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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 Bashman



Saturday, 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



“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You can access yesterday’s non-precedential ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit at this link.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 Bashman



Friday, 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



Thursday, 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



“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



“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



“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