“The psychology behind why people believe conspiracy theories about Scalia’s death; Hint: It has something to do with partisan rancor.” Joseph E. Uscinski has this essay online at The Washington Post.
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Friday, February 19, 2016
“The psychology behind why people believe conspiracy theories about Scalia’s death; Hint: It has something to do with partisan rancor.” Joseph E. Uscinski has this essay online at The Washington Post. Posted at 10:40 PM by Howard Bashman“Court declines stay in redistricting; Congress elections off”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “The U.S. Supreme Court won’t stop a lower-court order that demanded North Carolina legislators draw a new congressional map.” You can view tonight’s order of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link. Posted at 10:15 PM by Howard Bashman“There no longer are any rules in the Supreme Court nomination process”: Miguel A. Estrada and Benjamin Wittes have this essay online at The Washington Post. Posted at 10:05 PM by Howard Bashman“Obama digs into research on potential Supreme Court picks”: Roberta Rampton and Ayesha Rascoe of Reuters have this report. Posted at 8:50 PM by Howard Bashman“Obama, justices pay respects to Scalia”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report. Posted at 8:49 PM by Howard Bashman“Why Is Mitch McConnell Picking This Fight?” Alec MacGillis will have this news analysis in the Sunday Review section of this Sunday’s edition of The New York Times. Posted at 8:36 PM by Howard Bashman“Antonin Scalia Death Puts Swing State Republicans on Spot”: Sheryl Gay Stolberg will have this article in Saturday’s edition of The New York Times. And also in tomorrow’s newspaper, David M. Herszenhorn will have an article headlined “Iowans Urge Senator Charles Grassley to Hold Hearings on Court Nominee.” Posted at 8:33 PM by Howard Bashman“The president’s gestures of respect”: Lyle Denniston has this post at “SCOTUSblog.” Posted at 8:24 PM by Howard Bashman“Peers, The President And Many Average Americans Pay Respects To Scalia”: Nina Totenberg had this audio segment on this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered.” Posted at 6:12 PM by Howard Bashman“My father, Antonin Scalia”: Christopher J. Scalia has this essay online at The Washington Post. Posted at 6:09 PM by Howard Bashman“How John Roberts Can Save the Supreme Court: Senate Republicans plan to paralyze the nomination process; Here’s a way forward for the chief justice this year.” Simon Lazarus has this essay online at The New Republic. Posted at 4:02 PM by Howard Bashman“Solemnity and remembrance in the Great Hall”: Lyle Denniston with an assist from Mark Walsh has this post at “SCOTUSblog.” Posted at 3:44 PM by Howard Bashman“Win one for Nino”: Columnist Charles Krauthammer has this essay online at The Washington Post. Posted at 2:32 PM by Howard BashmanJudge Posner on Indiana’s law prohibiting texting while driving: Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner issued this decision yesterday on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Posted at 2:28 PM by Howard Bashman“Federal appeals court revives parts of Cleveland’s ‘I can’t breathe’ case”: Eric Heisig of The Cleveland Plain Dealer has this report on two decisions (here and here) that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued today. Posted at 2:11 PM by Howard Bashman“Supreme Court silent as North Carolina redistricting deadline approaches”: Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has this report. Posted at 2:00 PM by Howard Bashman“Democrats scoff as Republicans say they’ll hold out to prevent Obama Supreme Court appointee”: Michael A. Memoli of The Los Angeles Times has this report. Posted at 1:57 PM by Howard Bashman“‘Supreme Court justices are rock stars.’ Who pays when the justices travel around the world?” Mark Berman and Christopher Ingraham of The Washington Post have this report. Posted at 1:50 PM by Howard Bashman“Justice Antonin Scalia Honored at Supreme Court”: Adam Liptak and Emmarie Huetteman of The New York Times have this report. And Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Mourners Pay Respects to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia; The late justice is lying in repose in the Supreme Court’s Great Hall.” Posted at 1:45 PM by Howard Bashman“On replacing Scalia: ‘Do it later’ is not in the text of the Constitution.” Judge Kevin S. Burke has this essay online today at MinnPost. Posted at 12:24 PM by Howard Bashman“The coming flip-flop in constitutional theory”: Eric Posner has this blog post today. Posted at 12:21 PM by Howard Bashman“Supreme Court family pays respects to Justice Antonin Scalia”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report. Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Justice Scalia’s Casket Put on View at U.S. Supreme Court.” Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. Supreme Court justices pay respects to Scalia.” And The Associated Press has a report headlined “The Latest: Mourners pay respects to late Justice Scalia.” Posted at 11:25 AM by Howard Bashman“Scalia Fallout: Fewer SCOTUS Grants, More Rearguments.” Kimberly Robinson of Bloomberg BNA has this report. Posted at 8:20 AM by Howard Bashman“Advocacy Groups on Both Sides Take Up Fight Over Supreme Court Vacancy; Ads, robocalls target senators on nomination question”: Jess Bravin and Kristina Peterson of The Wall Street Journal have this report. Posted at 8:17 AM by Howard Bashman“Antonin Scalia: Will his conservative legacy live on?” Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report. Posted at 8:15 AM by Howard Bashman“Scalia’s Death Offers Best Chance in a Generation to Reshape Supreme Court”: Adam Liptak has this front page article in today’s edition of The New York Times. Also in that newspaper today, Gardiner Harris has an article headlined “President Obama Is Criticized Over Funeral for Scalia.” Posted at 8:12 AM by Howard BashmanThursday, February 18, 2016
“Democrats shouldn’t rob voters of chance to replace Scalia”: U.S. Senators Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) have this essay online at The Washington Post. Posted at 9:24 PM by Howard Bashman“Mourners to pay respects Friday to late Justice Scalia”: Sam Hananel of The Associated Press has this report. Posted at 9:18 PM by Howard Bashman“Some want to limit justices to 18 years on Supreme Court”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report. Posted at 9:16 PM by Howard Bashman“A ‘view’ from the Courtroom: ‘I’m Scalia’ and other quips.” Mark Walsh has this post at “SCOTUSblog.” Posted at 5:10 PM by Howard Bashman“Why originalism will fade”: Eric Posner has this blog post today. Posted at 5:09 PM by Howard Bashman“Scalia at St. Thomas: Closing Arguments.” Michael Stokes Paulsen has this post today at Public Discourse. Posted at 5:07 PM by Howard Bashman“Puerto Rico may have better chance of Supreme Court win after Scalia death”: Reuters has this report. Posted at 5:00 PM by Howard Bashman“Michigan bar: First Amendment protects blogging lawyer in grievance case.” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report today. Posted at 4:58 PM by Howard Bashman“EWTN disappointed but hopeful after latest HHS mandate ruling”: Catholic News Agency has a report that begins, “In a 2-1 decision delivered Feb. 18, a federal court ruled against the Eternal Word Television Network in its challenge to the federal contraception mandate.” You can access today’s 148-page ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit at this link. Circuit Judge Jill A. Pryor wrote the opinion of the court, in which Circuit Judge R. Lanier Anderson joined. Judge Anderson also issued a short concurring opinion. Circuit Judge Gerald Bard Tjoflat issued a dissenting opinion, which concludes (caps in original) “Respectfully, I DISSENT.” Posted at 4:50 PM by Howard Bashman |
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