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Monday, March 7, 2016

“Rebecca Bradley in 1992: ‘Queers’ with AIDS, addicts merit no sympathy.” Patrick Marley of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has an article that begins, “Newly appointed state Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley wrote in a student newspaper 24 years ago that she had no sympathy for AIDS patients because they had effectively chosen to kill themselves, called gays ‘queers’ and said Americans were ‘either totally stupid or entirely evil’ for electing President Bill Clinton.” You can access the student newspaper items via this link.

Molly Beck of The Wisconsin State Journal reports that “Rebecca Bradley apologizes for student columns calling AIDS patients ‘degenerates’ and gays ‘queers.’

And columnist Christian Schneider of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has an essay titled “I care more about what Rebecca Bradley thinks now.”

Posted at 10:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“Frustrated GOP lawmakers weigh move to impeach top judges”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Republican lawmakers in Kansas, weary of conflicts with a judiciary that has been pushing for more school spending, are beginning to act on a measure to expand the legal grounds for impeaching judges.”

Posted at 9:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“Here are judges the White House is considering for the Supreme Court”: Amy Goldstein, Jerry Markon, and Sari Horwitz of The Washington Post have this report.

Posted at 8:42 PM by Howard Bashman



Access online today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court did not grant review in any new cases.

In addition, the Court issued a per curiam reversal in Wearry v. Cain, No. 14-10008. Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Clarence Thomas joined.

The Court issued a per curiam reversal in V.L. v. E.L., No. 15-648.

And in American Freedom Defense Initiative v. King County, No. 15-584, Justice Thomas issued a dissent, in which Justice Alito joined, from the denial of certiorari.

Posted at 9:44 AM by Howard Bashman