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Sunday, January 1, 2017

“Obama could still force Merrick Garland onto court during ‘intersession recess'”: Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times has an article that begins, “President Obama will have one last chance to force Judge Merrick Garland onto the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday — but it’s a legal gamble and one that has so many pitfalls that even those who say he could get away with it believe it isn’t worth the fight.”

And online at Bloomberg View, Megan McArdle has an essay titled “Hacking Democratic Rules Isn’t Good Government.”

Posted at 11:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“House Republicans Fret About Winning Their Health Care Suit”: Carl Hulse has this new installment of his “On Washington” column in today’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 9:35 PM by Howard Bashman



“Vermont Supreme Court To Rule Tuesday On Whether Shumlin Can Appoint A New Justice”: Bob Kinzel of Vermont Public Radio has a report that begins, “A very unusual legal case will be decided in Montpelier Tuesday. The Vermont Supreme Court will hold a special hearing to determine whether Gov. Peter Shumlin has the authority to appoint a new member to the court.”

Posted at 9:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“Dylann Roof Himself Rejects Best Defense Against Execution”: Kevin Sack and Alan Blinder will have this article in Monday’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 8:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“Where the supreme court battle goes from here: ‘There will be a huge fight’; Donald Trump has promised to nominate a conservative in the mould of Antonin Scalia — but Democrats seem ready to battle to prevent that from happening.” David Smith of The Guardian (UK) has this report.

Posted at 8:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Appeals court panel upholds secrecy order for Ohio’s execution drugs”: Jeremy Pelzer of The Cleveland Plain Dealer has this report.

And Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News reports that “Ohio Can Keep Execution Drug Supplier Secret From Death Row Inmates; The 2-1 federal appeals court ruling is a loss for death row inmates who are challenging Ohio’s execution procedures.”

You can access Friday’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit at this link.

Posted at 8:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“Wallace Hall’s fight over UT records heads to Texas Supreme Court”: Chuck Lindell of The Austin American-Statesman has an article that begins, “The Texas Supreme Court announced Friday that it will decide whether University of Texas System Regent Wallace Hall Jr. should be provided records from an internal investigation into favoritism in admissions to UT.”

And Madlin Mekelburg of The Dallas Morning News reports that “Texas Supreme Court to take up UT regent Wallace Hall’s fight over student records.”

Posted at 5:07 PM by Howard Bashman