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Saturday, December 23, 2017

“Appeals Court Rules Against Latest Travel Ban”: Miriam Jordan has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

In today’s edition of The Washington Post, Matt Zapotosky has an article headlined “Appeals court rules that Trump’s latest entry ban violates the law.”

Dan Levine and Jon Herskovitz of Reuters have a report headlined “Trump travel ban should not apply to people with strong U.S. ties: court.”

Jennifer Sinco Kelleher and Martha Bellisle of The Associated Press have a report headlined “Appeals court: Trump exceeded authority with travel ban.”

And Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News reports that “Appeals Court Rules That Trump’s Third Attempt At His Travel Ban Still Violates Federal Law.”

You can access yesterday evening’s per curiam ruling of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

Posted at 11:26 PM by Howard Bashman



“#MeToo in the Courts: What’s next, and what’s needed, in the wake of sexual harassment claims concerning the judiciary?” Dahlia Lithwick speaks with Heidi Bond, Emily Murphy, and Leah Litman on this new installment of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast.

Posted at 11:34 AM by Howard Bashman



“Why we should lower student expectations about judicial clerkships”: Peter Conti-Brown has this post at the “Notice & Comment” blog of the Yale Journal on Regulation, along with a post titled “Judicial exceptionalism and its corrosive effects.”

And The Los Angeles Times has published letters to the editor under the headings “Who are the people who looked the other way at Alex Kozinski?” and “Why the porn habits of Alex Kozinski — or anyone — should raise red flags about potential harassment.”

Posted at 11:30 AM by Howard Bashman



“Privacy Complaints Mount Over Phone Searches at U.S. Border Since 2011”: Charlie Savage and Ron Nixon of The New York Times have this report.

Posted at 11:24 AM by Howard Bashman



“Appeals Courts Deny Trump Admin’s Request To Delay Jan. 1 Trans Military Recruits Start Date”: Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News has this report.

Posted at 11:20 AM by Howard Bashman



“Trump is obsessing over some federal justice picks — and ignoring others”: Columnist Colbert I. King has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

Posted at 11:16 AM by Howard Bashman