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Tuesday, January 2, 2018

“Willett leaves Texas Supreme Court for federal bench”: Chuck Lindell of The Austin American-Statesman has this report.

Andrea Zelinski of The Houston Chronicle reports that “Willett takes oath for 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.”

Robert T. Garrett of The Dallas Morning News reports that “Jimmy Blacklock joins Texas Supreme Court as latest justice mentored by Gov. Greg Abbott.”

And in commentary, columnist Ken Herman of The Austin American-Statesman has an essay titled “Appeals Judge Willett to take colleagues’ ‘Twitter temperature.'”

Posted at 9:10 PM by Howard Bashman



“Four Thoughts on Byrd v. United States: When do unauthorized drivers have Fourth Amendment rights in rental cars?” Orin Kerr has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

Posted at 12:06 PM by Howard Bashman



“GOP Obamacare quandary — easy to hate, hard to kill; The repeal debate may fester in 2018 as Republicans split on strategy”: Jennifer Haberkorn of Politico.com has this report.

Posted at 12:03 PM by Howard Bashman



“Ceremony to mark Don Willett departure from Texas Supreme Court”: Chuck Lindell of The Austin American-Statesman has this report.

Posted at 11:57 AM by Howard Bashman