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Friday, February 5, 2016

“Two Law School graduates to clerk for Supreme Court; Austin Raynor, Nicole Frazer clerking for Justices Thomas, Scalia”: The Cavalier Daily has this report.

Related news releases can be accessed here and here.

Posted at 1:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“Meet Clint Bolick, Libertarian Lawyer Turned Arizona Supreme Court Justice; The newly appointed justice talks law, politics, immigration, and why he got ‘visibly tattooed'”: Damon Root has this article online today at Reason.com.

Posted at 1:38 PM by Howard Bashman



“Age and wisdom: Are the Supreme Court justices too old?” Steven Mazie has this post at the “Democracy in America” blog of The Economist.

Posted at 1:35 PM by Howard Bashman



Circuit Judge Janice Rogers Brown‘s dissent today from a ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit: The dissent begins:

It is hard to say whether a medium or a fortune-teller would be best suited for this case. The Court’s opinion seems to be one part Back to the Future, requiring trial counsel to possess a DeLorean, a flux capacitor and the inventiveness of the fictional Doc Brown in order to render competent assistance to a client. But it is another part Zombie Apocalypse, intent on disinterring the grisly remains of the long defunct approach of purposive judicial interpretation. Because neither approach is consistent with precedent and our judicial responsibilities, I respectfully dissent.

You can access the majority opinion at this link.

Posted at 1:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“Federalist Society — Larry Tribe and Jack Balkin — Is Ted Cruz Eligible to be President?” Harvard Law School’s Federalist Society chapter is hosting this event starting at noon eastern time today. According to the online notice of the event, you can access the video live, online via this link once the event is formally underway.

Posted at 12:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“Guantanamo prosecutor defends retroactive censorship of public hearing in 9/11 case”: Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this report.

Posted at 11:54 AM by Howard Bashman