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Sunday, November 13, 2016

Access the November 2016 issue of the Harvard Law Review: Via this link. It’s the annual U.S. Supreme Court Term-in-review issue.

This month’s issue includes “In Memoriam: Justice Antonin Scalia,” featuring essays from, among others, three current Justices.

Law professor Jamal Greene has an essay titled “The Age of Scalia.”

Law professor Kimberly Jenkins Robinson has a comment titled “Fisher‘s Cautionary Tale and the Urgent Need for Equal Access to an Excellent Education.”

And law professor Josh Blackman has a comment titled “Gridlock.”

Posted at 8:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump’s Constitution: If we take the president-elect at his word, how afraid should we be?” The new installment of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast, featuring Dahlia Lithwick, can be accessed here. Law professors Garrett Epps and Orin Kerr are this week’s guests.

Posted at 11:42 AM by Howard Bashman



“Justice trades robes for opera costume”: Mike Silverman of The Associated Press has an article that begins, ” The curtain rose on Act 2 of ‘The Daughter of the Regiment,’ revealing the figure of a tiny woman barely visible in a large dome chair with her back to the audience. Suddenly, she swiveled around — and there was Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.”

Posted at 11:37 AM by Howard Bashman



“How President Trump Could Reshape the Supreme Court — and the Country: The most lasting legacy of the Trump presidency could be the judges he appoints to the highest court; Here’s what that could look like.” Jeffrey Rosen has this article online at Politico Magazine.

Posted at 11:33 AM by Howard Bashman