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Monday, February 19, 2018

“Clarence Thomas Sexually Harassed Me. Yes, He Should Be Impeached.” Angela Wright-Shannon has this essay online at HuffPost.

Posted at 9:58 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump administration challenges Arizona’s DACA legal arguments”: Howard Fischer of Arizona Capitol Times has this report.

Posted at 9:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Pa Supreme Court on 4-3 Vote Adopts Advisor Nate Persily’s Maps for Pennsylvania Congressional Redistricting; GOP’s Litigation Options Do Not Look Good”: Rick Hasen has this post at his “Election Law Blog.”

Posted at 5:07 PM by Howard Bashman



“Lying to Investigators Shouldn’t Be a Crime: Everyone from President Trump to a petty thief is at the same disadvantage when talking to prosecutors.” Law professor Stephen L. Carter has this essay online at Bloomberg View.

Posted at 5:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“Amicus Policy Success in Impactful Supreme Court Decisions”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

Posted at 3:36 PM by Howard Bashman



“Pa. gerrymandering case: State Supreme Court releases new congressional map for 2018 elections.” Jonathan Lai & Liz Navratil of The Philadelphia Inquirer have this report.

Posted at 3:06 PM by Howard Bashman



“Arguments will be heard in U.S. Supreme Court case between city, former HPD officer”: Becky Hiser of The Hays (Kan.) Post has this report.

Posted at 1:56 PM by Howard Bashman



“This Supreme Court Case Is The Biggest Threat To Organized Labor In Years; It could cost unions millions of members — but also force them to adapt and innovate”: Dave Jamieson of HuffPost has this report.

Posted at 1:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“Pa. Supreme Court to offer new congressional map in gerrymandering saga; Here’s what to expect”: Jonathan Lai of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

You can access the latest court filings in the case via this link.

Posted at 1:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“Board denies parole to man who served 50 plus years after killing deputy when he was juvenile”: Grace Toohey of The Advocate of Baton Rouge, Louisiana has an article that begins, “The Louisiana parole board on Monday morning denied freedom to 71-year-old Henry Montgomery, whose case was central in a Supreme Court decision about juvenile offenders sentenced to life in prison without parole.”

And Michael Kunzelman of The Associated Press reports that “Inmate in landmark Supreme Court case denied parole.”

Posted at 12:58 PM by Howard Bashman



“Will Anthony Kennedy Retire? What Influences a Justice’s Decision.” Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 11:22 AM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court’s options on DACA”: Lyle Denniston has this post at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

Posted at 8:40 AM by Howard Bashman