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Wednesday, February 8, 2017

“Supreme Court Nominee Calls Trump’s Attacks on Judiciary ‘Demoralizing'”: Julie Hirschfeld Davis of The New York Times has this report.

Abby Phillip, Robert Barnes, and Ed O’Keefe of The Washington Post report that “Supreme Court nominee Gorsuch says Trump’s attacks on judiciary are ‘demoralizing.’

Beth Reinhard of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Nominee Neil Gorsuch Calls Trump’s Comments on Judiciary ‘Demoralizing’; Comment made in closed-door meeting with Sen. Richard Blumenthal, confirmed by confirmation team.”

And Josh Dawsey and Seung Min Kim of Politico.com report that “Gorsuch calls Trump’s judge attacks ‘demoralizing’ and ‘disheartening’; The Supreme Court nominee breaks with the president who selected him eight days after he was nominated.”

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“Supreme Court Nominee Calls Trump’s Judicial Attacks ‘Demoralizing’; ‘Disheartening’ and ‘demoralizing,’ Judge Neil Gorsuch says of President Trump’s comments in recent days”: Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News has this report.

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“Record Audience for Appeals Court’s Hearing on Trump Travel Ban”: Brent Kendall has this post at WSJ.com’s “Washington Wire” blog.

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“U.S. Supreme Court puts off action on major class action dispute”: Lawrence Hurley and Robert Iafolla of Reuters have this report.

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“The travel ban hearing: an important legal battle in a larger constitutional war; Whichever side loses will almost certainly seek immediate review in the US supreme court — the implications for the US and the world are extraordinary.” Joshua Matz has this essay online at The Guardian (UK).

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“What’s at Stake in a Supreme Court Ruling in the Trump Immigration Battle?” Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

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“A Filibuster on a Supreme Court Nomination Is So Rare It’s Only Worked Once”: Elizabeth King of Time magazine has this report.

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“Trump’s own words a factor on immigration ban’s legal fate?” Lyle Denniston has this post at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

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“Younger Supreme Court appointees stay on the bench longer, but there are plenty of exceptions”: Kristen Bialik and John Gramlich of Pew Research Center have this report.

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“Gorsuch in the Mainstream: He was upheld at the Supreme Court in seven of eight cases.” The Wall Street Journal has published this editorial.

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“Travel ban: Local attorneys say feds got tough questions from judges, but so did the state.” Nina Shapiro of The Seattle Times has this report.

Posted at 9:57 AM by Howard Bashman