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Wednesday, May 4, 2016

“Roberts refuses to be drawn into controversy about filling Supreme Court vacancy”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

Posted at 5:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Congressional Report Finds Pragmatic Record for Supreme Court Nominee Garland”: Jess Bravin has this post today at WSJ.com’s “Washington Wire” blog.

Posted at 5:08 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Gives Prisoner Rare Second Chance To Fight Alabama’s Death Sentencing Scheme; The state’s judicial override regime may soon be on the chopping block”: Kim Bellware of The Huffington Post has this report.

Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News reports that “Supreme Court Calls For Alabama Courts To Review State’s Death Sentencing Process; In the wake of January’s Supreme Court decision striking down Florida’s death sentencing law, the high court orders Alabama courts to review the effect of that ruling on Alabama’s similar law.”

And in local coverage, Kent Faulk of The Birmingham News reports that “U.S. Supreme Court vacates judgment in case of man who killed Pelham police officer.”

Posted at 11:55 AM by Howard Bashman



“Constitution Check: Is an old anti-New Deal precedent getting new life — again?” Lyle Denniston has this post at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

Posted at 11:48 AM by Howard Bashman



“Justices need to show us their papers: Supreme Court justices get to decide what happens to their files; That’s bad for us and history.” Tony Mauro has this essay online today at USA Today.

Posted at 11:46 AM by Howard Bashman



“Paul Robert Cohen and ‘his’ Famous Free-Speech Case”: David L. Hudson Jr. has this post online today at the Newseum Institute.

Posted at 11:40 AM by Howard Bashman



“Chief justice of Canada reflects on 35 years as a judge”: William & Mary has posted online a law student’s article that begins, “William & Mary Law School recently hosted Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada Beverley McLachlin for the annual Williamson Fellow lecture.”

Posted at 10:52 AM by Howard Bashman



In two days, this blog will celebrate its 14th(!) birthday: Stay tuned for an announcement on Friday regarding a popular feature that will be returning to “How Appealing” for twelve monthly installments during this blog’s 15th year in existence, one year and two days from now.

For those wondering what does one get a blog for its 14th birthday, you can deliver an early blog birthday present by following this blog on Twitter if you don’t already do so.

As always, this blog’s archives, stretching back nearly 14 years now, can be freely accessed in full via this link.

Posted at 10:42 AM by Howard Bashman



“Exonerated, Dead and Still on Trial: In a notorious Louisiana case, a judge gets in a last kick.” Andrew Cohen has this article online at The Marshall Project.

Posted at 10:30 AM by Howard Bashman