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Sunday, August 27, 2017

“Justices to hear court appointments case”: Jim Saunders of The News Service of Florida has an article that begins, “The Florida Supreme Court said Friday it will hear arguments this fall in a case that could help shape the future of the court. The Supreme Court scheduled arguments for Nov. 1 in a battle about whether Gov. Rick Scott will have the authority to appoint as many as three new justices as he leaves office in January 2019.”

Posted at 10:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“Support piling up in Arlene’s Flowers request for Supreme Court review”: Annette Cary of The Tri-City Herald of Kennewick, Washington has this report.

Posted at 9:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“18 inmates to get execution dates after California Supreme Court ruling”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

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“Kenosha schools ask U.S. Supreme Court to take up transgender bathroom issue”: Annysa Johnson of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.

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“Coach Prays, Ninth Circuit Says No — Blame Supreme Court Conservatives; In 2006, five justices restricted the free-speech rights of public employees; in 2017, we see the consequences”: David French has this essay online at National Review.

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“Supreme Court 2016 Statutory Term in Review: Purposively Interpreting Statutes That Don’t Say Much in Midland Funding, LLC v. Johnson.” Asher Steinberg has this post at his blog, “The Narrowest Grounds.”

Posted at 8:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“After losses on voting laws and districting, Texas turns to Supreme Court”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

Posted at 8:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“How Will the Supreme Court Respond to the Arpaio Pardon? Though its major import is President Trump’s official endorsement of racist discrimination in law enforcement, a flagrant contempt for judges is the subtext.” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at The Atlantic.

Online at Slate, Mark Joseph Stern has a jurisprudence essay titled “The Arpaio Pardon Is a Bad Sign for the Mueller Investigation; Trump has always wanted to stifle judicial oversight; Now he’s shown he will.”

At his “Impeachable Offenses?” blog, law professor Frank O. Bowman, III has a post titled “Pardoning Arpaio: The first verifiable impeachable offense.”

And at his “Dorf on Law” blog, Michael Dorf has a post titled “The Arpaio Pardon Through the Lens of Trump Exceptionalism.”

Posted at 9:50 AM by Howard Bashman