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Tuesday, May 10, 2016

“Beth Walker wins Supreme Court race; ousts Benjamin”: Phil Kabler of The Gazette-Mail of Charleston, West Virginia has an article that begins, “Buoyed by more than $3 million of outside spending from Republican and pro-business political action committees touting her candidacy and attacking challengers Darrell McGraw and Bill Wooton, Morgantown lawyer Beth Walker prevailed in the state’s first non-partisan election for state Supreme Court justice.”

The Associated Press reports that “GOP-backed Walker ousts incumbent Supreme Court justice.”

And The West Virginia Record reports that “Walker wins seat on West Virginia Supreme Court.”

Posted at 11:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“White House prods Senate on Garland amid Republican blockade”: Richard Cowan and Lawrence Hurley of Reuters have this report.

Posted at 9:36 PM by Howard Bashman



“Two Of America’s Richest Men Secretly Tried To Sway Montana’s Judicial Elections; In the post-Citizens United world, these billionaires have found a new way to attack a state law they don’t like”: Paul Blumenthal recently had this article online at The Huffington Post.

Posted at 8:53 PM by Howard Bashman



“Merrick Garland Coolly Tells Congress He’s Never Been Overruled By The Supreme Court; It’s as close to bragging as the uncontroversial judge will probably get”: Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post has this report.

Posted at 8:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“This Election Inspired a John Grisham Novel; Now It Just Got Even Weirder; Twelve years after coal baron Don Blankenship bought a seat on the West Virginia Supreme Court, the tables have turned”: Pema Levy has this article online at Mother Jones.

Posted at 8:46 PM by Howard Bashman



“For Merrick Garland and Republicans, a Tango of Praise and Rejection”: Emmarie Huetteman has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 2:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“Bad Faith or Bad Principle? On Chief Justice Roberts, the Affordable Care Act and Judicial Restraint.” Evan Bernick has this blog entry at The Huffington Post.

Posted at 12:04 PM by Howard Bashman