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Saturday, February 18, 2017

“Canada’s Supreme Court justices travel to exchange ideas, discuss legal issues with international judges; Chief Justice Beverly McLachlin says politics off-limits, but legal problems are on the extracurricular agenda”: Tonda MacCharles of The Toronto Star has an article that begins, “It was a pretty high-powered group. Judges of the Supreme Court of Canada met with judges of the Supreme Court of the United States in Washington last April in the midst of the U.S. election season.”

Posted at 9:12 PM by Howard Bashman



“General Strike: How state attorneys general are going on the offensive against the most egregious parts of the Trump agenda; Also, the Constitution’s limits on the U.S.-Mexico border.” Slate has posted online today this new installment of its “Amicus” podcast featuring Dahlia Lithwick.

Posted at 8:57 PM by Howard Bashman



“Norma McCorvey, ‘Roe’ in Roe v. Wade, Is Dead at 69”: This obituary written by Robert D. McFadden will appear on the front page of Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 8:33 PM by Howard Bashman