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Sunday, March 20, 2016

“NY killer off death row as definition of disabled gets tweak”: The Associated Press has this report. According to the article, “Wilson, 32, and others like him are at the center of a debate over how to enforce a nearly two-year-old U.S. Supreme Court ruling that adds more specificity to the concept that it is cruel and unusual punishment to execute killers who are intellectually disabled.”

Posted at 10:09 PM by Howard Bashman



“Will The Supreme Court Nomination Fight Cost This Senator His Seat?” This audio segment appeared on yesterday’s broadcast of NPR’s “Weekend Edition Saturday.”

Posted at 9:36 PM by Howard Bashman



“Threatening Letter Sent to Donald Trump’s Sister Prompts Investigation: Source.” NBC News has a report that begins, “Donald Trump’s older sister, federal appeals court judge Maryanne Trump Barry, received a threatening letter in Philadelphia on Friday — one day after the GOP front-runner’s son received a suspicious piece of mail containing white powder, sources told NBC News.”

Posted at 9:25 PM by Howard Bashman



“Garland Shouldn’t Be Considered After Election, McConnell Says”: Nicholas Fandos of The New York Times has this report.

Tom Howell Jr. of The Washington Times has an article headlined “Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid: GOP senators will buck leadership on Supreme Court pick.”

CNN.com has a report headlined “McConnell: No lame duck confirmation.”

Bloomberg News reports that “McConnell Rules Out Vote on Garland Even If Hillary Clinton Wins.”

And Patrick Temple-West of Politico.com reports that “Feud over Supreme Court pick puts Senate leaders on defensive over old remarks.”

Posted at 7:38 PM by Howard Bashman



“Va. Republicans take redistricting fight to the Supreme Court”: Robert Barnes and Jenna Portnoy of The Washington Post have this report.

Posted at 7:03 PM by Howard Bashman



“Court Politics”: Jeffrey Toobin will have this Comment in the Talk of the Town section of the March 28, 2016 issue of The New Yorker.

Posted at 3:45 PM by Howard Bashman



“An Advocate’s View of Judge Garland in Criminal Cases”: Steve Klepper has this post today at the ” Maryland Appellate Blog.”

Posted at 1:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“Sen. Toomey tries to deflect focus on his Supreme Court stance”: Jonathan Tamari of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

Posted at 1:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“Flawed ethics reviews, sharp criticism, and a justice’s path to resignation”: Craig R. McCoy, Angela Couloumbis, and Mark Fazlollah have this article in today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Posted at 1:38 PM by Howard Bashman