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Monday, October 17, 2016

“Sigfredo Garcia trial pushed back”: Sean Rossman of The Tallahassee Democrat has an article that begins, “Sigfredo Garcia, one of three people charged in the 2014 murder of Florida State law professor Dan Markel, had his trial date pushed back earlier today. Garcia was set to go to trial Nov. 14. His next court date will now be Dec. 6.”

Posted at 5:23 PM by Howard Bashman



“Republicans May Block All Supreme Court Nominees Of A President Clinton, McCain Says; So much for letting the people and the next president decide”: Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post has this report.

Steve Benen of msnbc.com reports that “John McCain points to indefinite Supreme Court blockade.”

Chris Massie of CNN.com has a report headlined “John McCain: ‘I don’t know’ if Trump will be better for Supreme Court than Clinton.”

Allegra Kirkland of TPM has a report headlined “McCain Changes Tack On SCOTUS: ‘Of Course’ He’ll Vote On HRC’s Nominee.”

And Ian Millhiser of ThinkProgress has an essay titled “John McCain: Republicans will block anyone Clinton names to the Supreme Court; The cat is out of the bag.”

Posted at 4:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“How a Hillary Clinton Presidency Would Affect the Supreme Court: Conservatives would suffer losses, but the notion that she would permanently vanquish originalism doesn’t withstand scrutiny.” Conor Friedersdorf has this essay online today at The Atlantic.

Posted at 4:12 PM by Howard Bashman



“An Agent Shot a Boy Across the U.S. Border. Can His Parents Sue?” Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 10:14 AM by Howard Bashman



Access online today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court today did not grant review in any new cases.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a dissent, in which Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg joined, from the denial of certiorari in Elmore v. Holbrook, No 15-7848.

Posted at 9:32 AM by Howard Bashman