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Wednesday, October 11, 2017

“The Guy in the Bully Pulpit Can’t Be a Bully; The Constitution doesn’t allow Trump to use the IRS to punish the NFL over player protests: It’s a free-speech thing.” Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View.

Posted at 10:33 PM by Howard Bashman



“9th Circuit Rules There’s No Constitutional Right to Sell Firearms. Will the Supreme Court Care?” Mark Joseph Stern has this essay online at Slate.

Posted at 10:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Legal Resistance to President Trump: The thinly veiled legal revolt against President Trump playing out in the courts will set lasting and dangerous precedents.” Law professor Josh Blackman has this essay online at National Review.

Posted at 8:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“How Trump Uses ‘Religious Liberty’ to Attack L.G.B.T. Rights”: Masha Gessen has this post online at The New Yorker.

Posted at 7:46 PM by Howard Bashman



“Texas nominee for federal court at odds with Trump on birthright citizenship; Last month, President Donald Trump said he is nominating Dallas attorney James Ho to the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals; Years of his writing show a strong interest by Ho in the thorny issue of birthright citizenship”: Emma Platoff of The Texas Tribune has this report.

Posted at 4:08 PM by Howard Bashman



“Mitch McConnell Is Keeping The Senate Rule That Lets Dems Block Trump’s Judges; The GOP leader may not personally be a fan of blue slips, but he’s not getting rid of them, says his spokesman”: Jennifer Bendery of HuffPost has this report.

Just a few minutes before that HuffPost report appeared online, Burgess Everett and Seung Min Kim of Politico.com reported that “McConnell ratchets up judicial wars — again; The Senate leader wants to end the long-running practice of giving home-state senators sign-off on court nominees.”

Posted at 4:05 PM by Howard Bashman



“Companies Ask Supreme Court to Hear Gay-Rights Case; Apple, Cigna among dozens of businesses at odds with Trump administration’s view”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

Posted at 3:54 PM by Howard Bashman