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Monday, October 10, 2016

“Lessons From Pa.’s Judicial Retirement Age Ballot Fiasco”: Tomorrow’s edition of The Legal Intelligencer — Philadelphia’s daily newspaper for lawyers — will contain this new installment of my monthly “Upon Further Review” column.

The essay’s editor changed my use of the word “cogently” to “gently,” thus adding an unintended aspect of politeness to my appellate column this month.

Posted at 11:39 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Justices’ Surprising Support (Or Lack Thereof) for the U.S.” Adam Feldman has this post today at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

Posted at 10:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“A New Era for the Supreme Court: The transformative potential of a shift in even one seat.” Lincoln Caplan has this article in the Fall 2016 issue of The American Prospect magazine.

Posted at 8:17 PM by Howard Bashman



“Hillary Clinton Has A Vision For The Supreme Court, And It Looks Like Sonia Sotomayor; Meanwhile, President Barack Obama’s nominee to the high court only got a passing mention, and not even by name”: Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post has this report.

Posted at 3:50 PM by Howard Bashman