“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.”
“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.
“Simply stated, Gorsuch is steadfast and surprising”: Kimberly Kindy, Sari Horwitz, and William Wan of The Washington Post have this report.
The Washington Post also has a related item titled “Photos of Neil Gorsuch before he became a Supreme Court Nominee.”
“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.
“When Lies Overruled Rights”: Karen Korematsu has this op-ed in today’s edition of The New York Times.