Ann Marimow writes about legal issues for The Washington Post. She previously covered state government and politics at the San Jose Mercury News in California and the Concord Monitor in New Hampshire. She joined The Post in 2005.
Dozens of legal challenges primarily from Republican-led states, private employers and conservative groups have been consolidated before a single court.
Chief Judge Sri Srinivasan issued an order after the judiciary’s conduct committee cleared Sullivan’s service on a local judicial nominating commission
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, helmed by two Trump-appointed judges and another appointed by Ronald Reagan, issued the ruling Friday after GOP-aligned business and legal groups filed lawsuits.
The federal judiciary’s ethics committee cleared Judge Emmet G. Sullivan’s participation on a panel that recommends nominees to the president to serve on D.C. courts.
The court’s six conservative justices expressed varying levels of support for the two individuals and the National Rifle Association affiliate challenging New York’s requirement that says those who want to carry a concealed weapon for self-defense show a “special need for self-protection distinguishable from that of the general community.”
Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett are seen as pivotal to the outcome of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, which seeks to answer to what extent Americans have a constitutional right to carry concealed firearms outside the home and in public places.
The Justice Department and abortion providers argue the Texas law conflicts with a constitutional right established nearly 50 years ago in the landmark Roe v. Wade case.