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Monday, April 3, 2017

“Trump’s Precedent for Claiming Immunity? Clinton v. Jones.” Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 8:23 PM by Howard Bashman



“Underwriters in SCOTUS repose case: No legal, policy reason to extend time to sue.” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post today.

Posted at 5:36 PM by Howard Bashman



“A Supreme Mistake in the Making: By breaking the Democrats’ filibuster of Neil Gorsuch, Republicans would hurt the country and themselves.” Robert Schlesinger has this essay online at U.S. News & World Report.

Posted at 3:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“When Prosecutors Keep Mum: Did eight men spend decades in prison for someone else’s crime? Plus, a history of confirmation hearings.” Slate has posted online this new installment of its “Amicus” podcast featuring Dahlia Lithwick.

Posted at 2:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“Senate Dems reach filibuster threshold on Gorsuch setting up ‘nuclear option’ change”: Ashley Killough and Ted Barrett of CNN.com have this report.

Posted at 1:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“Warner’s opposition to Trump court nominee gives Democrats 41 ‘no’ votes”: Lawrence Hurley and Susan Heavey of Reuters have this report.

Posted at 11:50 AM by Howard Bashman



Access today’s rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court in argued cases: The Court today issued rulings in two argued cases.

1. Justice Sonia Sotomayor delivered the opinion of the Court in McLane Co. v. EEOC, No. 15-1248. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg issued an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part. You can access the oral argument via this link.

2. And Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in Dean v. United States, No. 15-9260. You can access the oral argument via this link.

Posted at 10:04 AM by Howard Bashman



Today’s Executive Business Meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. eastern time: During that meeting, the Committee is expected to vote along party lines to recommend the confirmation of Neil M. Gorsuch to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States to the full U.S. Senate.

C-SPAN2 will provide live coverage beginning at 9:55 a.m., and you should be able to view the proceedings online via this link. In addition, the Senate Judiciary Committee’s web site will provide live coverage via this link.

Today’s broadcast of C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” contained a segment titled “Seung Min Kim on Senate Judiciary Committe Vote on Supreme Court Nomination.”

And from NPR, today’s broadcast of “Morning Edition” contained audio segments titled “Sen. John Thune Says He’s Confident Gorsuch Will Win Confirmation“; “Politics This Week: Neil Gorsuch’s Supreme Court Nomination“: and “Senate Committee To Vote On Trump’s Supreme Court Nominee.”

Yesterday evening’s broadcast of “All Things Considered” contained an audio segment titled “Words You’ll Hear: ‘Nuclear Option.’

And yesterday’s broadcast of “Weekend Edition Sunday” contained an audio segment titled “Sen. Chris Murphy On The Democrats’ Gorsuch Opposition Plans.”

Posted at 9:48 AM by Howard Bashman



Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court granted review in two new cases.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Justices take up appeal in terror financing case” and “Supreme Court rejects NH bid to revive ballot selfies ban.”

Andrew Chung of Reuters reports that “U.S. top court to weigh Jordan-based bank’s liability for militant attacks.”

And Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Ballot Selfies Allowed as U.S. Supreme Court Rebuffs New Hampshire.”

Posted at 9:33 AM by Howard Bashman