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Thursday, May 19, 2016

“Trump’s list snubs top legal conservatives; Some of the GOP’s A-list candidates for the Supreme Court don’t make the cut”: Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has this report.

Posted at 11:39 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump’s Supreme Court wish-list is designed to reassure conservatives”: Steven Mazie has this post tonight at the “Democracy in America” blog of The Economist.

Posted at 11:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Real Reason Why All The People Trump Wants To Put On The Supreme Court Are White”: Ian Millhiser has this post today at ThinkProgress.

Posted at 9:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“Oklahoma’s Quixotic Abortion Bill: Sooner State lawmakers passed a bill Thursday that would send doctors who perform the procedure to prison.” Matt Ford of The Atlantic has this report.

Posted at 9:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“Federal Judge in Texas Demands Justice Dept. Lawyers Take Ethics Class”: Michael D. Shear will have this article in Friday’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 9:38 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump’s Supreme Court picks have close ties to GOP senators; A brother, a former law professor and several acquaintances of lawmakers make his list”: Seung Min Kim of Politico.com has this report.

Posted at 9:33 PM by Howard Bashman



“Oklahoma Passes Bill That Would Subject Abortion Doctors to Felony Charges”: Erik Eckholm will have this article in Friday’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 9:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“2nd Circuit’s repose opinion vindicates banks’ billion-dollar MBS settlements”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report today.

Posted at 5:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“The poll also found decreased [public] support for a vote on Judge Merrick B. Garland.” So reports The New York Times in an article you can access online here.

Posted at 4:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“One of Trump’s SCOTUS Picks Supported a Revolutionary Pro-Trans Constitutional Ruling”: Mark Joseph Stern has this essay online today at Slate.

Posted at 1:38 PM by Howard Bashman



“SCOTUSblog is looking for a new editor, to start work in September 2016.” Andrew Hamm has this post today at “SCOTUSblog.”

Amy Howe currently serves as that blog’s editor. I had heard rumors that this could be Lyle Denniston‘s final Term at the U.S. Supreme Court for “SCOTUSblog.” Denniston, in terms of longevity and quality, is the Vin Scully of U.S. Supreme Court coverage. The hiring of a new editor would allow Howe to replace Denniston as that blog’s representative at the Supreme Court going forward.

On a related note, Denniston delivered the commencement address to the graduating class of the University of Nebraska College of Law earlier this month, and you can view the text of his remarks at this link.

Posted at 1:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“New poll finds 9 in 10 Native Americans aren’t offended by Redskins name”: John Woodrow Cox, Scott Clement, and Theresa Vargas of The Washington Post have this report.

Posted at 10:42 AM by Howard Bashman



“Constitution Check: Is plea bargaining a step toward closing Guantanamo?” Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

Posted at 10:35 AM by Howard Bashman



“Appellate nominee gets hearing, confirmation still in doubt”: Craig Gilbert of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has an article that begins, “The Senate took a modest step Wednesday toward filling the oldest vacancy of its kind in the country by holding a hearing on the nomination of Wisconsin lawyer Donald Schott for the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals.”

You can view online the video of yesterday’s U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on judicial nominations via this link.

Posted at 10:32 AM by Howard Bashman



“Diane Sykes on Trump list for U.S. Supreme Court”: Craig Gilbert and Bill Glauber of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel have this report.

Posted at 10:24 AM by Howard Bashman



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

1. Justice Elena Kagan delivered the opinion of the Court in Luna Torres v. Lynch, No. 14-1096. Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Clarence Thomas and Stephen G. Breyer joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.

2. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in Betterman v. Montana, No. 14-1457. Justice Thomas issued a concurring opinion, in which Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. joined. And Justice Sotomayor also issued a concurring opinion. You can access the oral argument via this link.

3. And Justice Anthony M. Kennedy delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in CRST Van Expedited, Inc. v. EEOC, No. 14-1375. Justice Thomas issued a concurring opinion. You can access the oral argument via this link.

Posted at 10:03 AM by Howard Bashman