“Kloppenburg: I misspoke in saying Lincoln had slaves.” Bruce Vielmetti of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has an article that begins, “Supreme Court candidate JoAnne Kloppenburg said Thursday that she misspoke when she said to a youth group that President Abraham Lincoln had slaves.”
“Will the U.S. Supreme Court get its first Asian American justice?” Amy Goldstein of The Washington Post has this report.
And Catherine Ho of The Washington Post reports that “Interest groups gear up for what may be biggest Supreme Court fight since Robert Bork.”
“As Americans Take Up Populism, the Supreme Court Embraces Business”: In Saturday’s edition of The New York Times, Noam Scheiber will have an article that begins, “The Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia highlights a growing rift between the country and the nation’s highest court on questions of economic power and support for big business.”
“White House narrows search to three for Supreme Court”: Reuters has a report that begins, “The White House has narrowed its search for a Supreme Court nominee to three federal appeals court judges, Sri Srinivasan, Merrick Garland and Paul Watford, a source familiar with the selection process said on Friday.”
“A friend’s tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsburg”: Irin Carmon of msnbc.com has this report.
“A Specific Proposal That Helps Give Us a Sense of What Getting Rid of Citizens United Might Entail”: Law professor Vikram David Amar has this essay online today at Justia’s Verdict.
“2016 National Student Symposium Keynote Address by Paul Clement”: The Federalist Society has posted this video on YouTube.
“What would a Hindu justice mean for the Supreme Court?” Julie Zauzmer of The Washington Post has this report.
“Potential nominee: Judge Sri Srinivasan, appellate veteran.” Thomas Hopson has this post today at “SCOTUSblog.”
“Feds want convicted journalist to serve 5 years, his lawyers ask for no prison time; DOJ: 40-minute hack was ‘an online version of urging a mob to smash the presses.'” Cyrus Farivar of Ars Technica has this report.
“Handicapping the five potential nominees”: Tom Goldstein has this post today at “SCOTUSblog.”
“How to Reverse Citizens United: What campaign-finance reformers can learn from the NRA.” Law professor David Cole has this article in the April 2016 issue of The Atlantic magazine.
And in today’s edition of The New York Tims, Cole has an op-ed titled “What Liberals Can Learn From the N.R.A.”
“The Supreme Court Can Handle a Vacancy for a Long Time — Just as It’s Done Before”: Adam J. White has this essay online at The Weekly Standard.
“60 years later, the Southern Manifesto is as alive as ever”: Law professor Justin Driver has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.
“Ted Cruz revisits John Yoo”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.