“The empty seat”: On Thursday, The Baltimore Sun posted online an editorial that begins, “Wednesday marked the 200th day since the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.”
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Sunday, September 4, 2016
“The empty seat”: On Thursday, The Baltimore Sun posted online an editorial that begins, “Wednesday marked the 200th day since the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.” Posted at 8:26 PM by Howard BashmanSaturday, September 3, 2016
“Misleading ballot question may raise judge’s retirement age”: Today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer contains an editorial that begins, “A deadlocked Pennsylvania Supreme Court has unfortunately left intact an 11th-hour change in the wording of a ballot question that will determine when state judges must retire.” Posted at 9:54 PM by Howard Bashman“Inside the Republican creation of the North Carolina voting bill dubbed the ‘monster’ law”: William Wan has this front page article in today’s edition of The Washington Post. Posted at 1:14 PM by Howard Bashman“Missouri ordered to name supplier of lethal injection drugs”: Tony Rizzo has this front page article in today’s edition of The Kansas City Star. The Associated Press reports that “Appeals court rules against Missouri in execution drug case.” And Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post reports that “Death-Row Inmates Have A Right To Know The Identities Of Lethal Injection Suppliers, Court Rules; Missouri can’t keep secret the names of those who provide it with pentobarbital, a deadly anesthetic.” You can access yesterday’s non-precedential ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit at this link. Posted at 1:08 PM by Howard BashmanFriday, September 2, 2016
“Could A Legal Love Triangle Scuttle SCOTUS Hopes For This Leading Jurist?” David Lat has this post at “Above the Law.” Posted at 9:34 PM by Howard Bashman“D.C. Circuit Review — Reviewed: ‘Code Red’ Is Just a Term We Use Down at Gitmo.” Aaron Nielson has this post today at the “Notice & Comment” blog of the Yale Journal on Regulation. Posted at 7:28 PM by Howard Bashman“Supreme Court deadlock ends challenge to referendum on Pa. judge retirement age”: Angela Couloumbis of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report. And The Associated Press reports that “Pa. high court deadlock puts judge retirement age on fall ballot.” You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania — containing opinions in support of and in opposition to denying relief — at this link. Posted at 1:33 PM by Howard Bashman“How will 2nd Circuit’s rejection of verdict against PLO affect anti-terror suits?” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post. And online at Bloomberg View, law professor Noah Feldman has an essay titled “Anti-Terrorism Act Loses Some Teeth.” Posted at 11:48 AM by Howard BashmanThursday, September 1, 2016
“Constitution Check: Is the Obama immigration policy stalled nationwide?” Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center. Posted at 11:09 PM by Howard Bashman“Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg to Speak at VMI, W&L”: Washington and Lee University issued this news release today. Posted at 10:42 PM by Howard Bashman“America’s New Lesson in Tolerance: What one of the Supreme Court’s most humiliating mistakes tells us about the debate over Colin Kaepernick’s national-anthem protest.” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online today at The Atlantic. Posted at 5:50 PM by Howard Bashman“A New Frontier in SCOTUS Stay Decisions Without Justice Scalia?” Adam Feldman has this post today at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog. Posted at 5:22 PM by Howard Bashman“Why Did Paul Clement Craft His NC Voting Brief as If Scalia Was Still Alive? A Theory.” Rick Hasen has this post at his “Election Law Blog.” Posted at 4:12 PM by Howard Bashman“All Immigrants Deserve a Court Hearing. Period.” Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View. Posted at 3:30 PM by Howard Bashman“Virginia Republicans Seem Determined To Not Let Thousands Of Ex-Felons Vote In November; They’re asking the state Supreme Court to hold Gov. Terry McAuliffe in contempt”: Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post has this report. Posted at 3:21 PM by Howard Bashman“U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg to speak at Notre Dame”: Dennis Brown of Notre Dame News has this report. Seventh Circuit Judge Ann Claire Williams will serve as moderator of the event. And The Observer, the student newspaper of Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s, reports that “Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to speak at Notre Dame.” Posted at 3:14 PM by Howard Bashman“The Supreme Court’s First Amendment problem: Yale Law School dean Robert Post ’77JD is trying to sort out the court’s position on free speech.” Gilad Edelman has this cover story in the Sep/Oct 2016 issue of Yale Alumni Magazine. Posted at 3:00 PM by Howard Bashman“The President, the Prosecutor, and the Wheel of Fortune”: Online at The New York Times, Linda Greenhouse has an essay that begins, “So Bill Clinton appears well on his way back to the White House (albeit in a different capacity) while Kenneth W. Starr, the independent counsel who pursued him and his sexual indiscretions all the way to his impeachment, is out of a job.” Posted at 10:03 AM by Howard Bashman“Justice Kagan in Tucson: Court doesn’t feel political pressure.” Curt Prendergast of The Arizona Daily Star has this report. And Elizabeth S Eaton of The Arizona Republic has an article headlined “Justice Elena Kagan talks about her warm relationship with her late colleague Antonin Scalia; Kagan: ‘The loss of his voice means the institution operates differently.’” Posted at 10:00 AM by Howard Bashman |
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