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Thursday, November 9, 2017

“Rule Would Push Prosecutors to Release Evidence Favorable to Defense”: In today’s edition of The New York Times, Alan Feuer and James C. McKinley Jr. have an article that begins, “In an unusual move meant to make criminal trials fairer, New York State’s top judge has issued a new rule specifically requiring judges to order prosecutors to search their files and disclose all evidence favorable to the defense at least 30 days before major trials.”

Posted at 10:33 PM by Howard Bashman



“Divided surveillance court revives drive to release opinions”: Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has a blog post that begins, “Judges on a largely secret federal surveillance court divided sharply in a ruling released Thursday reviving an effort by transparency advocates to force greater disclosure of the court’s opinions.”

You can access today’s 6-to-5 ruling of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court at this link.

Posted at 9:08 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump lawyer moves closer to becoming a circuit judge”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has an article that begins, “The Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to approve Greg Katsas, one of President Trump’s White House lawyers, for a spot on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., overcoming complaints from Democrats who said they feared putting a Trump ally on the court that decides many big federal law cases.”

And Tim Ryan of Courthouse News Service reports that “GOP Senators Push Divisive Judicial Nominees Toward Confirmation.”

Posted at 8:26 PM by Howard Bashman



“How Donald Trump Is Remaking the Federal Courts in His Own Image: The president’s judicial nominees have been notably white, male, and conservative.” Kate Harloe has this report online at Mother Jones.

Posted at 8:17 PM by Howard Bashman



“The SG’s Remarkable Cert. Petition in Hargan v. Garza, the ‘Jane Doe’ Abortion Case”: Marty Lederman has this post at the “Balkinization” blog.

Ed Whelan responds in two posts (here and here) at National Review’s “Bench Memos” blog.

Posted at 8:12 PM by Howard Bashman