“McConnell faces Supreme Court test like no other; Democrats charge the Kentucky Republican with hypocrisy and obstruction on a mega-scale”: John Bresnahan of Politico.com has this report.
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Sunday, February 21, 2016
“McConnell faces Supreme Court test like no other; Democrats charge the Kentucky Republican with hypocrisy and obstruction on a mega-scale”: John Bresnahan of Politico.com has this report. Posted at 11:05 PM by Howard Bashman“After Scalia’s death, a constitutional clash with Congress”: The Associated Press has this report, along with reports headlined “All eyes on Iowa’s Grassley for Supreme Court nominee’s fate” and “Nevada’s GOP governor honored by mention about high court vacancy.” Posted at 11:03 PM by Howard Bashman“Judicial Nominee Backlog Mired in Partisan Politics”: Luke Russert and Mike Brunker of NBC News have this report. Posted at 11:00 PM by Howard Bashman“Will the Supreme Court Just Disappear?” Jonathan Chait has this essay in the February 22, 2016 issue of New York magazine. Posted at 10:56 PM by Howard Bashman“How Will Supreme Court Work? First, See How Congress Works.” In Monday’s edition of The New York Times, Carl Hulse will have this new installment of his “On Washington” column. Posted at 10:53 PM by Howard Bashman“John Roberts Looks to Steer Supreme Court Through Political Winds; With a 4-4 split after Scalia’s death, the chief justice could face a raft of stalemated cases”: Brent Kendall and Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal have this report. Posted at 10:14 PM by Howard Bashman“Remembering Scalia: A monumental jurist and great American.” James R. Copland has this essay online at City Journal. Posted at 8:44 PM by Howard Bashman“Rethink life tenure”: This editorial will appear in Monday’s edition of The Washington Post. Posted at 8:35 PM by Howard Bashman“The Contradictions of Antonin Scalia: Why the version of originalism practiced by the late Supreme Court Justice had its limits; And why he was one of the best mentors a young lawyer could hope for.” Slate has posted online this Amicus podcast featuring Dahlia Lithwick. Her guests this week were law professors Akhil Reed Amar and Rachel Barkow. Posted at 4:55 PM by Howard Bashman“Ike, Ford, and a Lost Voice in Supreme Court Nominations”: Jeffrey Frank has this post online at The New Yorker. Posted at 4:46 PM by Howard Bashman“In post-Scalia Supreme Court, Kennedy still likely to decide fate of Texas abortion clinics”: Brittney Martin of The Dallas Morning News has this blog post. Posted at 4:44 PM by Howard Bashman“The Supremely Old, Supremely Sharp, Supreme Court: Even into their 70s and 80s, justices remain as keen as ever; Is American law out of step with the way the human brain ages?” Ryan Park has this essay online at The Atlantic. Posted at 4:42 PM by Howard Bashman“Scalia Wanted Judge Opposed by NRA to Replace Him on Supreme Court”: John Kruzel of ABC News has this report. Posted at 4:38 PM by Howard Bashman“At Least Republicans Will Be Consistent If They Block Obama’s Supreme Court Pick; They’re preventing Obama’s other judicial nominees from getting confirmed; Why stop there?” Jennifer Bendery of The Huffington Post has this report. Posted at 4:35 PM by Howard Bashman“Scalia introduced conservative activism to Supreme Court”: Law professor Erwin Chemerinsky has this essay online at The Orange County Register. Posted at 4:32 PM by Howard Bashman“Fierce Wisconsin Supreme Court race expected”: Patrick Marley of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report. Posted at 4:28 PM by Howard Bashman“Scalia’s absence to be felt as U.S. Supreme Court returns”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has an article that begins, “The eight remaining members of the U.S. Supreme Court will feel the absence of their late colleague Justice Antonin Scalia in more ways than one when they return to work on Monday.” Posted at 3:25 PM by Howard Bashman“Scalia Autopsy Decision Divides Pathologists”: Lawrence K. Altman, M.D. has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times. Posted at 3:22 PM by Howard Bashman“Looking Back”: In the Talk of the Town section of the February 29, 2016 issue of The New Yorker, Jeffrey Toobin will have a Comment that begins, “Antonin Scalia, who died this month, after nearly three decades on the Supreme Court, devoted his professional life to making the United States a less fair, less tolerant, and less admirable democracy.” And online at The New Yorker, Lawrence M. Krauss has a post titled “Put an Atheist on the Supreme Court.” Posted at 3:14 PM by Howard Bashman“Iowa judge would bring unique background to high court”: In today’s edition of The Des Moines Register, Grant Rodgers has a front page article that begins, “An Iowa judge whose name is making the lists of potential replacements for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia would bring a unique resume to the nation’s highest court, according to friends, politicians and court watchers.” Posted at 10:18 AM by Howard Bashman“Lawyer’s name runs through email traffic”: In today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Mark Fazlollah and William Bender have a front page article that begins, “Flip through the formal misconduct charges against state Supreme Court Justice J. Michael Eakin and you can’t help but wonder: Who is Terrence J. McGowan?” Posted at 10:12 AM by Howard Bashman |
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