“Moments In History: Remembering Thurgood Marshall.” United States Courts has posted this video on YouTube today.
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Thursday, February 16, 2017
“Moments In History: Remembering Thurgood Marshall.” United States Courts has posted this video on YouTube today. Posted at 9:54 AM by Howard Bashman“Judge Gorsuch Shows Sensitivity to First Amendment Issues”: David L. Hudson Jr. has this report online at the Newseum Institute. Posted at 9:52 AM by Howard Bashman“Special master hands Ga. a victory in Southeast water war”: Amanda Reilly of Greenwire has this report. Posted at 9:50 AM by Howard BashmanIn Bashman news from Australia: Yahoo7 News of Sydney reports that “Sunbathers watch men with ‘psychotic’ weapons bash man.” Posted at 9:44 AM by Howard Bashman“Scaling Judge Gorsuch’s Opinions: Hints of a Possible Centrist.” Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog. Posted at 8:44 AM by Howard Bashman“Former law clerks herald Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch’s independence”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report. Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Gorsuch shows ‘hostility’ to ‘discrimination victims,’ group claims in letter to senators; But 39 former clerks to the jurist hail his ‘impeccable’ qualifications for the Supreme Court.” And in yesterday’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer, former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum had an op-ed titled “Gorsuch worthy of Democrats’ backing.” I will leave it up to others to decide whether the main purpose of the essay is to persuade Democrats or to take cheap shots at them. Posted at 8:42 AM by Howard Bashman“‘Nobody Is Safe’: Judges Sound Alarm on Tax Precedent.” Adam Klasfeld of Courthouse News Service has this report on a dissent from the denial of rehearing en banc that Second Circuit Judge Dennis Jacobs issued yesterday. Posted at 8:34 AM by Howard BashmanWednesday, February 15, 2017
“11 Top Constitutional Law Experts React to White House Stephen Miller’s Rejection of ‘Judicial Supremacy'”: Ryan Goodman has this very interesting post today at the “Just Security” blog. Posted at 10:54 PM by Howard Bashman“Judges v. Trump: Be Careful What You Wish For.” Law professor Eric Posner has this essay online at The New York Times. Posted at 10:48 PM by Howard Bashman“Neil Gorsuch Wants The Supreme Court To Rethink Agency Power — And That Could Hurt Trump; Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch’s writings question how much deference federal agencies get in court; If the US Supreme Court reversed or weakened this pro-agency doctrine, agencies would have to meet a higher bar to fend off future legal challenges”: Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News has this report. Posted at 9:02 PM by Howard Bashman“Neil Gorsuch could be the most conservative justice on the Supreme Court”: Ryan Black and Ryan Owens have this entry today at the “Monkey Cage” blog of The Washington Post. Posted at 10:57 AM by Howard BashmanTuesday, February 14, 2017
“Georgia scores a court win over Florida in water war”: Greg Bluestein of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has an article that begins, “Georgia notched a victory in a long-running legal dispute with Florida on Tuesday when a judicial official urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject strict new water consumption limits that Georgia said would have struck a devastating blow to the state’s economy.” Update: You can view the Report of the Special Master online at this link. Posted at 10:52 PM by Howard Bashman“Anthony Kennedy worries that civic discourse has become too ‘hostile’ and ‘divisive'”: Alexei Koseff of The Sacramento Bee has this report. Posted at 10:45 PM by Howard Bashman“Appeals court won’t re-hear the ‘dusky gopher frog’ case”: Kevin McGill of The Associated Press has this report on an order denying rehearing en banc by an 8-to-6 vote, and the dissent therefrom, that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued yesterday. Posted at 10:08 PM by Howard Bashman“Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to speak to Utah lawyers this summer”: Brennan Smith of The