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Monday, November 28, 2016

“NC court officials refuse to explain what’s behind Supreme Court rule change”: Anne Blythe of The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina has an article that begins, “A new rule that allows the N.C. Supreme Court to call back retired justices to serve on a case-by-case basis to avoid potential deadlocks has flummoxed the legal community since it was put in place on Election Day.”

Posted at 11:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“Donald Trump Faces Obstacles to Resuming Waterboarding”: Matt Apuzzo and James Risen of The New York Times have this report.

Posted at 9:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Ask the author: Adler and others on ‘Business and the Roberts Court.'” Ronald Collins has this post today at “SCOTUSblog.”

Posted at 6:05 PM by Howard Bashman



“7th Circuit can make civil rights history for gay and lesbian employees”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post today.

Posted at 4:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“Judicial Nominations: The Constitution Project held a discussion on Senate Republicans’ successful efforts to block President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee D.C. Circuit Court Judge Merrick Garland.” C-SPAN has posted the video of this recent event at this link.

Posted at 2:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Agenda in the Trump Era? A Justice Seems to Supply One.” Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 1:53 PM by Howard Bashman



Access the contents of the November 2016 issue of The Yale Law Journal: Via this link.

Therein, law professors Aziz Z. Huq and Jon D. Michaels have an article titled “The Cycles of Separation-of-Powers Jurisprudence.”

Grace E. Hart has a note titled “State Legislative Drafting Manuals and Statutory Interpretation.”

And law professor Eric A. Posner has a review of Justice Stephen G. Breyer’s book, “The Court and the World: American Law and the New Global Realities.”

Posted at 1:37 PM by Howard Bashman



“Lawsuit Aims to Hold 2 Contractors Accountable for C.I.A. Torture”: Sheri Fink and James Risen have this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 11:42 AM by Howard Bashman



“The Attorney Fighting Revenge Porn: Carrie Goldberg is a pioneer in the field of sexual privacy, using the law to defend victims of hacking, leaking, and other online assaults.” Margaret Talbot has this “Annals of Law” article in the December 5, 2016 issue of The New Yorker.

Posted at 9:52 AM by Howard Bashman



Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court granted review in no new cases but called for the views of the Solicitor General’s office in one case.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Supreme Court rejects church’s appeal over marijuana laws” and “Justices reject appeal of Ponzi scheme conviction.”

And Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “Supreme Court rejects financier Stanford’s Ponzi scheme appeal.”

Posted at 9:29 AM by Howard Bashman