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Tuesday, November 29, 2016

“Three for the Nine”: The New York Sun has posted online an editorial that begins, “Where are the New Yorkers on the list of judges that Donald Trump intends to consider for the Supreme Court?”

Posted at 9:03 PM by Howard Bashman



“Magbanua indicted in Markel slaying; Co-defendant Luis Rivera testifies in grand jury proceeding”: Karl Etters of The Tallahassee Democrat has an article that begins, “Prosecutors secured a murder indictment of Katherine Magbanua, a prime suspect in orchestrating the July 2014 shooting of Florida State University law professor Dan Markel.”

Posted at 8:05 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court and the Next Generation of Executive Power Cases”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

Posted at 7:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Does federal law already ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation?” Will Baude has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

Posted at 7:25 PM by Howard Bashman



“Mitch McConnell Stands Up For Flag Burning Even When Donald Trump Won’t; The Senate majority leader has a history on this First Amendment issue”:
Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post has this report.

Posted at 5:41 PM by Howard Bashman



“Hidden Legal Horcruxes: ‘The Maryland Court of Appeals and the Amply Sized Certiorari Petition.'” Michael Wein has this post today at the “Maryland Appellate Blog.”

Posted at 4:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court skeptical of Texas on death penalty”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Justices Hint at Wider Death Penalty Exemption for Disabled.”

Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News reports that “Supreme Court Skeptical Of Texas Standards For Intellectual Disability In Death Cases; In Bobby James Moore’s case, the Supreme Court is examining how Texas has applied the high court’s ban on the execution of intellectually disabled people.”

And Lyle Denniston has a blog post titled “The Court makes progress on a death penalty project.”

Posted at 4:25 PM by Howard Bashman



“U.S. appeals court to hear gay workplace discrimination case”: Daniel Wiessner of Reuters has an article that begins, “A U.S. appeals court takes up a closely watched gay rights case on Wednesday in which an Indiana college professor who says she lost her job because she is a lesbian is arguing that federal civil rights law should protect gay people from workplace discrimination.”

Posted at 4:16 PM by Howard Bashman



“U.S. Supreme Court seeks Obama administration view on Gold King Mine legal dispute”: Bruce Finley of The Denver Post has this report.

Posted at 2:34 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Trouble With Trump SCOTUS Contender William H. Pryor: There are reasons to worry about the 11th Circuit judge on Trump’s Supreme Court shortlist.” Damon Root has this post today at Reason.com’s “Hit & Run” blog.

Posted at 1:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“The surprising implications of the Microsoft/Ireland warrant case”: Orin Kerr has this post today at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

Posted at 1:00 PM by Howard Bashman



In the December 2016 issue of ABA Journal magazine: Mark Walsh has an article headlined “Supreme Court considers challenges to racial gerrymandering.”

David L. Hudson Jr. has an article headlined “How far can criticism of judges go under ethics rules?

The issue’s cover story consists of the “10th Annual Blawg 100.”

Stephen Rynkiewicz has a related article headlined “What bloggers told us about the state of the legal blogosphere.”

And the new installment of Bryan A. Garner’s “On Words” column is headlined “How to bring a more conversational style to your writing.”

Posted at 11:30 AM by Howard Bashman



“Trump Sets Private Prisons Free: The incarceration industry was having a tough time; Then Trump got elected.” James Surowiecki has this article in the December 5, 2016 issue of The New Yorker.

Posted at 10:19 AM by Howard Bashman



“The controversial legal theory that could get Trump sued: A doctrine embraced by president-elect’s anti-immigration backers could be key to challenging his business conflicts.” Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has this report.

Posted at 9:35 AM by Howard Bashman



“Houston murder takes center stage at U.S. Supreme Court”: Dane Schiller has this front page article in today’s edition of The Houston Chronicle.

Jolie McCullough of The Texas Tribune reports that “U.S. Supreme Court to hear Texas death penalty case on intellectual disability; On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments regarding intellectual disability and executions in Moore v. Texas.”

Ryan Poppe of Texas Public Radio reports that “Supreme Court To Hear Texas Case Challenging Texas Death Row Standards.”

And online at The Atlantic, law professor Garrett Epps has an essay titled “The ‘Of Mice and Men’ Rule for Texas Executions: The Supreme Court will consider whether Texas’s outdated standard on intellectual disability and executions violates the constitutional prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment.”

Posted at 8:26 AM by Howard Bashman