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Thursday, January 5, 2017

“Jargon, Legalese And The Bluebook: My Conversation With Judge Richard A. Posner.” Victor Feraru recently had this blog entry at The Huffington Post.

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“Radical rulings prompt backlash against India supreme court; Religious campaigning ban latest in wave of judgments seen as straying into politics”: Kiran Stacey of Financial Times has this report.

You can freely access the full text of the article via Google News.

Posted at 10:55 AM by Howard Bashman



“Mike Morgan sworn in as NC Supreme Court associate justice”: Anne Blythe of The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina has this report.

Posted at 10:42 AM by Howard Bashman



“District Court Opens Registration for Centennial Event With Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor”: The St. Thomas (U.S.V.I.) Source has this report.

Posted at 10:32 AM by Howard Bashman



“Health Scare Scratches Charles Manson from Trump’s List of Supreme Court Picks”: Andy Borowitz of The Borowitz Report has this post online at The New Yorker.

Posted at 10:21 AM by Howard Bashman



Wednesday, January 4, 2017

“Sex Offender Lockup Should Trouble Court More”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online today at Bloomberg View.

Posted at 11:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court thwarts Shumlin in final hours”: April McCullum of The Burlington (Vt.) Free Press has an article that begins, “In a unanimous decision, the Vermont Supreme Court has ruled that outgoing Gov. Peter Shumlin lacks the authority to act this week to replace a justice who will retire at the end of March.”

And Peter Hirschfeld of Vermont Public Radio reports that “Vermont Supreme Court Rules Shumlin Can’t Appoint Justice’s Replacement.”

You can access today’s unanimous per curiam decision of the Supreme Court of Vermont at this link.

Posted at 10:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“Jim Zirin & William Baude, ‘The Post-Election Future of the Supreme Court after Scalia.'” The University of Chicago Law School recently posted this audio online.

Posted at 10:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Amicus Oral Argument Participation Over Time”: Adam Feldman has this post today at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

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“Libertarian Judicial Activism Isn’t What the Courts Need”: Mark Pulliam has this post at the “American Greatness” blog.

Posted at 5:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“Why Republicans Shouldn’t Weaken the Filibuster”: Richard A. Arenberg has this op-ed in today’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 1:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“9th Circ. Upholds Cert. In ConAgra’s GMO False Label Row”: Cara Bayles of Law360.com has an article (subscription required for full access) that begins, “The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday upheld the certification of a consumer class alleging ‘all natural’ labels on ConAgra’s Wesson cooking oil misled customers concerned about genetically modified organisms, saying in a published opinion the rules of civil procedure do not require a plan for identifying class members so early in a case.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

Posted at 1:33 PM by Howard Bashman



“Liberals eye Sessions hearing as preview of Supreme Court fight”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN.com has this report.

Seung Min Kim of Politico.com reports that “Schumer takes hard line on Supreme Court pick.”

Bridget Bowman of Roll Call reports that “Schumer Prepared to Hold Supreme Court Seat Open; Minority leader says Democrats will push for ‘mainstream’ nominee.”

Alex Johnson of NBC News has a report headlined “Democrats to Fight Almost Any Trump Supreme Court Nominee: Schumer.”

And at the “Daily Intelligencer” blog of New York magazine, Margaret Hartmann has a post titled “Schumer Says He’ll Fight to Keep Supreme Court Seat Vacant.”

Posted at 11:02 AM by Howard Bashman



“Paul M. Smith, Legendary Supreme Court Litigator, Joins CLC; Smith Will Lead Groundbreaking Litigation to Advance Key Protections for Democracy”: The Campaign Legal Center issued this news release today.

Posted at 10:50 AM by Howard Bashman



“Reshaping the courts: Donald Trump is poised to paint America’s judiciary red.” Steven Mazie has this post at the “Democracy in America” blog of The Economist.

Posted at 10:45 AM by Howard Bashman



Tuesday, January 3, 2017

“Obama Leaves the Constitution Weaker Than He Found It: Even for those like me who admire the 44th president, the constitutional record is disturbingly mixed.” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online today at The Atlantic.

Posted at 11:18 PM by Howard Bashman



“VT Supreme Court weighs Shumlin’s authority”: April McCullum of The Burlington Free Press has an article that begins, “In an overcrowded hearing room Tuesday afternoon, the Vermont Supreme Court heard arguments about whether Gov. Peter Shumlin has authority to appoint a new Supreme Court justice during his final hours in office.”

Posted at 8:53 PM by Howard Bashman