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Monday, September 5, 2016

“High stakes in Kansas Supreme Court retention vote”: Bryan Lowry of The Wichita Eagle has an article that begins, “Gov. Sam Brownback could appoint a majority on the Kansas Supreme Court if efforts to oust four of seven justices succeed in November.”

Posted at 11:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“Without conservative Supreme Court majority, voter-law challengers make gains”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

Posted at 11:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Argued: February 19, 2013; Decided: September 2, 2016.” That information appears at the start of an opinion that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued on Friday.

I reviewed the Second Circuit’s electronic docket entries for the case, and the docket entries contain no explanation for why the appeal took longer than three and a half years to decide.

Posted at 8:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justice Sonia Sotomayor talks humility at CU Boulder appearance”: Alex Burness of The Boulder Daily Camera has this report.

Posted at 1:38 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Interview: PA prisons boss John Wetzel confronts the complexities of juvie lifers’ new sentences.” John Baer, political columnist of The Philadelphia Daily News, has this report.

Posted at 1:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court is never going to look like America. Get used to it.” Robert Barnes has this article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

Posted at 1:15 PM by Howard Bashman



“Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan Muse Over a Cookie-Cutter Supreme Court”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 12:56 PM by Howard Bashman