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Wednesday, May 18, 2016

“Donald Trump Releases List of Possible Supreme Court Picks”: Alan Rappeport and Charlie Savage will have this article in Thursday’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 11:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“Donald Trump Releases Names of 11 Potential Supreme Court Choices; Presumptive Republican nominee for president discloses possible candidates to prove his conservative credentials”: Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

Posted at 9:14 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump announces his Supreme Court picks, including one who has repeatedly mocked him”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

Posted at 9:04 PM by Howard Bashman



“Pfizer Turns Its Back on the Execution Business”: Andrew Cohen has this essay online today at the Brennan Center for Justice.

Posted at 8:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“Democrats Stage Mock Garland Hearing Without Republicans or Garland”: Jess Bravin has this post at WSJ.com’s “Washington Wire” blog.

Posted at 6:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“Your Ultimate Guide To The 11 White People Donald Trump Will Consider For The Supreme Court”: Ian Millhiser has this post at ThinkProgress.

Posted at 5:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“These Are The ‘Great Intellects’ Donald Trump Would Like To Put On The Supreme Court; Conservatives have warned he may not be up to the task of replacing the late Justice Antonin Scalia”: Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post has this report.

Posted at 3:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump unveils list of 11 potential Supreme Court justices”: The Associated Press has this report.

According to the article, “Trump’s picks include Steven Colloton of Iowa, Allison Eid of Colorado and Raymond Gruender of Missouri. Also on the list are: Thomas Hardiman of Pennsylvania, Raymond Kethledge of Michigan, Joan Larsen of Michigan, Thomas Lee of Utah, William Pryor of Alabama, David Stras of Minnesota, Diane Sykes of Wisconsin and Don Willett of Texas.”

Posted at 2:10 PM by Howard Bashman



“George Mason University Firms Up Plan to Name Law School for Scalia”: Nicholas Fandos has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 12:08 PM by Howard Bashman



“High-Court Nominee’s Clerkship Combed for Hints on K-12; Heady 1978-79 term for Merrick Garland”: Mark Walsh has this article in today’s print edition of Education Week.

Posted at 12:05 PM by Howard Bashman



“Administrative Law and Judicial Duty: Justice Thomas’ Principled Stand Against Arbitrary Power.” Evan Bernick has this post today at the “Fed Soc Blog.”

Posted at 12:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“Slate writer Dahlia Lithwick weighs in on whether the Senate will confirm Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court and explains why the deadlock hurts both sides of the aisle.” Lithwick appeared on last night’s broadcast of the Comedy Channel’s “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah.” You can view the video online at this link.

Posted at 10:51 AM by Howard Bashman



“Iran wants U.S. to pay for 63 years of ‘spiritual and material damage'”: Steve Almasy and Bijan Hosseini of CNN.com have this report. According to the article, “[t]his comes as a response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last month, which ruled that Iran should hand over nearly $2 billion in frozen assets to Americans affected by attacks that Iran was accused of organizing.”

Posted at 10:38 AM by Howard Bashman



“Knowledge Seminar: An Inside Look at Federal Appellate Courts”: The Federal Judiciary Channel has today posted this video at YouTube.

Posted at 10:26 AM by Howard Bashman