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Sunday, January 29, 2017

“The Supreme Court Nomination Fight Might Now Be About Trump’s Ban; President Trump is going to try to change the subject this week by announcing his Supreme Court nominee; But the immigration executive order has fired up a debate about executive authority and the role of the courts”: Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News has this report.

Posted at 10:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“Kennedy, not Trump, will determine the Supreme Court’s future”: Ronald A. Klain has this essay online at The Washington Post.

Posted at 9:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump reportedly could name Supreme Court pick as early as Monday”: FoxNews.com has this report.

Randy Ellis of The Oklahoman reports that “Federal appellate judge with Oklahoma ties among top U.S. Supreme Court candidates.”

Online at The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Tony May has an essay titled “Yinz gonna be a Supreme Court Justice an ‘at? Pittsburgh’s SCOTUS moment may be here.”

And online at Bloomberg View, law professor Noah Feldman has an essay titled “Scalia’s Replacement Won’t Be Quite So Originalist.”

Posted at 9:16 PM by Howard Bashman



“J.S.G. Boggs, Artist, Dies at 62; He Made Money. Literally.” William Grimes is the author of this obituary, which appears in today’s edition of The New York Times.

Richard Danielson of The Tampa Bay Times reports that “Artist J.S.G. Boggs, known worldwide for his drawings of money, dies in Tampa at 62.”

And Brian O’Neill of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has written an obituary headlined “J.S.G. Boggs: Artist who drew money and government attention.”

Lawrence Weschler of The New Yorker had a memorable series of articles about Boggs that you can access here, here, here, and here (subscription required for full access).

Posted at 6:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“Rulings on Trump’s Immigration Order Are First Step on Long Legal Path”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Posted at 3:07 PM by Howard Bashman