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Thursday, September 17, 2015

“The Supreme Court Has Nothing to Hide, So Don’t Look: Stephen Breyer swears the justices are just the nicest people.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online today at Slate.

Posted at 9:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“Judicial Conference says former Alabama federal judge’s conduct was reprehensible”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A letter to a House committee says a judicial investigation found evidence a former federal judge had abused his wife and made false statements to the committee investigating his arrest on a spousal abuse charge.”

You can view the letter and an attachment thereto at this link.

Posted at 8:15 PM by Howard Bashman



“Roberts at 10: A Very Conservative Chief Justice Who Occasionally Surprises.” The Constitutional Accountability Center today posted online this report written by Brianne Gorod, the final installment in the organization’s “Roberts at 10” series.

Posted at 2:46 PM by Howard Bashman



“Judicial Conference Updates Rules for Judicial Conduct Proceedings, Strategic Plan”: The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts issued this news release today.

Posted at 1:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“Alabama judge asks not to have to wed same-sex couples, rejects ‘license to engage in sodomy'”: Kent Faulk of The Birmingham News has this report.

Posted at 10:15 AM by Howard Bashman



“Drawing the Line Between Civil and Religious Rights”: Linda Greenhouse has this essay online today at The New York Times.

Posted at 9:48 AM by Howard Bashman