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Friday, November 18, 2016

“Alabama Supreme Court: Prosecutor didn’t discriminate in jury picks in death penalty case.” Kent Faulk of The Birmingham News has an article that begins, “The Alabama Supreme Court today for a second time has upheld the conviction and sentence of a death row inmate who says prosecutors struck 10 of 11 blacks from the jury pool at his trial.”

You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Alabama at this link.

Posted at 11:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“GOP could nuke filibuster for Supreme Court nominees; Republicans warn that Democratic obstruction of Trump’s pick will come at a steep — possibly historic — price”: Burgess Everett of Politico.com has this report.

Posted at 8:58 PM by Howard Bashman



“How Trump Could Reshape the Lower Federal Courts”: Russell Wheeler has this post today at the “FixGov” blog of The Brookings Institution.

Posted at 1:48 PM by Howard Bashman