Salt Lake Tribune has this report. Posted at 8:50 PM by Howard Bashman“Feds urge Supreme Court to turn down Menendez appeal in bribery case”: Ryan Hutchins of Politico.com has this report. Posted at 8:46 PM by Howard Bashman“How Donald Trump Could Pressure the Supreme Court: Conventional wisdom says that FDR’s attempts to bend the judiciary to his will backfired; The truth is more complicated.” Joshua Zeitz has this essay online at Politico Magazine. Posted at 8:42 PM by Howard Bashman“Justice Alito Declares ‘Carbon Dioxide Is Not a Pollutant’ in a Candid, Confused Speech”: Mark Joseph Stern has this essay online at Slate. Posted at 8:30 PM by Howard Bashman“The Ninth Circuit’s Contrived Comedy of Errors in Washington v. Trump: Part II.” Josh Blackman has this post today at the “Lawfare” blog. Posted at 7:20 PM by Howard Bashman“Is Trump finished?” Eric Posner has this blog post today. Posted at 4:20 PM by Howard Bashman“Supreme Court Justice Breyer talks art — in French”: The Associated Press has this report. Posted at 4:12 PM by Howard Bashman“Federal judge wins $5,000 prize for book ‘Waging War'”: The Associated Press has this report. And a related news release can be accessed here. Posted at 1:26 PM by Howard Bashman“Neil Gorsuch Has Gay Friends. Who Cares?” Mark Joseph Stern has this essay online at Slate. Posted at 10:28 AM by Howard Bashman“Good Behaviour #2: ‘Disheartening and Demoralizing.'” “First Mondays” posted this new podcast episode yesterday. Posted at 10:24 AM by Howard Bashman“Increased Senate Partisanship Threatens Future of US Supreme Court”: This month’s installment of my “Upon Further Review” column appears in today’s edition of The Legal Intelligencer, Philadelphia’s daily newspaper for lawyers. Posted at 10:12 AM by Howard Bashman“After block of Trump travel ban, Washington Solicitor General Noah Purcell adjusts to spotlight; The ideals of Washington state Solicitor General Noah Purcell, who helped bring a halt to President Trump’s travel ban, were formed by a diverse community in the heart of Seattle”: Evan Bush of The Seattle Times has this report. Posted at 9:58 AM by Howard Bashman“Older Judges and Vacant Seats Give Trump Huge Power to Shape American Courts”: Josh Katz has this post today at “The Upshot” blog of The New York Times. Posted at 9:52 AM by Howard BashmanMonday, February 13, 2017
“‘SEE YOU IN COURT’: A deep dive into the 9th Circuit’s ruling on President Trump’s immigration restrictions.” You can access the new installment of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast featuring Dahlia Lithwick via this link. And the creators of the “First Mondays” podcast are offering special stuff in exchange for your money. Posted at 11:36 PM by Howard Bashman“Case of Captive in Yemen Could Test Trump’s Guantanamo Pledge”: Adam Goldman, Matt Apuzzo, and Eric Schmitt will have this front page article in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times. Posted at 11:26 PM by Howard Bashman“Democrats’ Quandary on Gorsuch: Appease the Base or Honor the Process.” Matt Flegenheimer will have this article in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times. Posted at 11:22 PM by Howard Bashman“On anniversary of Scalia’s death, will his legacy live on in Neil Gorsuch?” Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report. Posted at 9:57 PM by Howard Bashman“Suit over artifact looting case suicide rejected on appeal”: The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued today. Posted at 9:50 PM by Howard Bashman“Review: None of Gorsuch’s opinions overturned by Supreme Court; Nominee shows pattern of checking executive power.” Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times has this report. Posted at 6:17 PM by Howard Bashman“Supreme Court Justice Breyer plays down politics of court during Sarasota speech; Justice stresses importance of the court’s process in reaching decisions”: Zac Anderson of The Sarasota Herald-Tribune recently had this report. Posted at 6:02 PM by Howard Bashman“The Ninth Circuit’s Contrived Comedy of Errors in Washington v. Trump: Part I.” Josh Blackman has this post today at the “Lawfare” blog. Posted at 5:57 PM by Howard Bashman |
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