case" from Thomson Reuters News & Insight reports that "D.C. judge chides Cobell lawyers for trying to squelch appeal."
You can access Wednesday's ruling of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia at this link.
"Komisarjevsky: Tales Of A Tortured Childhood; Both Sides Rest; Closing Arguments Tuesday." This article appears today in The Hartford Courant.
"Loughner lawyer pleads for him to stay at Arizona prison; An attorney for Tucson shooting suspect Jared Lee Loughner urges an appellate panel to let him stay near his family rather than return to a Missouri prison hospital": Carol J. Williams has
this article today in The Los Angeles Times.
"Families in Bulger FBI case lose appeal; Claim for nearly $8.5m filed too late, court says": This article appears today in The Boston Globe. In addition, columnist Kevin Cullen has an op-ed entitled "
Court on the wrong side of the law."
And The Associated Press reports that "Families in mob case lose appeal over $8.5M award."
My earlier coverage of yesterday's First Circuit order denying rehearing en banc by a vote of 3-to-3 can be accessed here.
"Argument preview: No limits on strip-searching?" Lyle Denniston has
this post at "SCOTUSblog."