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Saturday, December 19, 2015

“Chief Justice Roberts Made ‘Human Error’ In Overlooking Conflict Of Interest; The head of the Supreme Court inadvertently participated in a case involving a company where he had a significant financial stake”: Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post has this report.

Posted at 9:30 AM by Howard Bashman



“Tinkering with the Tax Court”: Daniel Hemel (with an assist from Will Baude) had this post yesterday at “The University of Chicago Law School Faculty Blog.”

Posted at 9:27 AM by Howard Bashman



“Blind justice? In Pennsylvania, that would help.” Montgomery Media has posted this editorial online today. The editorial concludes, “A good start would be for Justice Eakin to do what former Justice Seamus McCaffery at least had the decency — if you can use that word in connection with this case — to do. He should step aside.”

And in related coverage, in today’s national edition of The New York Times, Michael Wines has a front page article headlined “Scandal’s Web Trips Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane.”

Posted at 9:24 AM by Howard Bashman