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Monday, April 11, 2016

“Sky won’t fall with one less justice”: U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) has this essay online at The Des Moines Register.

Posted at 11:11 PM by Howard Bashman



“Referendum on raising judges’ retirement age delayed until fall election”: Jan Murphy of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has an article that begins, “Pennsylvania voters will have plenty of important decisions to make when they enter the voting booth on April 26 but amending the state constitution to raise the mandatory retirement age for judges won’t be one of them.” The article links to this list of judges who would benefit over the next several years from an increase in Pennsylvania’s mandatory judicial retirement age from 70 to 75.

And tomorrow’s edition of The Legal Intelligencer will contain this month’s installment of my “Upon Further Review” column, headlined “Delay of Vote on Judicial Retirement Age Could Make One Cynical.” Therein, I explain why I oppose delaying a vote on the proposed constitutional amendment until November and why I will be voting against the proposal to increase Pennsylvania’s mandatory judicial retirement age from 70 to 75.

Posted at 10:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“Meet the Thai math prof whose copyright case is headed for SCOTUS — again”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report today.

Posted at 8:45 PM by Howard Bashman



“‘It was just awful’: The Clarence Thomas hearings, in the words of those who were there.” Roxanne Roberts of The Washington Post has this report.

Posted at 8:40 AM by Howard Bashman



“Did Act 10 affect spending in Wisconsin Supreme Court race?” Jason Stein of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has an article that begins, “In Tuesday’s election, labor-backed candidate JoAnne Kloppenburg lost a race for the Supreme Court in which her side in the contest was badly outspent.”

Posted at 8:34 AM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court justices are the adults in our democracy as the other branches bicker”: Columnist Fred Hiatt has this essay online at The Washington Post.

Posted at 8:27 AM by Howard Bashman



“Ex-American Bar Association chiefs push for vote on Garland”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Fifteen former American Bar Association presidents are joining the push to urge Republicans to consider President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee.”

Posted at 8:25 AM by Howard Bashman