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Monday, February 13, 2017

“Meet Kellyanne Conway’s husband”: Mari A. Schaefer of The Philadelphia Inquirer has a blog post that begins, “As President Trump continues to fill key positions in his staff, one name floated about for solicitor general is that of George T. Conway III, husband of Kellyanne Conway, the counselor to the president.”

Posted at 5:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“Scalia: Portrait of a Man & Jurist.” The Federalist Society today has posted on YouTube this excerpt from the forthcoming the feature-length documentary, “Scalia: Portrait of a Man & Jurist.”

Posted at 5:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justice Samuel Alito’s remarks at the Claremont Institute, 2/11/2017”: “SCOTUSMap” has this post today. Because this does not appear to be an authorized video recording, those wishing to view the video should do so soon, before the video permanently disappears.

Update on February 14, 2017 at 9:54 a.m.: As predicted, the YouTube videos are no longer accessible.

Posted at 3:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“Justice Thurgood Marshall’s Legacy: Former law clerks to Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall spoke about his legacy.” C-SPAN has posted online the video of this program, which featured Justice Elena Kagan as a panelist.

Posted at 1:38 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Federalist Paper: The Publication Neil Gorsuch Helped Found at Columbia; Gorsuch has been a sensible voice for conservatism in liberal circles since his college years.” National Review has recently republished online this article written by D. Keith Mano, which originally appeared 20 years ago in the February 13, 1987 issue of that magazine.

Posted at 1:26 PM by Howard Bashman



“On Living Well: Five Lessons from Antonin Scalia; His former law clerk recalls the legendary Supreme Court justice on the anniversary of his death.” Ryan J. Walsh has this essay online today at National Review.

Posted at 1:11 PM by Howard Bashman



“I’m a moderate for Gorsuch: Former law clerk; He pushed us for research and didn’t bring preconceptions into the courtroom.” Jessica Greenstone has this essay online at USA Today.

Posted at 11:50 AM by Howard Bashman



Sunday, February 12, 2017

“How a 1993 Supreme Court ruling on Santeria’s animal sacrifices helped halt Trump’s travel bans”: Jason Silverstein of The New York Daily News has this report.

Posted at 8:12 PM by Howard Bashman



“Protecting consumers from swindlers; How ‘fake facts’ make millions for class-action lawyers”: Theodore H. Frank has this essay online at The Washington Times.

Posted at 7:58 PM by Howard Bashman



“Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Anti-Immigrant Sentiment ‘Disheartening’; The U.S. Supreme Court Justice, in Honolulu for a UH law school program, spoke to high school students Saturday.” Anita Hofschneider of Honolulu Civil Beat has this report.

Posted at 7:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“Del.’s longest-serving Supreme Court justice to retire”: Jessica Masulli Reyes of The News Journal of Wilmington, Delaware has this report.

Posted at 10:42 AM by Howard Bashman



“Georgia Supreme Court to consider appeal in Six Flags beating case; Appeals court previously threw out $35M judgment”: This front page article appears in today’s edition of The Marietta (Ga.) Daily Journal.

Posted at 10:33 AM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court nominee has defended free speech, religion”: Jeff Donn and Geoff Mulvihill of The Associated Press have this report.

Posted at 10:18 AM by Howard Bashman



“Why Trump Has Declared War on the Judiciary: He’s making things awkward for his SCOTUS nominee and hurting his chances in court; What’s his endgame?” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

Posted at 10:08 AM by Howard Bashman



Saturday, February 11, 2017

“What Alex Kozinski Thinks About the Ninth Circuit’s Close-Up and Making Courts More Accessible”: Ross Todd of The Recorder has this report.

Posted at 10:28 PM by Howard Bashman



“Donald Trump’s Supreme Court Pick Came Of Age In A Very Different Republican Party; It’s easy to imagine an alternate universe where Neil Gorsuch became a Never Trumper”: Ben Walsh of The Huffington Post has this report.

Posted at 10:06 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Nominee Neil Gorsuch Scales Back Description of Pro Bono Work at Harvard; President Donald Trump had highlighted that work when he introduced his nominee”: Beth Reinhard of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

Posted at 9:57 PM by Howard Bashman



“Fixing Trump Executive Order’s Legal Problems Is No Easy Task”: Greg Stohr and David Voreacos of Bloomberg News have this report.

Posted at 5:18 PM by Howard Bashman



“9th Circuit to Trump: Rhetoric matters.” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

Posted at 4:16 PM by Howard Bashman



“What Neil Gorsuch Was Trying to Tell America When He Criticized Trump”: Bruce Allen Murphy has this post at Forbes.com.

Posted at 4:04 PM by Howard Bashman



“Here’s How Neil Gorsuch Became Donald Trump’s Supreme Court Nominee; US Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch submitted his formal questionnaire to the Senate Judiciary Committee, answering questions about his past decisions and providing new details about the events leading up to his nomination”: Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News has this report.

Posted at 3:56 PM by Howard Bashman



“D.C. Circuit Review — Reviewed: ‘So Absurd That It Hardly Requires a Response.'” Aaron Nielson has this post at the “Notice & Comment” blog of the Yale Journal on Regulation.

Posted at 11:09 AM by Howard Bashman