“The Scalia Seat: Let the People Speak; The legal stakes are higher than ever, and historic precedent favors waiting for a new president.” U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) will have this op-ed in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal. You can freely access the full text of the op-ed via Google.
Apparently Cruz does not have enough clout to merit a post at “SCOTUSblog.”
“Law Graduate Gets Her Day in Court, Suing Law School”: Elizabeth Olson will have this article in Monday’s edition of The New York Times.
“Adam Cohen’s ‘Imbeciles,’ on the Supreme Court and Justice Not for All”: Jennifer Senior will have this review of Adam Cohen’s new book, “Imbeciles: The Supreme Court, American Eugenics, and the Sterilization of Carrie Buck,” in Monday’s edition of The New York Times.
“It’s already looking like a different Supreme Court”: Robert Barnes will have this article in Monday’s edition of The Washington Post.
“Joe Biden Jokingly Suggests Ted Cruz for Supreme Court Pick”: Julie Hirschfeld Davis of The New York Times has this report.
“Confirmation Hearings Bring Sunshine To The Court”: U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) has this post today at “SCOTUSblog.”
“10 Shots Across the Border: The killing of a Mexican 16-year-old raises troubling questions about the United States Border Patrol.” Mark Binelli has this cover story in today’s issue of The New York Times Magazine.
“Owning An Assault Weapon Is No Longer A Fundamental Right — For Now; An appeals court wiped out an earlier ruling that was seen as a boost to gun rights advocates”: Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post has this report.
You can access Friday’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit granting rehearing en banc at this link. My earlier coverage of last month’s divided three-judge Fourth Circuit panel’s ruling in the case can be accessed here.
“This judge says toddlers can defend themselves in immigration court”: Molly Hennessy-Fiske of The Los Angeles Times has this report.
“Tribute: Justice Scalia’s hapless law clerk.” Today at “SCOTUSblog,” law professor John F. Duffy has this guest post.
Also today, Lee Liberman Otis has a guest post titled “Tribute: Justice Scalia and Marbury v. Madison.”
“The Michigan Supreme Court’s Road to Change — And the Seven Justices Bound by a Steadfast Esprit de Corps”: Bridget Brown Powers has this article in the March 2016 issue of the Michigan Bar Journal.
That court’s newest justice spoke as a former law clerk at the recent memorial service for Justice Antonin Scalia and told a memorable dictionary-related story.
“Clarence Thomas’ views to loom larger at Supreme Court following Scalia’s death”: Law professor Scott Douglas Gerber has this essay online at The Cleveland Plain Dealer. Gerber is the author of the book “First Principles: The Jurisprudence of Clarence Thomas.”
“Christie vows ‘ramifications’ against Sweeney in N.J. Supreme Court fight”: In today’s edition of The Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger, Brent Johnson has a front page article that begins, “The six-year standoff between Gov. Chris Christie and state Senate President Stephen Sweeney over the composition of the state Supreme Court escalated again this past week — and it soon may see even more drama.”
“Public invited to watch special Supreme Court session at THS; Topeka High School will host Kansas Supreme Court session”: Chief Justice Lawton R. Nuss of the Supreme Court of Kansas has this essay online at The Topeka Capital-Journal.
“Forecasting Votes in Hellerstedt”: Adam Feldman has this post at his new blog, “Empirical SCOTUS.”
“Time to Protect Abortion Rights From ‘Undue Burden'”: Kenneth Jost has this post today at his blog, “Jost on Justice.”
“Donald Trump says GOP leaders risk loss of Supreme Court”: Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times has this report.