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Thursday, November 30, 2017

“Using ‘Free Speech’ to Trump Civil Rights: Conservatives are attempting to use the First Amendment not as an instrument of freedom and self-government but as a corporate privilege.” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at The Atlantic.

Posted at 8:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“Cellphone data under Supreme Court scrutiny crucial in solving local crimes”: Peter Hall has this front page article in today’s edition of The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Posted at 8:17 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court of Canada considers Trinity Western University law school; Canada’s highest court engaged in a lively discussion about religious freedom on Thursday as it began a landmark two-day hearing into the right of Trinity Western University to grant law degrees”: Ian Mulgrew of The Vancouver Sun has this report.

Matthew Claxton of The Langley Advance reports that “TWU goes to top court over law school, gay rights.”

And earlier, Clare Hennig of CBC News had a report headlined “Trinity Western University heads to Supreme Court of Canada over fate of proposed law school; The case with Trinity Western University and Law Society of B.C will be heard on Thursday.”

Posted at 8:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump judicial pick didn’t disclose 16,000 ‘provocative and disturbing’ online posts”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.

Posted at 4:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Thoughts on property and positive law after the Carpenter oral argument”: Will Baude has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

Posted at 4:11 PM by Howard Bashman



“Satan’s plan, the Klan, prostitution: Watch John Kennedy question judge nominees.” Drew Broach of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans has this report (with video).

Posted at 3:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“Cake stand: A row over a wedding cake pits religious liberty against LGBT rights; A scholar’s attempt to stand up for a socially conservative baker may not agree with Supreme Court precedent.” Steven Mazie has this post at the “Democracy in America” blog of The Economist.

Posted at 3:39 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump judicial picks lack decades-long diversity drive”: Joan Biskupic, Aaron Kessler, and Ryan Struyk of CNN.com have this report.

Posted at 1:11 PM by Howard Bashman



“A Republican Senator Is Getting In The Way Of One Of Trump’s Biggest Successes; Sen. John Kennedy is the only Republican to vote against one of the president’s judicial nominees; And he’s questioning more”: Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News has this report.

Posted at 12:55 PM by Howard Bashman



“Teaching the Art of the Appeal: Law Students Draw Wisdom From Groundbreaking Former Judges, Current Senior Assistant AG in New Seminar.” Mike Fox, director of media relations for the University of Virginia School of Law, has this report.

Posted at 10:34 AM by Howard Bashman



“What Robert Bork Learned from Judicial Activism, Right and Left”: Mark Pulliam has this post at the “Law and Liberty” blog.

Posted at 10:05 AM by Howard Bashman